DAY 1
MONDAY MARCH 15, 2010
MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART, DOHA
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Abdulla al Najjar (CEO, Qatar Museum Authority)
PANEL: Future Art School
In recent years, artists and academics have begun re-evaluating traditional educational models in art schools worldwide. Numerous factors influence the development of art education, creating new models – such as the Roving Institution – in addition to cross-disciplinary links. Meanwhile, long traditions of arts education are now being questioned and challenged. Where lies the future of the art school?
Shumon Basar (Writer and Editor)
Reem Fadda (Associate Curator for Middle Eastern Art, Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi Project)
Maria Fusco (Director, MFA Art Writing, Goldsmiths College)
Angela Harutyunyan (Art Programme Director, American University in Cairo)
Anton Vidokle (Artist and Founder, e-flux and unitednationsplaza).
CONVERSATION: M.F. Husain with Deena Chalabi
The legendary painter M.F. Husain is regarded as one of the world’s most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. He was the pioneer of Indian modernism and brought an enduring internationalism to contemporary Indian art.
Deena Chalabi (Exhibitions Coordinator, Arab Museum of Modern Art)
M.F. Husain (Artist)
PANEL: Institution as Moment
As the Gulf continues its commitment to creating art museums, the need to reassess existing strategies, definitions and long-term ambitions of such institutions has become paramount. This panel focuses on one manifestation of the museum, exploring the growing trend of transient, ‘pop-up’ institutions and the challenges and possibilities they present.
Brad Butler (Artist, Museum of Non-Participation)
Amal Khalaf (Centre for Possible Studies)
Karen Mirza (Artist, Museum of Non-Participation)
Khalil Rabah (Artist, Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind)
Anton Vidokle (Artist and Founder, e-flux and unitednationsplaza)
CONVERSATION: Dia Azzawi with Nada Shabout
Dia Azzawi is one of the most respected artists to have emerged from the Middle East in recent decades. An Iraqi-born sculptor, his work combines formal theories and myriad influences from both his homeland and the world at large, paying particular reference to the language and usage of colour.
Dia Azzawi (Artist)
Nada Shabout (Associate Professor of Art History and Director of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institute (CAMCSI), University of North Texas)
DAY 4
FRIDAY 19 MARCH, 2010
MADINAT BEACH, DUBAI
PRESENTATION: 5000 Friends After the Rolodex
Haig Aivazian (Artist)
Shumon Basar (Writer and Editor)
