Meetings on Art

4.30 pm – 7.00 pm
INDIGENOUS PRACTICES

As indigenous art gains increasing traction within the contemporary art world, the challenges faced by artists and how they are represented become important topics of discussion. This panel offers in-depth analyses of specific practices and examines the benefits and discontents of inclusion.

Introduction by Adriano Pedrosa (Curator of the 60th International Art Exhibition, and Artistic Director of the Visual Arts Department of La Biennale di Venezia) and Amanda Carneiro (Artistic Organiser of the 60th International Art Exhibition).

Presentations: Kássia Borges Karajá (professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia in Minas Gerais, Brazil), Elvira Espejo Ayca (director of the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore in La Paz), Rember Yahuarcani (visual artist, curator, and activist for Indigenous rights and knowledge), Taarati Taiaroa (a Māori curator of Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Apa tribal descent, Assistant Curator Contemporary Māori Art at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Len Lye Centre).

Conversation moderated by Amanda Carneiro.

4.30 pm – 7.00 pm
ARTE POPULAR

The outsider artist, the self-taught artist and the figure of the so-called artista popular in Latin America, are among those artistic subjectivities that have been excluded or marginalised from the grand narratives of modernism and contemporary art. Speakers in this panel present curatorial and scholarly perspectives that have blurred the boundaries between fine and applied arts or craft, making way for the vernacular and the popular.

Introduction by Sofia Gotti (Artistic Organiser of the 60th International Art Exhibition).

Presentations: Lynne Cooke (Senior Curator in the Department of Modern at Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC), Ticio Escobar (Paraguayan curator, professor, art critic and essayist), Miguel A. López (writer and currently co-curator of the 2024 Toronto Biennial of Art), Rodrigo Moura (Chief Curator at El Museo del Barrio, New York). 

Conversation moderated by Sofia Gotti.

4.30 pm – 6.30 pm
MODERNISMS

The work of modernist artists from the Global South demands a radical revision of modernist art histories. Committed to its radical reimagination, this panel explores modernism beyond Europe, its intersections with colonialism, diasporas, and migration, and how it was reshaped by local and Indigenous perspectives.

Introduction by Sofia Gotti (Artistic Organiser of the 60th International Art Exhibition).

Presentations: Gloria Cortés Aliaga (Art Historian and Curator at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Chile), Nada Shabout (founding president of the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art from the Arab World, Iran and Turkey, AMCA, and founding director of Modern Art Iraq Archive, MAIA), Devika Singh (Senior Lecturer in Curating at the Courtauld Institute of Art). 

Conversation moderated by Sofia Gotti.

4.30 pm – 7.00 pm
QUEER ACTIVISMS

Biennale Arte 2024 has endeavoured to bring greater visibility to gender non-conforming and queer artists in recognition of enduring fights for civil rights across the globe. This panel invites artist-activists and scholar-activists to talk about the challenges and strategies that have been vital to their own political praxis, and it considers the role of visual art in grassroots politics.

Introduction by Leandro Muniz (Assistant Curator of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP).

Presentations: 10th Istanbul Trans Pride Exhibition Collective (group of activists, artists, and scholars dedicated to trans* rights and preserving the memory of Turkey’s trans* movements), Luce deLire (philosopher that publishes on the metaphysics of infinity but also on art, queer theory, anti-racism, postcolonialism, and political theory), Queers in Palestine (QiP, an independent grassroots collective that delivers the anti colonial voice and analysis of queer Palestinians from Palestine to the world. Representing the collective is Maria Zreiq, a Palestinian artist and community organiser), Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi (Ghanaian multidisciplinary “artivist”, curator, philanthropist, and mentor). 

Conversation moderated by Leandro Muniz.

Disclaimer: during this event, scenes that may contain nudity and strong visual elements, including blood and medical instruments, will be shown. Viewers’ discretion is advised.

The Meetings will be open to the public free of charge, until maximum capacity is reached. For further information, visit the website labiennale.org.

The Meetings will be recorded and later made available on labiennale.org.

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