
Exhibitions & Events
Sunday Tea with Photographer Michael Childers KNOWN / UNKNOWN
Sun, Nov 22
|The Loft Arts District
The exhibition asks a deceptively simple question: What makes a Michael Childers photograph a Michael Childers photograph?


Time & Location
Nov 22, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Loft Arts District, 610 S Belardo Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92264, USA
About the event
Meet and hear from photographer Michael Childers on Sunday, November 22, when he will be in conversation with Dr. Alex Fialho, Palm Springs Art Museum’s Curator of Collections.
For more than five decades, Michael Childers has photographed some of the most recognizable figures in film, art, literature and performance.
But what happens when we look beyond the famous names and look again at the photographs themselves?
Mr. Childers's conversation partner, Dr. Alex Fialho, is a curator and art historian whose work focuses on modern and contemporary art, Black queer and feminist thought, and AIDS cultural histories. He earned his BA in Art History at Stanford and his doctorate at Yale. A former Programs Director of Visual AIDS, he has also conducted oral histories with artists and cultural figures including Nan Goldin, Douglas Crimp, and Lyle Ashton Harris for the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.
The event runs from 2–4 p.m.,…