Viennacontemporary

Collecting and Public Engagement

Friday, 8 September, 4:00 – 5:00 pm
venue: das weisse haus
Open event – limited capacity (max. 60 people)

The panel discussion explores the phenomenon of transferring private collections to public domains, along with their motivations and consequences. It addresses questions of sharing, belonging, and contribution and it will attempt to discuss various modes of acquisition and commissioning in terms of their social functions.



Moderated by Kaspar Mühlemann Hartl (Managing Director of Museum in Progress, Vienna)

Participants: 

Pavlína Pudil (Collector, Patron, Co-Founder, and Member of the Board of Directors of Kunsthalle Prague, CZ)

Aphrodite Gonou (Advisor to the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, GR, and to private collections)

Nicolas Trembley (Curator for Syz Collection, Geneva, CH, advisor, and freelance Curator)