Poets on Henry Darger

The genius of Henry Darger—a reclusive Chicago janitor now recognized as one of the most important outsider artists of the 20^th Century—is visited through the poetry of John Ashbery and critical work of novelist A.M. Homes. Readings from Darger’s epic, In the Realms of the Unreal, and an introduction by poet and art critic David Shapiro, make this event an essential companion to the museum’s comprehensive exhibition of Darger’s work.