Join Asia Now, ArtReview and guests on 17 October at Monnaie de Paris
This Thursday 17 October in Paris, ArtReview is partnering with Asia Now – the art fair in Europe dedicated to showcasing artists from across Asia, presented by galleries from around the world, celebrating its 10th edition this year – for a series of discussions at Monnaie de Paris. How can we explore, unpack, and find liberation in the work and practice of Nikhil Chopra? Then: how can we understand – and rethink – the Asia/Southeast Asia art ecosystem, understood through the varying forms of its ‘institutions’? Join us to find out.
In Conversation: Nikhil Chopra and Fi Churchman
Featuring: Nikhil Chopra (artist, Galleria Continua) and Fi Churchman (editor, ArtReview and ArtReview Asia)
Date: 17 October
Time: 1:30–2:30pm,
Place: Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, Paris
Rethinking Asian Contemporary Practices from Museum and Alternative Context
Featuring: Alia Swastika (director, Biennale Jogja Foundation, Indonesia and cocurator of Sharjah Biennale 16), Venus Lau (Director of Musum MACAN, Jakarta), Nge Lay (artist, A2Z Gallery) and Fi Churchman (editor, ArtReview and ArtReview Asia)
Date: 17 October
Time: 2:30–3:30
Place: Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, Paris
This session will interrogate different contexts of the Asia/Southeast Asia art ecosystem through varying forms of ‘institutions’, from the museum, the biennale or alternative artspaces.
Through various political contexts, the history of colonialism, and post-Cold War regional dynamics, decades artists and cultural activists in Southeast Asia have for decades shown a strong solidarity with social movements in the art ecosystem. Biennales and alternative art spaces have long acted as a hub for artists and activists to build and foster a dialogue with the public on various discourses.
While (art) museums might be considered as a new addition to the art ecosystem, they also position themselves in between artists and wider social movements, instead of focusing on exhibition making and collections. How can we rethink the unique constellations of different actors in the ecosystem, and shape a collective imagination of a progressive and pro-justice art ecosystem?
