Art Basel in Hong Kong 2016: Salon
Salon is an open platform for dozens of short, often informal presentations, such as artist talks, panels, lectures and performances with a range of speakers representing many different aspects of the artworld.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
5pm to 6pm | Discussion | Hack Space
Simon Denny, Artist, Berlin, New York; Amira Gad, Exhibitions Curator, Serpentine Galleries, London
Moderator: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Galleries, London
Thursday, March 24, 2016
2pm to 3pm | Real Talk | Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin, Artist, London in conversation with Tim Marlow, Artistic Director, Royal Academy of Arts, London and David Tang, Entrepreneur, Hong Kong
3pm to 4pm | Discussion | Copyleft: Appropriation
Lisa Movius, China Bureau Chief, The Art Newspaper, London; Yu Honglei, Artist, Beijing; Xiang Liping, Head of Exhibitions, Power Station of Art and Chief Coordinator of Shanghai Biennale Office, Shanghai
Moderator: Gu Ling, Head of Communication, Shekou Design Museum, Shenzhen
4pm to 5pm | Teaching Art in the 21st Century: On Educating
Philippe Pirotte, Director, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule and Curator of 2016 edition of La Biennale de Montréal, Frankfurt am Main; Dorothee Richter, Head of MAS Curating, Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts, ZHdK and Director of PHD in Practice in Curating, University of Reading, Zurich; Kurt Chan Yuk Keung, Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Moderators: Chris Moore, Publisher, Randian, Berlin and Thomas Eller, Artist and Editor, Randian, Beijing
5pm to 6pm | Discussion | Funding and Its (Dis)Contents
Cosmin Costinas, Curator and Executive Director, Para Site, Hong Kong; Rupert Myer, Chair, Australia Council for the Arts, Surry Hills; Merve Caglar, Director, SAHA, Istanbul
Moderator: Alexie Glass-Kantor, Curator of Art Basel’s Encounters sector, Director, Artspace, Sydney
6pm to 7pm | Encounters: New Materialities
Brook Andrew, Artist, Melbourne; Tintin Wulia, Artist, Brisbane; Charles Avery, Artist, London
Moderator: Alexie Glass-Kantor, Curator of Art Basel’s Encounters sector, Director, Artspace, Sydney
7pm to 8pm | The Post Human Condition
Wang Yuyang, Artist, Beijing; Bao Dong, Critic and Independent Curator, Beijing; David Joselit, Critic and Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center, New York
Moderator: Zhang Ga, Artistic Director, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai, Distinguished Professor, School of Experimental Art, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Friday, March 25, 2016
2pm to 3pm | Collaborative network: Curating in the 21st Century
Dr. Isaac Leung, Artist, Curator and Chairperson, Videotage, Hong Kong; Jamie Wyld, Director, videoclub, Brighton; David Elliott, Curator, Writer and Teacher, Berlin; Menene Gras Balaguer, Director for Culture and Exhibitions, CASA ASIA, Barcelona, Madrid
Moderator: Adrian George, Deputy Director & Senior Curator UK Government Art Collection and author of The Curator’s Handbook, 2015, London
3pm to 4pm | Where are the Art Critics? Cultural Journalism in Today’s Media Landscape
John Batten, President, International Association of Art Critics Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Tinny Cheng, Principal Reporter, Culture, Apple Daily, Hong Kong; Ho Siu-bun, Feature Editor & Art Editor, LifeStyle Journal, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Hong Kong; Samwai Lam, Editor, City Magazine, Hong Kong; David Elliott, Curator, Writer and Teacher, Berlin
Moderator: Vivienne Chow, Founding Director, Cultural Journalism Campus, Hong Kong
4pm to 5pm | What Do Galleries Do?
Selma Feriani, Director, Selma Feriani Gallery, London, Sidi Bou Said; Pei-Yu Lin, Director, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei; Mihai Pop, Director, Galeria Plan B, Cluj, Berlin; Billy Tang, Curatorial Director, Magician Space, Beijing
Moderator: Umer Butt, Founder and Director, Grey Noise, Dubai
5pm to 6pm | Hybridize or Disappear: A Case Study
Venus Lau, Director, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal and consulting curator, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Shenzhen, Beijing; Cécile B. Evans, Artist, London, Berlin; Nadim Abbas, Artist, Hong Kong
Moderator: Joao Laia, Writer and Curator, London
6pm to 7pm | Museums: Public, Private, and the Space in Between
Heman Chong, Artist, Singapore; Pi Li, Sigg Senior Curator, M+, Hong Kong; Philip Tinari, Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; Mimi Brown, Founder of Spring Workshop, Hong Kong; Johnson Chang, Director, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Moderator: Charles Guarino, Publisher, Artforum, New York
7pm to 8pm | A Design for Life: Art and Infrastructure
Winnie Ho, Deputy Head, Development Bureau Energizing Kowloon East Office, Hong Kong; Ryan Gravel, founder of Sixpitch and originator of the Atlanta Beltline, Atlanta; Cassius Taylor-Smith, Managing Director, Giant and curator of Event Horizon, Hong Kong; Inge Goudsmit, Associate, OMA*AMO Asia, Hong Kong
Moderator: Victoria Camblin, Editor and Artistic Director, ART PAPERS, Atlanta
Saturday, March 26, 2016
12noon to 1pm | Artist Talk | The Desert of the Real
Li Zhenhua, Curator, Art Basel Film sector, and Director and Founder, Beijing Art Lab, Beijing, Zurich in conversation with Sun Xun, Artist, Beijing and Zhao Zhao, Artist, Beijing
1pm to 2pm | Artist Talk | Mao, Warhol, and Yu Youhan: The Legacy
Yu Youhan, Artist, Shanghai, Paul Gladston, Professor in Culture, Film and Media, Faculty of Arts, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham Moderator: Chiu Ti-Jansen, TV Presenter, Publisher, Writer and founder CHINA HAPPENINGS, New York
2pm to 3pm | Mapping Time and Space
Tiffany Chung, Artist, Ho Chi Minh City; Aikaterini Gegisian, Artist, London; Morgan Wong, Artist, Hong Kong
Moderator: Su Wei, Independent Art Critic and Curator, Beijing
3pm to 4pm | A Regional Perspective: South Asia
Roobina Karode, Director & Chief Curator, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; Waqas Khan, Artist, Lahore; Bose Krishnamachari, Artist, Mumbai; Shahzia Sikander, Artist, New York, Lahore
Moderator: Sneha Ragavan, Researcher, Asia Art Archive, New Delhi
4pm to 5pm | Fluid Futures: Children of Empire
Lantian Xie, Artist, Dubai; Wu Tsang, Artist, Los Angeles; Robin Peckham, Editor-in Chief, LEAP, Beijing; Oscar Murillo, Artist, London, La Paila Moderators: Stephanie Bailey, Writer and Editor, Hong Kong, London
