Daily program | December 2 to 5
10am to 11am |
Art Basel Conversations
Intimate conversations with today‘s leading ar tists, curators, collectors and museum directors.
Miami Beach Convention Center, in the auditorium adjacent to Entrance D.
Detailed program available at www.artbasel.com/conversations. Free public access.
Art Basel Conversations
All Art Basel Conversations panels take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center, in the auditorium adjacent to Info Zone D.
Daily | from Thursday, December 2, until Sunday, December 5, 2010
10am – 11am | Panel Discussion
11am – 11.30am | Meet the Panelists
Free public access.
Thursday | Dec 2 | Premiere | Artist Talk | Michelangelo Pistoletto
The Art Basel Conversations premiere offers an intimate conversation with this leading figure of Ar te Povera.
Michelangelo Pistoletto, A tist, Biella, Italy
In conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London
Friday | Dec 3 | Public/Private | Museums in the Digital Age
As museums embrace digital technology, what are their strategies and visions?
Can digital media improve the accessibility, visibility, and audience for today’s museums?
How must museums adapt and rethink their missions to stay relevant in the digital age?
Speakers:
Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO, Indianapolis Museum of Ar t, Indianapolis
Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome and Adjunct Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Ar t, New York
Peter Reed, Senior Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Modern Ar t, New York
Moderator:
András Szántó, Author and consultant to ar ts and philanthropic organizations, New York
Saturday | Dec 4 | Latin Amercia | The Collector as Catalyst
Which are the effects of private collections on the Latin America ar t scene?
How has the Latin American contemporary scene accessed a broader segment of the society through these activities?
What are the implications of this process in regards of the practice of collecting?
Does the institutionalization of private collections in Latin America replace the role alternative spaces usually have in fostering discussion about contemporary ar t?
What are the reactions of public institutions in regards to this process?
And in which ways do the collector’s role transcends the classic ar tworld notion of the collector?
Speakers:
Agustín Coppel, Collector and Founder of Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection (CIAC) and the Ar t Project at the Botanical Garden in Culiacan, Sinaloa.
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Collector, Gstaad/Madrid/Miami and Founder of the Cisneros Fontanals Ar t Foundation, CIFO, Miami
Rodrigo Moura, Curator, Inhotim, Minas Gerais
Moderator:
José Roca, Artistic Director, Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia, and Chief Curator, 8 Mercosul Bienal, Por to Alegre
Sunday | Dec 5 | The Future of Artistic Practice | The School Makers
What new models for ar tists founding schools have arisen in the past years?
And which are their characteristics and influences of these schools on the contemporary ar t scene?
Speakers:
Eduardo Abaroa, Artist and Writer, Co-Founder SOMA, Mexico City Bruce High Quality Foundation, Ar tist/Foundation, New York
Tania Bruguera, Political and Performance Artist, Founder and Director, Cátedra Arte de Conducta (Behavior Art Studies), Havana, Cuba
Domingo Castillo, Co-Founder of the Nomadic Artist-Run Project the end/SPRING BREAK, Miami
Piero Golia, Artist and Founder of the Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles
Yoshua Okón, Artist, Co-Founder SOMA, Mexico City
Moderator:
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London