A Slide Show and Talk by Diane Arbus

On Saturday, March 14, in celebration of Arbus’s birthday, the Roxie Theater will present a rare special screening of A Slide Show and Talk by Diane Arbus. The original audio recording encompasses Arbus’s 1970 slide presentation, in which the artist speaks about photography using her own work and other photographs, snapshots, and clippings from her collection. The screening will be followed by a discussion with photographer and filmmaker Neil Selkirk, the only person authorized by the Arbus Estate to print from Arbus’s negatives, and San Francisco gallerist Jeffrey Fraenkel, who has exhibited Arbus’s work since 1980.

The screening is presented in connection with Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum, an exhibition of forty-five photographs made in private places across New York, New Jersey, California, and London between 1961 and 1971, on view at Fraenkel Gallery from March 12 to May 22, 2026.

Photo Credits:
A view of Diane Arbus’s wall, pinned with her own photographs and other printed images she collected.
© The Estate of Diane Arbus