WEDNESDAY JUNE 18
10am to 11am | Premiere | Artist Talk | Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans, Artist, Berlin, in conversation with Daniel Buchholz, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/CologneThis year, the German artist, Wolfgang Tillmans, and his long time gallerist, Daniel Buchholz, inaugurate the Conversations series with a discussion about Tillmans' career, work and most recent projects and exhibitions, including those at the 8th Berlin Biennale (2014), the 14th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice (2014) and ‘Neue Welt' at Kunsthalle Zurich (2012).
THURSDAY JUNE 19
10am to 11am | Public/Private | Institutions for Time-based Art
RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director and Curator of Performa, New York; Otobong Nkanga, Artist, Antwerp/Berlin; Catherine Wood, Curator of Contemporary Art and Performance at Tate Modern, London
Moderator: Andras Szanto, Author and Cultural Consultant, New YorkRecent years have seen an explosion of interest in performance practice, receiving wide international exposure at museums, festivals, biennales, and increasingly, in the commercial sphere. This panel of leading voices in the field will assess the evolution of performance and debate the way forward. Despite the growing recognition for performance, questions loom: How can performance connect more deeply to other forms of artistic practice? What are the commercial underpinnings of the art form? What obstacles are faced when presenting and promoting performative work?
FRIDAY JUNE 20
10am to 11am | Artistic Practice | The Artist as Choreographer
Alexandra Bachzetsis, Artist and Choreographer, Basel; Yve Laris Cohen, Artist and Choreographer, New York; Xavier Le Roy, Dancer and Choreographer, Paris; Isabel Lewis, Dancer and Artist, Berlin
Moderator: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery, LondonThis panel focuses on artists engaged in the field of dance and choreography. Conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, this is the eighth installment in the series entitled ‘Artistic Practice’, following ‘The Artist as School Maker’, ‘The Artist as Urbanist’, ‘The Artist as Poet’, ‘The Artist as Activist’, ‘The Artist as Musician’, 'The Artist as Farmer' and 'The Artist as Technologist'.
SATURDAY JUNE 21
10am to 11am | The Artist and the Gallerist | Pascale Marthine Tayou and Lorenzo Fiaschi
Pascale Marthine Tayou, Artist, Ghent (Belgium) and Yaoundé (Cameroon); Lorenzo Fiaschi, Director and Partner, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano/Beijing/Les Moulins
Moderator: Alya Sebti, Artistic Director, Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech/Berlin'The Artist and the Gallerist' offers a peek behind the curtain of the unique and essential artworld relationship between artists and their representing galleries. Tayou's most recent exhibitions include ‘I love you!' at Kunsthaus Bregenz and ‘Update!' at Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, Italy.
SUNDAY JUNE 22
10am to 11am | In Honor of Sturtevant (1930 – 2014)
AA Bronson, Artist, Berlin; Florence Bonnefous, Air de Paris, Paris; Anne Dressen, Curator, ARC/Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris; Mario Kramer, Head of Collection and Curator of ‘Sturtevant: Drawing Double Reversal', MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main; Beatrix Ruf, Director Kunsthalle ZurichSturtevant, who passed away in May in Paris, where she had lived and worked for the past 40 years, was best known for her remakes of masterworks by artists such as Jasper Johns, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol. She was awarded the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2011.
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