Art Basel hosts a series of conversations on topics concerning the global contemporary art scene. The series include artist talks, panels, and discussions with a range of speakers including artists, gallerists, curators, collectors, architects, art lawyers, critics, and many other cultural players. Conversations is programmed by Mari Spirito, Founding Director of Protocinema, Istanbul/New York.
See highlights from our Collector Talk "My Journey as Collector" with Wilhelm Schürmann, collector and photographer, in conversation with Susanne Titz, Director of the Städtisches Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach.
Conversations
Art Basel in Basel 2017 Conversations program
Wednesday, June 14
Premiere Artist Talk | Annette Messager
10am - 11:30am
Annette Messager and Dr. Maria Balshaw
Collector Talk | Private Collections Ascension
4pm - 5pm
Leon Amitai, Maja Hoffmann, and Linda Yablonsky
Biennale Talk | Two Approaches: The Postcolonial & The Personal
5pm - 6pm
Gabi Ngcobo, Elmgreen & Dragset, and Georgina Adam
Collector Talk | My Journey as a Collector
6pm - 7pm
Wilhelm Schürmann and Susanne Titz
Thursday, June 15
Public/Private | New Rules: Is the Artworld a Mature Industry?
10am - 11:30am
Lindsay Pollock, Olav Velthuis, Adam Sheffer, Pierre Valentin, Bob Rennie, and András Szántó
Museum Talk | Reconsidering Museum Growth
2pm - 3pm
Beatrix Ruf, Frances Morris, and Nina Siegal
Artist Talk | Do Artists Need to Leave Africa to be Successful?
3pm - 4pm
Candice Breitz, Zanele Muholi, and Valerie Kabov
Artist Talk | Russian Conceptualism: Silent Resistance
4pm - 5pm
Vadim Zakharov, Margarita Tupitsyn, and Ekaterina Inozemtseva
Friday, June 16
Artist Talk | Artists' Influencers
10am - 11:30am
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Kasper König, and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Art Market Talk | Bricks-and-Mortar & Acquisitions
2pm - 3pm
Anthony Reynolds, Janice Guy, and Josh Baer
Artist Talk | Social Practice Changes
3pm - 4pm
Sue Williamson, Carlos Garaicoa, and Gianni Jetzer
Photography Talk | The Future(s) of Photography
4pm - 5pm
Thomas Zander, Philip Tinari, Nathalie Herschdorfer, and Tobia Bezzola
Saturday, June 17
Artworld Talk | Cohabitation & What is Wrong with Ecological Art
10am - 11:30am
Lara Almarcegui, Julian Charrière, Luise Faurschou, and Ana Paula Cohen
Creative Cities Talk | Culture for Urban Identity
2pm - 3pm
Mark Rappolt, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Bernard Khoury and Afroditi Panagiotakou
Museum Talk | Jerusalem Lives
3pm - 4pm
Yazan Khalili and Reem Fadda
Artist Talk | Oh the Humanity!
4pm - 5pm
Cécile B. Evans and Susanne Pfeffer
Sunday, June 18
Artist Talk | The Artist and the Gallerist
10am - 11:30am
Stanley Whitney, Claes Nordenhake, and Alexie Glass-Kantor
Artist Talk | Nurture vs. Promotion: Young Artists
2pm - 3pm
Giovanni Carmine, Gina Folly, and Irene Calderoni
Art Market Talk | The Social Media Art Market
3pm - 4pm
Amadeo Kraupa-Tuskany, Tobias Gombert, and Astrid Mania
Artist Talk | The Stage as Safe Space
4pm - 5pm
Samuel Leuenberger, Than Hussein Clark, Marvin Gaye Chetwynde, and Jane Morris