ART SALON

All Art Salon talks take place in the Art Guest Lounge, Entrance D, Miami Beach Convention Center

What is Art Salon?

Art Salon is an open platform for discussion with an emphasis on current themes in contemporary art. Informal in its format, yet international in scope, Art Salon encourages experimental discussions, presentations and events such as book signings, with the range of speakers including artists, curators, authors, and architects. The program offers an intimate experience for the audience, allowing them to engage with prominent and thought provoking guests on a variety of current events in the visual arts, as well as to explore the challenges of artistic practice within the public realm.

THURSDAY

Dec 4, 2008 1-1.30 p.m. ARTIST TALK
Ai Weiwei Artist, Beijing
Michele Robecchi--Art Writer and Editor at Phaidon Press, London

1.30–2 p.m. BOOK LAUNCH

"Le temps pris, le temps de l'oeuvre, le temps a l'oeuvre"
Christine Macel--Chief Curator, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Anri Sala--Artist, Paris

2-2.30 p.m. SPECIAL TALK

Jens Hoffmann--Director, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporar y Arts, San Francisco and Co-curator
3-3.30 p.m. SPECIAL TALK

The Paul Thek Case–Rediscovery of a Legendary Artist:
Ted Bonin--Alexander and Bonin, New York
Harald Falckenberg--Art Collector, Hamburg
Elisabeth Sussman--Curator, Whitney Museum, New York
Lynn Zelevansky--Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Depar tment Head Contemporar y Art, LACMA, Los Angeles

4-4.30 p.m. BOOK LAUNCH

"Unseen Mendieta"
Olga Viso--Director, Walker Ar t Center, Minneapolis

4.30-5 p.m. SPECIAL TALK

This is the End: The Rising Tide of Money Goes Out of the Artworld and All Boats are Sinking
Jerry Saltz--Art Critic, Journalist, New York

5-5.30 p.m. FILM TALK

"Herb and Dorothy"
Bob Colacello--Special Correspondent to Vanity Fair, New York
Megumi Sasaki--Film Director, New York
James Siena--Artist, New York
Herb and Dorothy Vogel--Art Collectors, New York

6-6.30 p.m. REGIONAL FOCUS

Will Art Transform the Political Face of the Middle East?

Talk with Lara Baladi--Artist, Cairo
Judith Greer--Author, Collector and Art Patron
Dr. Lamees Hamdan--Commissioner, Office of the UAE Pavilion for the Venice Biennale
Ali Yussef Khadra--Founder, Canvas, Dubai
Shirin Neshat--Artist, New York

FRIDAY

Dec 5, 2008

1-1.30 p.m. SPECIAL TALK

Prospect.1 New Orleans Dan Cameron--Curator Prospect.1 and Visual Arts Director, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center(CAC), New Orleans plus artists of the biennial
2-2.30 p.m. ARTIST TALK
Francesco Vezzoli
Francesco Vezzoli--Artist, Milan
Scott Rothkopf--Senior Editor, Artforum, New York
3-3.30 p.m. MARKET TALK

Why Buy Art Now?
Matthew Armstrong--Curator, Lightyear Capital, New York
Josh Baer--Publisher of Baer Faxt and Art Dealer, New York

4-4.30 p.m. SPECIAL TALK

Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Alex Rytov--Director, Stella Art Foundation
Boris Manner--Curator, Stella Art Foundation

5-5.30 p.m. ARTIST TALK

Dan Graham and Corey McCorkle
Dan Graham--Artist, New York
Corey McCorkle--Artist, New York

SATURDAY

Dec 6, 2008

1-1.30 p.m. RECORD TALK

Dave Muller's Top Ten
Dave Muller--Artist, Los Angeles
Lionel Bovier--Director, JRP/Ringier, Zurich

2-2.30 p.m. BIENNALE TALK

Jack Persekian--Artistic Director, Sharjah Biennial 9
Tarek Atoui--Artist, Beirut

3--3.30 p.m. LEGAL AFFAIRS

Art on the Move
Gregor Kleinknecht--Founder and Managing Partner, Klein Solicitors, London
Lara Levinson--Associate General Counsel, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Viola Raikhel--Director, 1858 Limited, London
Howard N. Spiegler--Partner, Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York

4-4.30 p.m. FUTURE FOCUS

Digital Rights: Tracking Copyright and Ownership in a Digital World
Peter Andersson--Scandinavian Trust Group, Sweden/Switzerland
Christopher Eamon--Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection, USA
Isaac Julien--Artist, London
Ray Nightingale--Director, Policy GTC Market Support, Sweden
Lars Nittve--The Moderna Museet, Stockholm

5-5.30 p.m. BOOK LAUNCH

Young Chinese Artists--The Next Generation

Christoph Noe--Editor, Curator, Founder, The Ministry of Art, Beijing
Cordelia Steiner--Editor, Curator, Founder, The Ministry of Art, Beijing

SUNDAY

Dec 7, 2008

1-1.30 p.m. BOOK LAUNCH

Georges Adeagbo: Grand Tour of an African, Venice--Florence--Rome
Georges Adeagbo--Artist, Cotonou, Benin
Ute Meta Bauer--MIT Visual Arts Program, Department of Architecture, Director and Associate Professor, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Stephan Kohler--Chair, Kulturforum Sud-Nord e.V., Hamburg

2-2.30 p.m. BOOK LAUNCH

Resonance
Robert Buck--Art Historian and retired Museum Director, Brooklyn Museum, New York
Federico Diaz--Artist, Prague
Alanna Heiss--Director, P.S.1, New York

3-3.30 p.m. SPECIAL TALK

State of the Art Market
Richard Feigen--President, Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York

4-4.30 p.m. SPECIAL TALK

United States of Education
Ricardo Basbaum--Artist, Rio de Janeiro
Roger M. Buergel--Chief Curator, Miami Art Museum, Miami

5-5.30 p.m. BOOK LAUNCH

The Art Fair Age: Addressing the Concept of a New Fairism
Paco Barragan--Independent Curator and Cultural Broker, Madrid
Michele Robecchi--Art Writer and Editor at Phaidon Press, London
Walter Robinson--Writer and Journalist, New York
Lara Taubman--Writer and Curator, Phoenix


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