M. ANNENBERG: WHAT DON’T WE KNOW AND WHY DON’T WE KNOW IT?

Thursday, August 13, 2026
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Artist M. Annenberg’s  talk traces the trend towards the consolidation of media as a result of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. The consequence of this bill was the rise of unregulated cable news channels, owned by conservative billionaires. Annenberg analyses years of unreported climate studies, which made the American public vulnerable to claims of a climate hoax. She documents the silencing of chief climate scientist, Dr. James E. Hansen, Director, NASA, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, by following the suppression of his scientific studies and the non reporting of his arrests protesting pipelines and mountain top removal from 2008 – 2025, in our national news.

Annenberg’s artwork is currently on view in the group exhibition, “Another Shore: Migration in Our Time” at the University of New England Art Gallery in Biddeford, Maine, through October 25, 2026.

About the Artist

M. Annenberg is a conceptual artist. Her paintings, sculptures, installations and videos focus on under-reported stories in American media, from 9/11 to climate change.

Annenberg’s paintings are in the permanent collections of museums, such as, The Vilna Goan Jewish State Museum, Lithuania, Yad Vashem Art Museum, Israel, Ben Uri Gallery & Museum, England and The Florida Holocaust Museum. The BBC included her artwork in the documentary, The Private Life of a Masterpiece:” The Third of May”. She was named by Origin Magazine as one of America’s Top 100 Creatives in 2015.