ArtREADS: Art & Literature Book Club — You Dreamed of Empires

ArtReads, the Art Museum’s book club, meets Monday, March 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. Conversation centers on “You Dreamed of Empires” by Álvaro Enrigue*. Readers are encouraged to finish the book in advance.

Designed as a relaxed, discussion-based gathering, ArtReads connects literature and art. Shared ideas guide the conversation. Time is set aside for listening and reflection in a museum setting.

Set in 1519, the novel follows Hernán Cortés as he enters Tenochtitlan. Perspectives shift as two worlds meet. Power, belief, and uncertainty drive the tension. History and imagination mingle in a vivid retelling of conquest and what might have been.