THE ARMORY SHOW / VOLTA NY OPEN FORUM 2010
The Armory Show and VOLTA NY presents OPEN FORUM, an eclectic series of conversations and panels featuring top figures in the art world. Curated by Stamatina Gregory.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4
In Conversation: Susan Collis and Brett Littman
Open Forum presents a conversation between Drawing Center director Brett Littman and 2010 Armory Show artist Susan Collis, in a discussion on her past and present work and its relationship to contemporary practice.
Time: 2:00 - 2:30 PMLocation: The Armory Show, Pier 92, Open Forum Lounge
GLOBAL ART: A conversation
The authors of GLOBAL ART (Hatje Cantz, 2009) will engage internationally renowned artists, gallery owners, collectors, and curators in a discussion on art and globalization.
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PMLocation: The Armory Show, Pier 92, Open Forum Lounge
Emergence Of A New World: Collecting Contemporary Art From The Middle East
Art Middle East (AME) and Canvas Magazine present a discussion with the artists, dealers, collectors, and entrepreneurs that have introduced the dynamic field of emerging Middle Eastern art to an international audience.
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PMLocation: The Armory Show, Pier 92, Open Forum Lounge
FRIDAY, MARCH 5
The End of X
Founder Elizabeth Dee discusses the scope, ambition, and closure of the dynamic nonprofit X initiative, along with artists, curators, and other collaborators.
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMLocation: The Armory Show, Pier 92, Open Forum Lounge
The World is Not Enough: The Future of Biennials
Curators of major biennial events discuss the future role of expansive, international surveys of contemporary art in today’s fluctuating political and economic landscape.
Time: 3:00 AM - 3:00 PMLocation: The Armory Show, Pier 92, Open Forum Lounge
From Outside In: The Socioeconomics of Contemporary Art
Writers, journalists, and art market analysts discuss the exceptional social and economic landscape of the art world.
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PMLocation: The Armory Show, Pier 92, Open Forum Lounge
Breakout: Emerging Artists and Survey Exhibitions
Curators of regional and international survey exhibitions, together with participating artists and collectors, discuss their role in fostering the work of emerging and underrecognized artists.
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PMLocation: Volta NY
SATURDAY, MARCH 6
The Upside to the Downside: Young Collectors in the Global Market
The Association of Professional Art Advisors (APAA) presents a panel moderated by Art Market Views’ Lindsay Pollock about opportunities for new collectors in today’s international art market.
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMLocation: The Armory Show, Pier 92, Open Forum Lounge
Armory Focus: Berlin
Berlin-based gallerists and artists discuss the city as an emerging center for contemporary art.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PMLocation: The Armory Show, Pier 92, Open Forum Lounge
Post-what?
Post-modern, post-conceptual, post-ironic, post-black, post-9-11, post-post…? Is contemporary art an endless cycle of post-isms? Moderators Sarah Douglas (Senior Correspondent, Art+Auction and Modern Painters magazines) and Joao Ribas (Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center) gather a group of artists, critics, and curators to discuss the current post-what? state of contemporary art.
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PMLocation: Volta NY
Terra Cognita: On Latin American Contemporary Art
Curator and Village Voice critic Christian Viveros-Faune leads a discussion with international gallerists, artists, curators, and collectors on the changing landscape of contemporary art in Latin America.
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PMLocation: Volta NY
SUNDAY, MARCH 7
Boundary Issues: Shifting Roles in the Art World
In today’s art world, contemporary artists curate major exhibitions, curators and dealers moonlight as critics, and professionals take on multiple, market-crossing roles as a matter of course. A group of contemporary art luminaries discuss the ethics, conflicts, and revelations of their shifting roles.
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMLocation: Volta NY
On Solid Ground: New York’s Real Estate Art Patrons
Lindsay Pollock, a journalist specializing in the art market, moderates a panel discussion on the mission of the organization No Longer Empty: transforming empty storefronts into temporary public art exhibitions. Participants include real estate tycoons that collect art, art consultants, and gallerists that will discuss the connections between the art market and real estate.
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PMLocation: Volta NY
Please note that all lineups are subject to change.