Where art worlds meet
Text of Talk at the International Symposium Where art worlds meet: multiple modernities and the global salon, December 9-12, 2005, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Campo Santo Stefano, Venezia
with Giandomenico Romanelli, Robert Storr, Bruno S. Frey, Ackbar Abbas, Anna Cestelli Guidi, Beatriz Colomina, Lynne Cooke, Jean-Hubert Martin, Angela Vettese, Daniel [...]
It goes with the territory
Is Geography Destiny Panel / AICA/CAA Talk, 1994, New York
As communities wake up from a long nightmare to the concrete reality of their immediate neighbors, Geography as a social condition deserves more consideration.
Recently, a Chicano friend sent me a book. He had changed his name from Dick to Roberto in the late 60’s upon becoming [...]
The next ten years of contemporary art in the middle east
Middle East Focus
The next ten years of contemporary art in the middle east
Gulf Art Fair 2007
Moderator Vasif Kortun, Curator, Director, Platform Garanti, Istanbul
Saleh Barakat, Art Expert, Beirut, LB. Camilla Cañellas, International Arts Consultant, Writer and Critic Barcelona, ES. Bassam El-Baroni, Art Critic, Curator, EG. Hassan Khan, Editor, Bidoun Cairo, EG. Jack Persekian, Director [...]
Frieze Projects: Artists Commissions and Talks 2003-05
‘New Internationalism’ / Frieze Projects: Artists Commissions and Talks 2003-05
A book that records the curatorial programme produced at the fair over the past three years.
‘New Internationalism’, 1pm, Saturday 16 October 2004
Alex Farquharson, Chair
Chus Martinez
Vasif Kortun
Neil Mulholland
Adam Szymczyk
ALEX FARQUHARSON Welcome, everyone, to this afternoon’s discussion on ‘New Internationalism’. My name is Alex Farquharson. I’m a [...]
Discussion with Erden Kosova
Romanian Pavillion Publication with Daniel Knorr and Marius Babias for the 51. Venice Biennale, 2005
Erden: Vasif, the expansion of the EU towards its eastern margin had a visible effect on the agenda of core European art institutions. The series of exhibitions, held in late 2002 and 2003, that set out to frame the art practice of the Balkan geography added [...]