Art Basel Conversations

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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