Art Basel Conversations take place daily, Wednesday, June 13 to Sunday, June 17, 2012.
10–11am | Panel Discussion
11–11:30am | Meet the Panelists
Free public access.
Wednesday, June 13 | Premiere | Artist Talk | ZERO
Heinz Mack, Artist, Mönchengladbach/Ibiza
Otto Piene, Artist, Düsseldorf/Groton, Massachusetts
Moderator: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery, London
Thursday, June 14 | Collectors Focus | Asia’s New Private Institutions
Monique Burger, Director, Burger Collection, Hong Kong
Dr. Oei Hong Djien, Collector, Founder, Curator, OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
Budi Tek, Collector and Founder, Yuz Museum, Jakarta and Shanghai
Rakhi Sarkar, Collector, Director, CIMA Centre of International Modern Art and Managing Trustee, Kolkata Museum of Modern Art, Kolkata
Moderator: Claire Hsu, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
Friday, June 15 | Public/Private | Inventing the Museum
Lars Nittve, Executive Director Museum Plus (M+) of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority,
Hong Kong
Roger Mandle, Senior Advisor to the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Qatar Museums Authority, Qatar
Juan Ignacio Vidarte, Deputy Director and Chief Officer for Global Strategies, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
Moderator: András Szántó, Author and Consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York
Saturday, June 16 | The Future of Artistic Practice | The Artist as Activist
Yael Bartana, Artist, Tel-Aviv/Amsterdam
Santiago Cirugeda, Architect and Principal of Recetas Urbanas, Seville
Theaster Gates, Artist, Chicago
Huda Lutfi, Artist, Cairo
Moderator: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery, London
Sunday, June 17 | Artist Talk | Arte Povera Today
Jannis Kounellis, Artist, Rome
Santiago Sierra, Artist, Madrid
Gilberto Zorio, Artist, Torino
Moderator: Germano Celant, Contemporary Art Historian, Milan
Art Basel Conversations is free and open to the public. Curated by Maike Cruse, the program takes place every morning at 10am in the Auditorium in Hall 1. After each talk the audience can meet the panelists informally. Art Basel Conversations is presented by Absolut Art Bureau, responsible for The Absolut Company’s international art initiatives. Absolut Art Bureau will make all talks available in high quality video on www.absolutartbureau.com and www.artbasel.com.
