Artist’s Talk: Jim Sanborn on “Kryptos”

Thursday / February 20, 2020 / 12:15 p.m.
Skillman Library, Gendebien Room

Join Grossman Visiting Artist Jim Sanborn for an in-depth look at Kryptos, his sculpture installed since 1990 at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Kryptos contains an 865-letter encrypted message—three of the four sections have been deciphered by members of the public and cryptographers at the National Security Agency. The code in the fourth message has not yet been broken—even after Sanborn provided clues in 2010 and 2014. As reported on January 29, 2020, in The New York Times, Sanborn has just released what he insists is the third and final clue.

Light lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. You’ll need fuel if you’re going to try to crack the code!

Free for all! No ticket required.

Presented by Lafayette Art Galleries.