CIGE 2009 FORUM
INTERNATIONAL CURATORIAL EXPERIENCES WITH CONTEMPORARY ART IN ASIA

Venue
Auditorium, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

Date
April 16, 2009

Organizers
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA)
China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE)

Participants
Alexander von Vegesack, Director, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Eungie Joo, Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs at the New Museum, New York, USA
Melissa Chiu, Museum Director and Vice President, Global Art Programs, Asia Society, New York, USA
Menene Gras, Director of Culture and Exhibitions, Casa Asia, Barcelona/Madrid, Spain
Sook-Kyung Lee, Curator, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Grazia Quaroni, Curator, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris, France

Moderator
Ben Genocchio, Art Critic, New York Times

Host
Jerome Sans, Director, Ullens Foundation for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

Presentation
The participants invited to the conference are directors and curators of major American and European museums and art institutions who have deep and long relations with contemporary art in Asia.

All of them have extensively traveled around Asia and have organized in Europe and the USA renowned exhibitions showing contemporary artists from Asia.

Starting from their personal experiences, perspectives, and those exhibitions on contemporary art in Asia organized by the invited international curators, the lectures will examine and analyze how contemporary art in Asia has been presented abroad in the recent years.

The panelist are invited to bring their critical contributions and thoughts on the fundamental moments of the art praxis such as the relation between contemporary art and design, new media and traditional arts, performance and installation art.

Schedule
10.30-11.00 GENERAL PRESENTATION
11.00-11.30 EUNGIE JOO
11.30-12.00 SOOK-KYUNG LEE
12.00-12.30 MELISSA CHIU

LUNCH BREAK

13.30-14.00 MENENE GRAS
14.00-14.30 ALEXANDER VON VEGESACK
14.30-15.00 GRAZIA QUARONI

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