Viennacontemporary

Talks

A daily Talks series at the fair provides invaluable insights into the art market and collecting. It features prominent international speakers and offers expert perspectives on current realities and future trends.

STATEMENT: Realities Building

Friday, 12 September, 1:00 pm Language: English Moderation: Marcella Beccaria – Curator of STATEMENT Participants: Armando Lulaj – Artist & Filmmaker, Founder and Co-director of DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art Samantha Ozer – Curator of Context In this talk, Marcella Beccaria, curator of STATEMENT: Realities Building, and the artists of the exhibition reflect on how time-based […]

STATEMENT: Navigating Bias, Censorship, and the Crisis of Truth

Friday, 12 September, 3:00 pm Language: English Moderation: Irina Nalis – Scientist researching Digital Humanism at TU Wien, Curator at Elevate Festival Graz Participants: Clemens Apprich – Head of the Department of Media Theory and the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures, as well as Vice-Rector for Research & Digitality at the University of Applied Arts […]

The Architecture of Collecting

Friday, 12 September, 5:00 pm Language: English Moderator: Abaseh Mirvali – Artistic Director of viennacontemporary Participants: Boris Marte – CEO of Erste Foundation Alejandra Castro Rioseco – Founder and Executive Director of MIA ART COLLECTION International collectors and patrons explore the evolving role of private collections and foundations in the contemporary art ecosystem, where the […]

Staging the Present, Performing the Contemporary

Saturday, 13 September, 2:00 pm Language: English Moderation: Caroline Ferreira – Independent Curator Participants: Fabienne Audeoud – Multidisciplinary Artist  Luca Büchler – Co-Artistic Director of Perrrformat & Co‑Editor‑in‑Chief of PW Magazine Isabel Lewis – Artistic Director of Tanzquartier Wien Marisa Lull – Theatre Director & Choreographer How does performance shape contemporary art practices today? From […]

New Hopes for a Changing World

Saturday, 13 September, 4:30 pm Language: English Moderation: Attilia Fattori Franchini – Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Director of Curated by, Independent Curator and Writer Participants: Hila Cohen-Schneiderman – Director and Chief Curator of the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Tel Aviv–Yafo Dorothea Schöne – Director Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Art Historian, Curator, Writer […]