This virtual lecture is presented as part of SVMoA's lecture series, talks on artists featured in major museum exhibitions around the United States. Benjamin W. Colman, Curator of American Art at Detroit Institute of Arts will be speaking about the exhibition on view there until January 3, 2027, Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture. O’Keeffe’s paintings of architecture capture the dynamic characteristics of the built environment. The barns, skyscrapers, churches, and houses that she painted in her recognizable and abstracted style are filled with poignant personal meaning. The exhibition presents a fresh opportunity to consider O’Keeffe’s practice alongside timely notions of place making and identity. This is the first presentation of the full breadth of O’Keeffe’s architectural paintings and shows an unfamiliar side to a beloved artist who is renowned for her landscape and flower paintings.