The Artist and the Gallerist | Pilvi Takala and Vanessa Carlos

Conversations | The Artist and the Gallerist

This panel offers a frank and informal conversation about the unique and fundamental relationship between the artist and gallerist. Artist Pilvi Takala speaks with Vanessa Carlos about how they met, how they came to work together, and if and how their working relationship has changed over time. What is the significance of this relationship and how does it differ from others? What have they learned from each other and what are their plans for the future?

Pilvi Takala is an artist living and working between Berlin and Helsinki. Her video works are based on performative interventions in which she researches specific communities in order to process social structures and question the normative rules and truths of our behaviour. She will represent Finland at the Venice Biennale, 2022.

Pilvi Takala, artist, Helsinki and Berlin
Vanessa Carlos, Director, Carlos/Ishikawa, London
Moderator: Christina Li, curator and writer, Hong Kong and Amsterdam

The Art Basel 2021 Conversations program is curated by Art Basel and Julieta Aranda, Berlin-based artist and e-flux co-director.