Meeting

Cultural Diplomacy in Practice: The Arts and Global Engagement

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

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Speakers

The David Rockefeller Director, The Museum of Modern Art; CFR Member

Homewood Professor of the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University; President Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; CFR Member

Presider

Elaine F. Sciolino

Contributing Writer and Former Paris Bureau Chief, New York Times; Author, Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love With the World’s Greatest Museum; CFR Member

Panelists discuss how the arts and cultural institutions influence and reflect global affairs, shaping public diplomacy, fostering cross-cultural understanding, and contributing to the broader objectives of foreign policy.

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