October 29, 2026
Lecture at the University of Arizona
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 5:30 pm
In this lecture, Robleto will discuss his interdisciplinary approach to crafting and conveying messages of emotion and identity into the cosmos, a kind of “humanities off-planet.” What should we communicate about ourselves to beings we may never meet? How might we be remembered even after our last breath?
October 28, 2026
Film screening at the University of Arizona
Wednesday, October 28th at 6:30 pm at Marroney Theater, 1025 N. Olive Road, University of Arizona.
Artist, writer, and filmmaker Dario Robleto will screen his film Ancient Beacons Long for Notice, the third installment in a trilogy exploring the history and legacy of the Golden Record.
The screening is free and open to the public and will be followed by a Q&A with Robleto.
October 8, 2026
Film screening at Louisiana State University
Manship Theatre, Shaw Center, Thursday, October 8th at 4:30–6:30 pm; and Saturday, the 10th at 12:00 and 1:40 om.
Artist, writer, and filmmaker Dario Robleto will screen his film Ancient Beacons Long for Notice, the third installment in a trilogy exploring the history and legacy of the Golden Record.
The screening is part of the MAPC 2026 Conference—PRINTELLIGENCE—being held at LSU. After the screening, the artist will be joined by art historian and film co-writer Jennifer Roberts.
September 10, 2026
Tent Series: Keliy Anderson-Staley, Preston Gaines, and Dario Robleto
Opening reception: Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
This season, the Tent Series returns with three new artworks that engage with cultural memory, technology, and what we owe to those who will inherit what we leave behind. The invited artists offer visual invitations to consider archives as a living, generative material rather than a fixed record.
August 27, 2026
Dario Robleto will serve as a guest panelist at NASA Tech Talks: Rice University’s Space Humanities Initiative
August 27, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, at Rice’s Ion District
This month, NASA Tech Talks will feature Rice’s new Space Humanities Initiative, co-led by Alexander Regier, the William Faulkner Professor of English and chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing, and David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy. They will be joined by artists Dario Robleto and Ryn Delpapa.
August 26, 2026
Dario Robleto’s work featured in new group exhibition, Turn the Volume Up! At the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
August 27, 2026 – July 11, 2027.
Turn the volume up! examines how artists, activists, and everyday people have used their voices to challenge injustice, build communities, and shape public life, inviting visitors to consider how we might do the same.
August 15, 2026
Art and Science: Dario Robleto and Catherine Wagner opens at the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis
August 15, 2026–ongoing
The relationship between art and science throughout history has ranged from artists assuming the role of scientist, to the commission of works of art commemorating scientific achievements, to the use of science as a subject in art. This presentation of Dario Robleto’s print portfolio The First Time, the Heart: A Portrait of Life 1854–1913 (2018) and Catherine Wagner’s photographic series -86 Degree Freezers (1995), both part of the Kemper Art Museum’s permanent collection, reveals the parallel nature of questioning and experimenting that propels both artistic and scientific investigation, stimulating discussion and ideas about human existence.
July 22, 2026
Masterclass with Dario Robleto at Jamestown Art Center
Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 11:30 am — 2:30 pm
Join artist, writer, and filmmaker Dario Robleto for an immersive journey through a thirty-year career defined by radical exploration across materials, forms, and disciplines.
July 21, 2026
Film screening at the Jamestown Art Center
Tuesday, July 21 and Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 — 8:30 pm
Artist, writer, and filmmaker Dario Robleto will screen his film Ancient Beacons Long for Notice, the third installment in a trilogy exploring the history and legacy of the Golden Record.
June 6, 2026
Film screening at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain
On June 12, artist, writer, and filmmaker Dario Robleto will screen his film Ancient Beacons Long for Notice at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, as part of the 2026 Attention and Flourishing Conference. The screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro.
Organized by Boston College and the Bonds, Creativity and Culture research group of the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), in collaboration with the University of Navarra, the conference brings together artists, scholars, psychotherapists, and practitioners from around the world to examine the undertheorized relationship between the virtue of attention, mental health, and the flourishing of individuals and communities.
May 4, 2026
Five-Minute Tours: Dario Robleto at Art League Houston
If You Remember, I’ll Remember featured a selection of work by 2025 Texas Artist of the Year Dario Robleto, highlighting his transdisciplinary practice grounded in science, history, and poetics. The exhibition explored the human heart not only as a biological organ but also as a symbol of care, connection, and memory.
April 22, 2026
Dario Robleto featured as a keynote speaker celebrating the 10th anniversary of Northwestern University’s Center for Synthetic Biology.
The Center for Synthetic Biology CSB, in collaboration with the Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, welcomes Dario Robleto for a screening of “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice” and a community conversation examining ethics, responsibility, and synthetic biology’s evolving legacy.
March 09, 2026
Material Intelligence Comes to the Academy
Dario Robleto to participate in Material Intelligence in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, a multidisciplinary conversation between artists, humanists, and scientists hosted at the American Academy in Rome on March 16-18, 2026.
February 10, 2026
2026 Anne and Stephen Matter Artist Lecture Series events
with Dario Robleto on February 24 and 25
University Galleries and the Wonsook Kim School of Art at Illinois State University are pleased to present two days of public programming with artist Dario Robleto on February 24 and February 25. Events include a film screening, a discussion, and an artist lecture, all free and open to the public. Robleto will have a post-film discussion with Kendra Paitz, director and chief curator at University Galleries.
December 11, 2025
Glasstire Top Five
If You Remember, I'll Remember
Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas.
December 5, 2025
Film Screening: Ancient Beacons Long for Notice
Ancient Beacons Long for Notice to screen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, co-presented by Aurora Picture Show.
Post-film discussion with filmmaker Dario Robleto and Aurora Picture Show curator Peter Lucas.
November 30, 2025
Opening: Dario Robleto at the National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art debuts their recent acquisition of Robleto’s work, Small Crafts on Sisyphean Seas. The work is presented in conversation with other artworks inspired by nature, including Dutch and Flemish 17th-century still life paintings and a Nautilus Cup crafted from a seashell.
Fall 2025
New interview in The Explorer’s Journal
Dario Robleto is interviewed by musician David Rothenberg in the Fall 2025 issue of The Explorer’s Journal.
October 26, 2025
Glasstire
Review: Dario Robleto’s “If You Remember, I’ll Remember” at Art League Houston
by Melissa L. Mednicov
October 18, 2025 – February 2, 2026
Assembly Lines: Modernism and Machines
Bechtler Museum, Charlotte, NC.
Assembly Lines: Modernism and Machines examines the profound impact of mechanization, industrial innovation, and technology on artistic production from the early 20th century to the present day. Tracing the ever-evolving relationship between the human hand and the hum of industry from the rise of modernism to today’s era of artificial intelligence, the exhibition highlights how artists have engaged with the possibilities, anxieties, and legacies of the Machine Age.
Encompassing a range of visual strategies and conceptual approaches, the works on view reflect both enthusiasm for and skepticism toward the technological forces that have shaped modern and contemporary life. Taken together, these works invite viewers to consider how the continually shifting relationship between humans and machines has expanded the boundaries of artmaking.
Featured Artists Include: Margaret Bourke-White, Le Corbusier, Ivan Depeña, Kiki Kogelnik, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Picabia, Dario Robleto, Elias Sime, Jean Tinguely, and Jack Whitten, among others.
September 26 - December 21, 2025
If You Remember, I’ll Remember
Dario Robleto:
2025 Texas Artist of the Year
If You Remember, I’ll Remember features a selection of work by the 2025 Texas Artist of the Year, Dario Robleto. This exhibition highlights Robleto’s transdisciplinary practice, which is rooted in profound perception, curiosity, and, above all, empathy. If You Remember, I’ll Remember will be on display from September 26 to December 21, 2025, with an opening reception on Friday, September 26, from 6 to 8 PM. As part of the exhibition, Robleto will be in conversation with Jennifer Roberts on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at 2 PM. On Friday, December 5, 2025, at 7 PM, there will be a screening of his 2024 film Ancient Beacons Long for Notice at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, co-presented by Art League Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Aurora Picture Show.
September 16, 2025
Burnaway
The Art of Living with the Dead: On Dario Robleto’s Care for Ghostly Matters
by Emile Mausner
September 7, 2025
Ancient Beacons Long for Notice to screen
at the National Gallery of Art
Join us for a post-screening discussion with artist Dario Robleto, in person.
Robleto’s film posits: “What is our moral obligation to a full accounting of our actions—the good and bad—to not only our progeny but to the memory of humanity that is carried into an infinite cosmos and, potentially, shared with entirely different life forms?”
September 6, 2025
Conservation is a Logic of Love:
Dario Robleto in conversation at the National Gallery of Art
Please join us for a conversation on the intersection of art, conservation, and science with artist Dario Robleto, the National Gallery of Art’s chief of conservation Lena Stringari, conservator Michelle Facini, and imaging scientist John Delaney.
August 27, 2025
ARTnews
D.C.’s Museums, Under Attack by Trump, Have Never Been More United in Their Purpose
by Greg Allen
May 31, 2025
Artist-led Walkthrough: Dario Robleto on Performance on Paper
Artist Dario Robleto discusses his featured work in Performance on Paper and the exploration of music in his interdisciplinary work.
May 26, 2025
Perhaps Magazine
How Much the Heart Can Hold: The Art of Dario Robleto and the Science of Heart Transplants
By Nancy Smith
May 18, 2025
Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
New film commission Until We are Forged: Hymns for the Elements debuts at the National Gallery of Art in the exhibition, Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
May 18, 2025
Introduction to the Exhibition
Celebrate opening day of Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World with this overview by artist Dario Robleto and exhibition curators Alexandra Libby, Brooks Rich, and Stacey Sell. A signing of the exhibition catalog will follow in the East Building Concourse Shop.
May 3, 2025
Performance on Paper
Group exhibition, Performance on Paper, opens at the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
Participating Artists include: Laurie Anderson, Jennie C. Jones, Ann Hamilton, Channa Horwitz, Christian Marclay, Tom Marioni, Jason Moran, Meredith Monk, Julia Phillips, Dario Robleto, Allen Ruppersberg, and Kandis Williams.
May 1, 2025
Ancient Beacons Long for Notice
Join us for a screening of artist Dario Robleto’s film Ancient Beacons Long for Notice, followed by a conversation between Robleto and collaborator Jennifer Roberts.
April 29, 2025
Dario Robleto Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Middlebury College
Middlebury awarded honorary degrees to Heather McGhee and Dario Robleto. Robleto is an American artist, researcher, writer, and filmmaker whose work cultivates rigorous, mutually transformative interactions between the arts, humanities, and sciences.
March 31, 2025
Dario Robleto selected as the 2025 Texas Artist of the Year by Art League, Houston
Since 1983, Art League Houston (ALH) has been a leader in celebrating contemporary art in Texas through its annual awards program. In 2025, ALH is proud to honor two exceptional individuals whose impact has shaped both the cultural and philanthropic fabric of our state: Dario Robleto as the 2025 Texas Artist of the Year, and Leah Bennett as the recipient of the 2025 Texas Patron of the Year award.
March 26, 2025
Group exhibition, Énormément bizarre: The Jean Chatelus collection, donated by the Antoine de Galbert foundation, opens at Centre Pompidou‘Énormément bizarre’ (Enormously Bizarre) is an exhibition which offers a glimpse into the obsessions of a visionary collector. As a tribute to this extraordinary vision and to showcase the uniqueness of this 20th-century cabinet of curiosities, the exhibition aims to display virtually the entire donation using a ‘free association’ approach rather than following a timeline.
Participating artists include: Cindy Sherman, Christian Boltanski, Michel Journiac, Nam June Paik, Wim Delvoye, Mike Kelley, and Dario Robleto.
February 22, 2025
Dario Robleto: The Signal – A Lecture by the Artist
Dario Robleto: The Signal features the artist’s feature-length film Ancient Beacons Long for Notice (2024) and a selection of artworks that relate to his dazzlingly inventive mining of the history of science and technology. The film will be continuously projected in an enclosed space in the McCormick Gallery and will be shown alongside a selection of artworks.
January 3, 2025
The Santa Barbara Independent
Dario Robleto’s Film and Exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Deftly Straddle Time and Space, Art and Science.
By Josef Woodard
November 15, 2024
Small Crafts on Sisyphean Seas installed in Dutch Galleries at the National Gallery of Art
Marvel at a new addition to our collection—Dario Robleto’s Small Crafts on Sisyphean Seas. The large glass case contains objects of wonder. Robleto combined sparkling synthetic materials and natural objects like seashells and butterfly wings to create forms that suggest plants and animals.
October 24, 2024
“The Art Piece that Wanders in Space”: A conversation with Dario Robleto
By Yuhan Zhang
If you were to send a message into the great expanse of the universe, what would it be? Artist, writer and filmmaker Dario Robleto seeks to expand on this question in his film, “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice” which is currently on display in the exhibion An Invitation to Awe at the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
October 7, 2024
"I’ve just seen a 21st-century artistic masterpiece"
by Sebastian Smee
A new film by Dario Robleto, on view in Fort Worth, unites art and astronomy to jaw-dropping effect.
