Talks

TALKS PROGRAMME


Dates: 16 - 18 November 2022


The 2022 Talks Programme featured established speakers from the UAE art community, alongside participating curators and artists in the 2022 edition of the fair. The talks programme discussed the development of the art scene in the UAE over the last decade, contemporary art practices in the country and art perspectives and insights from around the world.



2022 TALKS TOPICS ARE:

• Emerging Artists Challenges in North Africa
• Creating a National Collection
• Social Enterprise through Artisans
• Commissioned Art & Community
• An Introduction to the iii – a virtual museum
• Art Collections on the Blockchain
• Cultural Exchange between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf
• Alfred Basbous: Modernist Pioneer
• Society & Art


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Challenges for Emerging Artists in the North Africa


Challenges for Emerging Artists in the North Africa


Speakers:
Meryam Sebti (Editor for Revue d’art Dyptik)
Aicha Gorgi (Owner, Agorgi Gallery)
Najeh Zarbout (emerging artist)
Ilyes Messaoudi (Artist and co-director of Gallery La la land)


Moderator:
Rachida Triki (Curator)


Language: English



Creating a National Collection



Creating a National Collection


Speakers:
Nadira Laggoune (Previously the Director of the National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art Algeria)
Taher Ghalia (Former chief curator of the national museum of Bardo, Tunis, and editor in chief of Patrimonie et créativité, Expert to UNESCO, and Member of the council of ICOM)


Moderator:
Rachida Triki (curator)

Language: English


Social Enterprise through Artisans


Social Enterprise through Artisans


Speakers:
Nadine Maalouf (Co-founder, 81 Designs)
Mourad Ben Ayed (Strategist for purpose-led organisations, Conceived
Weaving Alliances)
Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro (Social Entrepreneur)
Bouchra Boudoua (Artist and designer)


Moderator:
Noura Al Mubarak (Institutional & International Affairs, Zayed National Museum)


Language: English


Commissioned Art & Community


Commissioned Art & Community


Speakers:
Marinella Senatore (Artist)
Arturo Galansino, (Director, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence)
Francesco Stocchi (Head of Modern and Contemporary Art, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam)


Moderator:
Chiara Paolino (Professor of Arts Management at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan).


Language: English


An introduction to the iii - a virtual museum


An introduction to the iii - a virtual museum created by the Mohammed Afkhami Foundation


Speaker:
Mohammed Afkhami (Collector)


Hosted by Sotheby’s


Language: English


Art Collections on the Blockchain: How NFTs are Impacting the Way Art is Traded and Authenticated


Art Collections on the Blockchain: How NFTs are Impacting the Way Art is Traded and Authenticated


Speakers:
Anas Bhurtun (CEO & Co-founder Arts Dao)
Amina Debbiche (Co-founder, The Open Crate)
Colborn Bell (Founder of MOCA Museum of Crypto Art),


Moderator:
Anna Seaman (Curator, MORROW collective)


Language: English


Cultural Exchange between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf


Cultural Exchange between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf


Speakers:
Daudi Karungi (Founder, Afriart Gallery)
Kavita Chellaram (Collector and Founder, gallery kó)
Nina Olatoke (CEO and Founder, All Africa Festival)


Moderator:
Munira Al Sayegh (Curator)


Language: English

Alfred Basbous: Modernist Pioneer


Alfred Basbous: Modernist Pioneer


Speakers:
Fadi Basbous (Foundation Director, Alfred Basbous)
Roxane Zand (Independent Curator and Art Advisor)


Moderator:
Melissa Gronlund (Writer)


Language: English


Society & Art


Society & Art


Speakers:
Mohamed Al Astad (Artist)


Moderator:
Alshumoos Alhosani (Marketing & Communication Specialist, Ma’an)


Presented by The Authority of Social Contribution- Ma’an.


Language: Arabic