The PEI Reading Room, led by PEI's program specialist, is an ongoing series of small group discussions, held in PEI's library, based on readings that address various aspects of curatorial practice. You can find the group's current reading here. Participation in the Reading Room is limited to PEI’s constituents and is by invitation only.

Gothic, The: Documents of Contemporary Art

The Gothic is the first anthology to survey the pervasive role in of "the Gothic" in current art and visual culture. Today's Gothic takes its cue not only from its historic themes - the supernatural, transgression, patriarchy and the female heroine - but equally form contemporary cultural sources as diverse as horror film theory, Lacanian psychoanalysis and Goth subcultures.