The Library at MAF Presents: The REVOLUTION(S) will be Amplified Tom Morello in Conversation with Douglas Fogle

• December 2, 2025 | 7 PM

On the occasion of the exhibition Corita Kent: The Sorcery of Images, join us at MAF for a discussion about art, activism, creativity and resistance with multiple Grammy-winning musician, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and eleven-time Jeopardy clue answer Tom Morello. As a musician, songwriter, activist, author and musical theater composer, Morello has redefined a wide range of artistic genres. From his radical innovations with the guitar and his fiercely poetic calls to arms in his bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets of Rage, to the dystopic sci-fi tale of rebellion in his comic book Orchid, and, most recently, his musical collaboration with playwright Zayd Ayers Dorhn on the musical REVOLUTION(S) at Chicago’s Goodman Theater, Morello has blended his genre-bending artistic explorations with a passionate commitment to social justice. 

Morello will be in conversation with Douglas Fogle, independent curator and writer and the co-curator of  Corita Kent: The Sorcery of Images.

Tom Morello is living proof of the transformative power of rock’n’roll. Known for his innovative guitar solos and thunderous riffs, Morello is a groundbreaking artist whether in his solo career or as an original member of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave – two acts responsible for multiple Grammy Awards and a combined 30 million albums sold worldwide. His trademark style, innovative techniques, and effects that resemble turntable scratching redefined electric guitar playing and were crucial components of Rage Against the Machine’s rap-metal sonic attack and Audioslave’s numerous radio hits, not only helping catapult Morello and both those bands to multiplatinum success but leading to his recognition by Rolling Stone Magazine as #18 on the “100 Greatest Guitar Players of All-Time” and subsequent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame. Morello’s signature guitar could also be heard in supergroups Prophets of Rage, Street Sweeper Social Club as well as a six year stint with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Additionally, Harvard graduate Morello has for decades been a vocal political activist and solo artist who has championed countless human rights.

Douglas Fogle is an independent curator and writer based in Los Angeles. His most recent exhibitions include Marlene Dumas: Cycladic Blues at the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece (2025); Friends in a Field: Conversations with Raoul De Keyser at Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium; and Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History at UCCA Edge, Shanghai (2022), Jeu de Paume, Paris, (2023), Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2023), Museum of Fine Arts Houston (2024), and Taipei Museum of Fine Arts (2025). Fogle has held curatorial positions at a number of contemporary art institutions including Anderson Ranch Art Center in Aspen, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. As a writer he has contributed essays to numerous artist monographs and recently co-authored Magdalena Suarez Frimkess (idajoon/MACK, 2025) and Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection (Del Monico Books/DAP, 2023).

Marciano Art Foundation
4357 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90010
Doors and parking at 6:30 PM, event starts at 7 PM
Parking and seating are limited, rideshare is encouraged

Tom’s photo credit: Travis Shinn