Artist Vija Celmins was interviewed by art critic and contributing editor of Art in America, Eleanor Heartney at the Museum of Modern Art on April 20, 2005. Ann Temkin, curator of painting and sculpture at the MoMA, introduces the program.

This interview is one of a series of conversations entitled Conversations: Critics, Artists, and Collecting, where art critics engage in dialogue about the creative process with artists whose work is included in the exhibition Contemporary Voices: Works from The UBS Art Collection. Renowned for its holdings of work by European and American artists of the last forty years, The UBS Art Collection was established in 1970 by Donald B. Marron.