INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE
EXHIBITIVE CARTOGRAPHIES II
Critical Instrumentation, Exhibitive and Curatorial Narratives
Croatian Architects’ Association
25 January, 2024
ORGANIZED by Croatian Section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA Croatia)
CO-ORGANIZERS Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split
The aim of this conference is to present, examine and contextualise curatorial practices in contemporary art, in Croatian and in a region, but also specifically in regard to our lecturer Pedro Lorente’s thesis on “museums as cathedrals of urban modernity”. (1) It is important to note that the history of curatorial practices is a relatively little studied area in Croatian art history, while it is increasingly present at the international level. Our objective with this conference is to address this important subject at the crossroads of art criticism, theory and practice. The starting point of the conference is the curatorial figure of Želimir Koščević, the 2018 laureate of AICA Croatia’s Annual Award and Lifetime Achievement Award.
INVITED LECTURERS
Maja Ćirić, PhD (curator and independent researcher, Belgrade, Serbia); Professor Marina Gržinić, PhD (Institute of Philosophy ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia); Želimir Koščević (curator, Zagreb, Croatia); Jovanka Popova (curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, North Macedonia)
The conference is supported by AICA International and City of Zagreb, City Office for Culture and Civil Society. We would like to thank DAZ for providing the space for the conference.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Assistant Professor Silva Kalčić, PhD (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split), President of AICA Croatia with Associate Professor Asja Mandić, PhD (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sarajevo) and Professor Krešimir Purgar, PhD (Academy of Arts and Culture, J.J. Strossmayer University, Osijek)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ASSISTANT
Miona Muštra (lecturer at Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb)
The conference EXHIBITIVE CARTOGRAPHIES III will be held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, on 14 May, 2024.
The conference is part of a wider program that includes the workshop “How to Write about Contemporary Art” which seeks to examine relations between art and contemporarity, the discourses that shape them and figures who produce them. The workshop in 2024 will be held in Zagreb, in collaboration with ULUPUH and in Rijeka, in collaboration with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMSU).
1. Jesus Pedro Lorente, Cathedrals of Urban Modernity: The First Museums of Contemporary Art 1800-1930, Farnham: Ashgate, 1998.
2nd Round Results - Résultats du 2nd tour - Resultados de la 2ª vuelta
Dear Colleagues,
The second round of the presidential election, organized by the AICA International Office and supervised by the EMC Committee, concluded on January 17th at 12 pm (CET).
During this second round, we achieved a participation rate of 14.95%, with a total of 685 votes.
Che.r.e.s membres,
Le scrutin du second tour de l'élection pour la présidence de l’AICA International organisé par le Bureau de l’AICA et supervisé par le Comité EMC s’est terminé le 17 janvier à 12h (CET).
Estimados/as miembros,
El escrutinio de la segunda vuelta de las elecciones a la Presidencia de AICA Internacional, organizado por el Buró de AICA y supervisado por el CEM, se cerró el 17 de enero a las 12h00 (CET).
La participación en esta segunda vuelta de las elecciones fue del 14,95%, con 685 votos emitidos.
The results are / Les résultats sont les suivants / Los resultados son los siguientes
Malgorzata Kazmierczak: 273 votes / voix / votos
Mathilde Roman: 198 votes / voix / votos
Elisa Rusca: 179 votes / voix/ votos
No: 2 votes / voix / votos
Abstentions: 5 votes / voix / votos
Invalid votes: 28
Third round / Troisième tour / Tercera vuelta
Since the election requires an absolute majority, a third round of voting will take place from 22 to 28 January. The candidates are:
L'élection se faisant à la majorité absolue, nous sommes conduits à engager un troisième tour du 22 au 28 janvier avec:
Dado que las elecciones se celebraron por mayoría absoluta, del 22 al 28 de enero tendrá lugar una tercera vuelta electoral con:
Mathilde Roman (France)
APPLICATION: ENGLISH | FRENCH | SPANISH
CV: ENGLISH | FRENCH | SPANISH
NOMINATION LETTER: FRENCH
Schedule of the Presidential Election
22th to 28th January: 3rd Round of Elections - Simple majority online voting
All paid-up members before the electoral process begins will receive an email from the eballot voting platform on January 22 at 12pm (CET), with a link to vote and personal usernames / access codes.
For more details on the process refer to : E-vote Protocol
If you encounter any issues or face difficulties while voting, please contact us at : aicainternationalelection@gmail.com
Calendrier de l'élection pour la présidence
22 au 28 janvier : 3ème tour des élections - Vote en ligne à la majorité simple
Tous les membres à jour de leur cotisation avant le début du processus électoral recevront un courriel de la plateforme de vote eballot le 22 janvier à 12h (CET), avec un lien pour voter et des noms d'utilisateur/codes d'accès personnels.
Pour plus d’information voici un petit guide pratique : E-vote Protocol
Si vous avez des difficultés pour voter merci de nous contacter : aicainternationalelection@gmail.com
Calendario de la elección de la Presidencia
Del 22 al 28 de enero: 3ª vuelta de las elecciones - Votación en línea por mayoría simple
Todos los miembros abonados antes del inicio de las elecciones recibirán un correo electrónico de la plataforma de votación eballot el 22 de enero a las 12h (CET), con un enlace para votar y los nombres de usuario / códigos de acceso personales.
Para más detalles sobre el proceso : E-vote Protocol
Si tiene algún problema para votar, póngase en contacto con nosotros : aicainternationalelection@gmail.com
AICA Election Results
Treasurer - 4 years mandate
* Jesus Pedro Lorente : 33 Yes - 1 No - 2 Abstentions --> elected
Vice-Presidents - 3 years mandate
* Rui G. Cepeda: 33 Yes - 3 No - 5 Abstentions --> elected
* Margarita Grullon Perea: 25 Yes - 9 No - 6 Abstentions --> elected
* Roula Matar Perret: 20 Yes - 10 No - 8 Abstentions --> not elected
* Danièle Perrier: 29 Yes - 6 No - 5 Abstentions --> elected
International Board Members - 1 year mandate
* Laura Batkis: 30 Yes - 3 No - 8 Abstentions --> elected
* Ana Lucia Beck: 30 Yes - 4 No - 7 Abstentions --> elected
* Susana Benko: 33 Yes - 2 No - 6 Abstentions --> elected
* Sandra Hitner: 29 Yes - 3 No - 8 Abstentions --> elected
* Mihaela Ion: 35 Yes - 1 No - 4 Abstentions --> elected
*Gonzalo Leiva Quijada: 29 Yes - 5 No - 6 Abstentions --> elected
* Robert-Jan Muller: 29 Yes - 5 No - 6 Abstentions --> elected
* Mathilde Roman: 24 Yes - 7 No - 9 Abstentions --> elected
* Bernhard Schulz: 30 Yes - 2 No - 8 Abstentions --> elected
Honorary president
* Lisbeth Rebollo Gonçalves: 28 Yes - 5 No - 1 Abstention --> elected
Chair of the Censorship committee
* Niilofur Farrukh 23 Yes - 1 No - 7 Abstentions --> elected for a 3 years mandate
RESULTS OF AICA AWARDS: INCENTIVE PRIZE FOR YOUNG ART CRITICS 2023
1st prize: Chenoa Baker (USA)
2nd Prize: Katarzyna Cytlak (Poland)
3rd prize: Tabish Rafiq Mir (Indian-administered Kashmir)
Thank You:
AICA Awards Committee
AICA Jurors: Jean Bundy (AICA-USA), Sandra Hitner (AICA-Brazil), Marja-Terttu Kivirinta (AICA- Finland), Susana Sulic (AICA-France), Niilofur Farrukh (AICA Pakistan), Esra Yildiz (AICA-Turkey), Rui G, Cepeda (AICA-UK)
ONLINE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECEMBER 15TH AT 3PM (PARIS TIME)
Dear Members
You are invited to the annual General Assembly on Friday 15 December 2023.
All paid-up members may attend the General Assembly and take part in the voting.
December 15: Online meeting at 3pm (Paris Time):
The second part of the General Assembly is organised online and dedicated to the points submitted for voting.
Here is the detailed AGENDA
ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH
THANK YOU TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE to the Office by sending a picture of your AICA Card: aica.office@gmail.com
AICA Academy Webinar
Wednesday, December 13th at 12:00pm (Paris Time)
Language: English
The webinar is free and open to non-members
Please register by sending an email to aicainternational.webinar@gmail.com by 12th December.
AICA Academy was launched in 2020 by Marc Partouche, General Secretary of AICA Int, who inaugurated the program at Paris La Sorbonne. However, the initiative faced a pause due to the pandemic. In 2023, Mathilde Roman, Treasurer of AICA Int, breathed new life into the program, aligning it with the 53rd AICA Congress in Krakow. Recognizing the need for greater inclusivity, the relaunch welcomed art critics worldwide, extending invitations beyond AICA members and including artists.
Ten art critics from diverse corners of the globe were carefully selected through an open call for participation. These individuals were granted the unique opportunity to stay at the House of Empathy in Krakow during the Congress. Facilitated by the active involvement of AICA Int members, the residency fostered an environment for the exchange of ideas, dialogue, and networking.
Throughout the 5-day Congress, AICA Academy participants actively engaged with pressing questions that resonate in the realm of art criticism. Topics such as the motivation behind writing about art, the intertwining roles of language and identities in art discourse, and the economic conditions of art critics were explored. Participants interacted with speakers, posed questions, and actively contributed to the ongoing discussions.
During the upcoming webinar, AICA Academy participants will share their reflections, research findings, and unique perspectives. The audience is invited to actively engage in dialogue, posing questions and contributing to the ongoing discourse. This webinar serves as a continuation of the Academy's mission to foster inclusivity and amplify the voices of emerging art critics.
Election of the President of AICA International: New Schedule
Dear members,
In adherence to established precedents from past presidential elections, we initially communicated that only the top two candidates from the first round would progress to the second round of the AICA Int. presidency election.
However, a critical observation made by one of our esteemed members, Mr. Christian Chambert, has brought to light a precise stipulation within our regulations (Article V9). According to this provision, in the absence of an absolute majority, the three candidates securing the highest positions in the initial round are to be retained for the subsequent round.
Unfortunately, this specific detail had eluded the notice of everyone.
Given this information, coupled with the various technical incidents that marred the voting process, we propose to modify the electoral schedule to ensure transparency, streamline efficiency, and uphold the integrity of the democratic process. This adjustment allows for a necessary breathing space, with the hope that a larger number of voters will participate.
It is our fervent aspiration that the next president will be elected under optimal conditions, ensuring a fair and impartial electoral process.
The revised schedule for the election is as follows:
10th to 17th January 2024: 2nd Round of Elections - Online Voting
22th to 28th January 2024: 3rd Round of Elections - Simple majority online voting (if an absolute majority is not achieved by a candidate in the 2nd round)
We extend our sincere apologies for any inconvenience you may encounter while navigating the electoral processes and sincerely appreciate your understanding. Your support and cooperation are integral to the success and credibility of this democratic undertaking.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
The Secretariat
Lisbeth Rebollo Gonçalves, President
Marc Partouche, Secretary-General
Élection de la Présidence de l’AICA International: Nouveau Calendrier
Che.è.r.e.s membres,
Nous basant sur la jurisprudence des précédents scrutins présidentiels nous avons annoncé que seules les deux candidates arrivées en tête à l'issue du premier tour restaient en lice pour le deuxième tour de l'élection à la présidence de l'AICA Int.
Suite à une remarque de l'un de nos membres , Christian Chambert, il apparaît que notre règlement stipule très précisément (article V9) que faute de majorité absolue, ce sont les trois candidats arrivés en tête à l'issue du premier tour qui sont retenus pour le deuxième.
Ce point avait échappé à tout le monde.
Au vu de cette information nouvelle et incontournable et après différents incidents techniques qui ont émaillé le vote, nous proposons de remettre le processus électoral sur des bases plus sereines et en laissant un temps de respiration, avec l'espoir également qu'un plus grand nombre de votants sera au rendez-vous.
Notre souhait est que la future présidente soit élue dans les meilleures conditions possibles et avec la plus grande légitimité.
Les nouvelles dates sont les suivantes:
10 au 17 janvier 2024 : 2ème tour des élections - Vote en ligne
22 au 28 janvier 2024 : 3ème tour des élections - Vote en ligne à la majorité simple (si un candidat n'atteint pas la majorité absolue au 2ème tour).
Nous sommes vraiment désolés des aléas qui ponctuent le cours de cette élection très importante dans la vie de notre association. Comptant sur votre compréhension et votre mobilisation. Votre soutien et votre coopération sont indispensables à la réussite de cet exercice démocratique.
Cordialement,
Le Bureau
Lisbeth Rebollo Gonçalves, Présidente
Marc Partouche, Secrétaire Général
Elección del Presidente de AICA Internacional: Nuevo calendario
Estimados miembros,
Basándonos en la jurisprudencia de anteriores elecciones presidenciales, anunciamos que sólo los dos candidatos que quedaron en primer lugar en la primera vuelta permanecerían en la carrera para la segunda vuelta de la elección a la presidencia de AICA Int.
A raíz de una observación de uno de nuestros miembros, Christian Chambert, parece ser que nuestro reglamento estipula de forma muy precisa (artículo V9) que en ausencia de mayoría absoluta, los tres candidatos que quedaron primeros en la primera vuelta se mantienen para la segunda vuelta.
Este punto se le había escapado a todo el mundo.
A la vista de esta nueva e ineludible información, y tras los diversos incidentes técnicos que empañaron la votación, proponemos que el proceso electoral vuelva a tener una base más sólida con un respiro, con la esperanza de que vote más gente.
Nuestro deseo es que el futuro Presidente sea elegido en las mejores condiciones y con la mayor legitimidad posibles.
Las nuevas fechas son las siguientes
Del 10 al 17 de enero de 2024: 2ª vuelta de las elecciones - Votación en línea
Del 22 al 28 de enero de 2024: 3ª vuelta de las elecciones - Votación en línea por mayoría simple (si un candidato no alcanza la mayoría absoluta en la 2ª vuelta).
Sentimos mucho las molestias causadas por estas elecciones tan importantes en la vida de nuestra asociación. Contamos con su comprensión y su compromiso. Su apoyo y cooperación son esenciales para el éxito y la credibilidad de esta empresa democrática.
Atentamente
La Junta Directiva
Lisbeth Rebollo Gonçalves, Presidente
Marc Partouche, Secretario General
55th Annual Congress of AICA International : REVIEW
The 55th Annual Congress of AICA International in Krakow, Poland has been featured in the French magazine "Le Quotidien De L'Art”. Thank you Carolina Espinoza for a wonderful review!
Sertão Negro launches call for artistic residencies
Photo credit: Jhony Aguiar
Applications for the 2024 Artist Residency Program at Sertão Negro Ateliê e Escola de Artes are open until December 15. Five places are on offer, one international, two national and two local.
The program aims to create a dialogue between the visual arts, the environment and traditional knowledge. This proposal, which is scheduled to take place between May and September 2024 in both national and international modalities, will last four weeks, the first of which will be spent in a Quilombo in the state of Goiás and three weeks at Sertão Negro, located in the Shangri-la neighborhood, in the northern region of Goiânia, capital of the Goiás State. Two places are on offer for the local residency, which also includes this experience in the Quilombola community, lasts 12 months and is aimed at artists or people living in Goiás. For this, Sertão Negro provides structure, resources and guidance to enable training and improvement in contemporary art. Scheduled to begin in May 2024, this type of residency offers a monthly grant of two thousand reais. By encouraging the local economy, community-based tourism and, above all, valuing traditional knowledge, this artistic residency program seeks to stimulate connections between Quilombola communities (daily life and the relationship with the land, their cultural and religious expressions) and artists in their research processes, practice and artistic poetics in the most diverse media, pictorial components and languages. During the three weeks at the Sertão Negro Ateliê e Escola de Artes, located in Goiânia/GO, the resident artists (national and international) have access to accommodation in individual chalets and food; and receive a subsidy of 1500 dollars plus the cost of airfare.
Sertão Negro
Conceived and created in 2021 by visual artist Dalton Paula and his partner Ceiça Ferreira, Sertão Negro Ateliê e Escola de Artes began its activities in 2022; and its purpose is to be a quilombo, an artistic-cultural space for experiences and exchanges with the environment.
The shared studio has a library with a collection of three thousand books, as well as equipment such as an engraving press and an industrial oven. In the backyard, as well as chalets for residents to stay in, there is a shack covered in piassaba straw, where capoeira angola, printmaking and ceramics classes are held, as well as sessions of the Maria Grampinho Film Club, whose curatorial programming highlights black cinematic productions. Built in an area of more than 960 m2 surrounded by various trees, medicinal plants and flowers, Sertão Negro was designed to be ecologically conscious, from collecting rainwater and using bio-construction techniques to preserving species native to the cerrado.
In just two years of existence, this space has made a name for itself on the art scene in the Brazilian Midwest, enabling it to connect internally, with the Goiânia community in general and with various agents in the art market, such as national and international artists, curators, gallery owners and collectors. This Sertão Negro Edital 2024 artist residency program is supported by the Open Society Foundations, through the Soros Arts Fellowship awarded to Dalton Paula in 2023.
"The residency is very important for many reasons. We could start from the perspective of exchange between different territories, countries and cultures; it's a good opportunity for residents to exchange knowledge and meet people. The residency has this character of immersion, of a time that makes it possible to develop research and this has to do with displacement, of leaving your place of comfort and this tensions, creates a situation that can be very favorable for the development of new work in terms of creativity. So, our residency has this proposal of being a leap into the deep, of giving density to be able to develop research," adds Dalton Paula.
Second round of the Presidential Election
Candidates
The three candidates for the second round are MAŁGORZATA KAŹMIERCZAK (AICA Poland), MATHILDE ROMAN (AICA France) and ELISA RUSCA (AICA Switzerland)
Here are their applications :
MAŁGORZATA KAŹMIERCZAK
APPLICATION (Part 1): ENGLISH | FRENCH | SPANISH
APPLICATION (Part 2): ENGLISH | FRENCH | SPANISH
Video Presentation ENG
Video Presentation ESP
MATHILDE ROMAN
APPLICATION: ENGLISH | FRENCH | SPANISH
CV: ENGLISH | FRENCH | SPANISH
NOMINATION LETTER: FRENCH
Video Presentation ENG
Video Presentation FR
Video Presentation ESP
Video Presentation FR
Video Presentation ESP
Video Presentation ENG
New Schedule for Presidential Election
The Ballot for the 2nd round of the Presidential Election will take place between January 10th and 17th, 2024..
All paid-up members will receive an email from the eballot voting platform on Janauary 10th at 12pm (CET) with a link to vote and personal usernames / access codes.
For comprehensive information on the voting process, please refer to the E-vote Protocol
In case of any issues or difficulties during the voting process please contact us: aicainternationalelection@gmail.com
AICA Statement on Artistic Freedom: Defending Jenin Yaseen and Challenging Censorship at the Royal Ontario Museum
As an organization dedicated to defending freedom of artistic expression, AICA expresses grave concern over the recent occurrence at the Royal Ontario Museum, in Canada, involving artist Jenin Yaseen. Days before the scheduled opening of an exhibition titled Death: Life’s Great Mystery, examining different cultural traditions of mourning and burial, the artist was contacted by ROM staff who asked her to alter specific works out of fear they would inflame tensions around the hostilities in Israel and Palestine. The museum then proceeded to interfere with the works, substituting words and cropping an image. After the artist protested by staging a sit-in inside the exhibition, the museum reversed its decision and decided to show the original works accompanied by a disclaimer. The ROM subsequently issued an apology for causing “pain and frustration”, a fact that underscores how arbitrary and precipitated its actions were in the first place.
When museums cannot be relied upon to defend the artists they exhibit and safeguard works of art in their care, but instead engage in censorship and iconoclasm, we have reached a point at which their core institutional mission is at risk. Recent cancellations and postponements of exhibitions at other venues (e.g., Islamic Art at the Frick Pittsburgh, last week; Vkhutemas at the Cooper Union, New York, in February; Philip Guston at Tate Modern, London, in 2020) point to a worrying tendency to sacrifice artistic values to political expediency. In all three cases, the cultural significance of the works is amply recognized, and their historical meaning is uncontroversial. Yet, the respective institutions chose to pratice self-censorship for fear of offending those who would misinterpret their intentions.
AICA believes fervently that the purpose of exhibitions is to make art and culture accessible to those who wish to partake in them. Challenging assumptions, instigating debate and promoting dialogue rank among the most cherished goals of free artistic expression. Fearfulness serves no one except those who seek to control the thoughts of others through intimidation. We call on exhibition venues and cultural professionals everywhere to stand their ground against political belligerence and moral panic. If we do not stand up for art and artists, who will?
On behalf of AICA,
Lisbeth Rebollo GONÇALVES
President of AICA
Rafael CARDOSO
Chair of Censorhip & Freedom of Expression Committee
55TH AICA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, KRAKÓW, POLAND NOVEMBER 13-17, 2023
CONTESTED INFRASTRUCTURES. ART CRITICISM AND THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF ART
In the past two decades, modern cultural institutions have become contested in a twofold sense – rendered as objects of both political rivalry and far-reaching critique. On the one hand, as liberal and social-democratic ideals have been losing their hegemonic status in the West, proponents of illiberal democracy came to compete for authority over public theatres, galleries and museums, viewed primarily as instruments of social influence. On the other hand, more and more voices in the global art field claim that modern institutions are unfit to meet the challenges that arise not only from current cultural or political disputes, but above all from the long-term economic and ecological crises that shake the very foundations of modernity. Therefore, facing the crisis of modern institutions’ legitimacy, many practitioners try to foster new modes of organization in the cultural field; oftentimes, modes that deviate purposefully from the Western cultural hierarchies and social imaginaries. With these developments in mind, we envisage the annual congress of AICA in 2023 as an enquiry into art makers and critics’ approaches to the ongoing crisis and transformation of cultural institutions – as well as the shifting grounds of art criticism itself. If the contestation of modern institutions’ legitimacy entails a re-evaluation of the public sphere as an Enlightenment-rooted concept, contemporary critical practices’ allegiances to the public demands special attention. As frequent employees and collaborators of galleries, museums and art schools, most critics can hardly claim to be objective, neutral arbiters of their operations, or simply to act in the name of the universal common good.
Incidentally, from the Central and Eastern European perspective in particular, the subject of cultural institutions’ legitimation carries a lot of weight at the present time. In Poland – as in the Czech Republic or Slovakia – the post-transformation network of public museums and galleries has been consolidating over the last thirty years. Today, while the task of building new infrastructure is receding into the background, important and inherently political discussions emerge in the region about the use of existing facilities. Meanwhile, across the eastern border of the European Union, Russian troops are devastating resources in all sectors of Ukrainian public life. The wartime crisis, however, is already provoking discussions about the values that will define the trajectory of institutional reconstruction. For the above reasons, undertaking a debate about the institutional contexts of art and criticism in Kraków, seems not just timely, but incredibly urgent.
PRESS KIT KRAKOW GUIDE
This is how I write
The art section of the Norwegian Critics’ Association (Norsk kritikerlag) welcomes you to the international, online edition of «This is How I Write» with the invited guests Julia Grosse and Estelle Nabeyrat. Moderated by philosopher, independent researcher, curator, and art critic Sofia M. Ciel. The conversation will be held in English and streamed via Zoom.
Time and place:
27 October 2023 at 18:00–19:00, on Zoom and Kunstnernes Hus Kino
ZOOM LINK (Meeting ID: 975 6652 8624)
The work of the critic has been much discussed in recent years; particularly with a focus on the critic and criticism’s increasingly vulnerable situation. The conversation series «This is How I Write» aims to give a professional insight into the art critic’s work as a writing practice. In 2021 and 2023, the Norwegian Critics’ Association conducted four critic talks in Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen, and Tromsø, intending to strengthen the conversation around the critic’s role and create a better understanding of the importance of criticism for the local art scene in the listed cities. The international edition seeks to broaden that perspective. We therefore invite two experienced, international critics to a conversation about their work as art critics, and how they operate within their specific fields.
Julia Grosse is co-founder and artistic director of the platform Contemporary And (C&). She is a lecturer at the Institute for Art in Context at the University of the Arts in Berlin and associate curator at Gropius Bau. Grosse studied art history and worked as a columnist and arts journalist in London for taz, FAZ and AD Magazine. She has written and co-edited several books and in 2020 was (together with Yvette Mutumba) the winner of the prize «European Cultural Manager of the Year». At the moment she is curating the solo show «John Akomfrah. A Space of Empathy» at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Estelle Nabeyrat is a curator and art critic. She lives and works in France and Spain. Her texts are regularly published in various magazines (Camera Austria, Le Quotidien de l’art, Texte zur Kunst, Contemporânea) and catalogues. As a curator, she has organised several exhibitions at Centre d’art Le Lait (Albi), Municipal Galleries of Lisbon, Quadrado Azul Gallery (Lisbon), Neuer Aachner Kunstverein (Aachen), the Republic Museum (Rio de Janeiro) among other venues. Together with Pedro De Lano, she recently completed a research followed by an online curatorial selection entitled «Hors-sol, formes en exil», focusing on Latino & Caribbean artists from the Cnap collection. With Eva Barto, she is a co-founder of the radio show «ForTune» (Duuu* Radio), dealing with art workers’ working conditions. She is currently tutoring at the design department of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Paris-Saclay.
NUEVO WEBINARIO AICA LATINOAMÉRICA Y EL CARIBE: BIENALES COMO ESCENARIO DE INFLUENCIA Y CRÍTICA EN LA CUENCA DEL CARIBE
En el panorama artístico latinoamericano, las bienales representan un evento de modernización e internacionalización. El primero apareció en 1951. y fue la Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Hoy la bienal sigue siendo un acontecimiento importante en el país y en la región para la escena contemporánea y para el campo de la crítica de arte. Por ello, la Regional de AICA América Latina y el Caribe ha organizado tres webinarios sobre el impacto de las bienales del arte. El segundo de ellos tendrá lugar el martes 31 de octubre a las 5 pm (Hora de Sao Paulo, Brasil).
Regístrense hoy mismo al correo: aicainternational.webinar@gmail.com
NEW AICA LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN WEBINAR:
BIENNALIES AS A SCENARIO OF INFLUENCE AND CRITICISM IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN
In the Latin American art scene, biennials represent an event of modernization and internationalization. The first appeared in 1951 and was the Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil. Today the biennial continues to be an important event in the country and in the region for the contemporary scene and for the field of art criticism. For this reason, the AICA Latin America and the Caribbean Regional has organized three webinars on the impact of art biennials. The second of them will take place on Tuesday, October 31 at 5 p.m. (Sao Paulo, Brazil time).
Register by email: aicainternational.webinar@gmail.com.
WEBINAR: Above and Under the Radar. Freedom of Artistic Expression in Japan, Turkey, Hungary and Poland
Friday, October 27th
12:00 PM (Paris Time)
Language: English
The webinar is free and open to non-members
Please register by sending an email to aicainternational.webinar@gmail.com by 26th October
One of the main objectives of AICA is “to defend and promote freedom of expression and thought”. Protection of freedom of artistic expression lies within the Guiding Principles of the UNESCO 1980 Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist, which calls on member states to protect and defend artists in their freedom to create. Freedom of expression is also referred to as a fundamental right within the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The UN human rights treaties and the Convention, however, contain “exceptions” – restrictions can be applied to expressions that damage “the rights and reputations of others”, that threaten “national security or public order” or “public health or morals”. [1]
The shrinking space for the freedom of expression has been a concern of many AICA members, as well as institutions and NGOs devoted to the protection of human rights. In 2022, the Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI) published reports on the situation in Poland and Hungary. The document on Poland was partly based on the Report on Censorship prepared by AICA Poland for the AICA Censorship Committee. The document on Hungary was prepared in cooperation with Gergely Nagy (AICA Hungary). Firat Arapoğlu (AICA Türkiye) presented his thoughts on the limitations of the freedom of expression in Türkiye in front of AICA in Paris. Andrew Maerkle (AICA Japan) presented a case of the Aichi Triennial in 2019 and moderated a webinar on the freedom of expression organized by AICA Japan for the sections of AICA in Asia.
Censorship in today’s world, overcome by populism and fascism, is only a tip of an iceberg. In his recent article Jakub Dąbrowski, the author of the most comprehensive study on censorship in Poland between 1989 and 2010 asked: “So maybe it's not time to lament the censorship of the visual arts, ‘when the forests burn’”. [2] The webinar participants will try to answer this, and many further questions concerning the conflict zone between the states and visual arts. They will discuss the most recent cases of censorship, and the strategies of self-defence and resistance, as well as the possible ways forward. Concerning the last topic, especially valuable will be the expertise of Sara Whyatt – the author of the most recent report on Censorship for the Council of Europe and an experienced human rights activist. The conversation will focus on both “above the radar” obvious cases of legal repressions, and the “under the radar”, subtle practices leading to self-censorship.
[1] Based on: Sara Whyatt, "Free to Create: Artistic Freedom in Europe. Council of Europe report on the freedom of artistic expression," (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2023), 14.
[2] Jakub Dąbrowski, "Wolność sztuki 2010-2020 albo o kulminacji wielkiej smuty," Magazyn Szum, no. 35 (2021 / 2022): 24-37.
SPEAKERS
Fırat Arapoğlu, Ph.D, is an art historian, art critic, and independent curator. He lives in Istanbul and works as an Asst. Prof. Dr. at Altınbaş University, Department of Common Courses. He has curated many exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. His recent projects include In a Multi-perspective, Group Show (2022, Yarat, Baku, Azerbaijan), Other Urban Order(s), Sophia Grancharova solo exhibition (2022, the ICA, Sofia), Lines of Site, International Traveling Exhibition (2022, Istanbul, Dundee, Barcelona), 6th International Istanbul Biennial for Children and Youth (2022, Istanbul), Unforgettable Future, Krassimir Terziev solo exhibition (2019, Versus Art Projects, Istanbul), Fifth Agreement, Esra Satiroglu solo exhibition (2019, Summart, Istanbul), and Simbart's one-day solo exhibition programs. He co-curated the 3rd Çanakkale Biennial and the 3rd and 4th International Mardin Biennials. Among the art magazines he contributed to in Turkey and abroad are Sanat Dünyamiz, Genç Sanat, Art-Ist Modern & Actual, ICE, ARTAM, Art Unlimited, Critical Culture, RH+, Istanbul Art News, Artdog, Varlık, and Flash Art. In addition, his articles were published in the newspapers Birgün, Cumhuriyet, and SOL. He presented his articles on art and art education at national and international symposiums and wrote book chapters. He gave speeches and workshops at Istanbul Modern Art Museum, Moda Stage, Atelier Maçka, Narmanlı Art, Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center, and Istanbul Bilgi University. He is the vice president of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) 2020-2023.
Jakub Dąbrowski, PhD - graduated in both law and history of art. In 2013 he has completed a PhD thesis at the History of Art Faculty at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. He is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Artistic Research and Curatorial Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where he lectures on History of Contemporary Art and Copyright Law. In 2015 he won The Award of the Polish Art Critique for a book Cenzura w sztuce polskiej po 1989 roku (English edition: Censorship in Polish Art after 1989. Art, Law, Politics, Mosaic Press 2019).
Andrew Maerkle is an art writer, editor, and translator based in Tokyo. He is currently Editorial Director of Art Week Tokyo, an annual event connecting 50 of the city’s leading art spaces through four-days of coordinated programming, and is Deputy Editor of the bilingual online art portal ART iT | International Edition, a position he has held since 2010. From 2020 to 2021 he was Editorial Director of the Bunka-cho Art Platform Japan translation project. From 2006 to 2008 he was Deputy Editor of ArtAsiaPacific in New York, and one of the creators of the magazine’s annual Almanac edition. His book of translations Kishio Suga: Writings, vol. 1, 1969–1979, was published by Skira in 2021. Maerkle contributes to international publications including Aperture, Art & Australia, Artforum, and frieze. He is also active as an educator. From 2018 to 2023 he taught in the Graduate School of Global Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts, and from 2015 to 2018 he led the seminar and publishing project Discourse Lab for the alternative education program MAD (Making Art Different), run by Arts Initiative Tokyo.
Gergely Nagy (1969), journalist, editor, author. Lives and works in Budapest. His main fields of interest are contemporary art, cultural policies and cultural resistance. After many years in journalism, since 2013, he has been the editor-in-chief first of the online art magazine Artportal, and then of the online magazine A mű (The Artwork). He currently works as a freelancer and he is a PhD fellow at ELTE University in Budapest. He is also the initiator of East Art Mags, a collaborative project of art magazines in the East Central European region. He is one of the founders of the OFF-Biennále Budapest, which has become the largest civic contemporary art initiative in the region. Gergely contributed to several reports dealing with the state of artistic freedom and freedom of speech in Hungary.
Sara Whyatt is a campaigner and researcher on freedom of artistic expression and human rights, notably as director of PEN International ‘s freedom of expression program for over 20 years and previously as a coordinator in Amnesty International’s Asia Research Department. In 2013 she took up freelance consultancy, working on projects including for the Council of Europe Free to Create program, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Associations, the Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen, and the Swedish Arts Council. She also works for civil society organisations such as Freemuse and PEN International. She has been a member of the EU/UNESCO Expert Facility 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions since 2019 and was the author of the chapters on freedom of artistic expression in the Convention global reports 2018 and 2022. She continues to work with UNESCO developing training programs for governments and CSOs, developing monitoring and reporting strategies to promote artistic freedom under the Convention.
MODERATOR
Małgorzata Kaźmierczak, Ph.D. in History. Since 2004 an independent curator of art projects in Poland and USA, especially performance art events. Researcher and author of many essays and reviews. Between 2011-2014 – editor, writer and translator of livinggallery portal; 2006–2012 – president of the Foundation for the Promotion of Performance Art “Kesher” in Kraków, Poland; 2012–2014 – managing editor of the Art and Documentation journal; 2014–2016 – director of the City Art Gallery of Kalisz, Poland. Between 2016–2017 – editor-in-chief of the Publishing House and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Painting and New Media of the Art Academy of Szczecin, Poland. Currently an Assistant Professor at the KEN University of Krakow. Since 2020, vice-president of AICA Poland and AICA International. Co-author of the report on Censorship in Poland between 2017-2021 for the AICA Censorship Committee, and a participant of the Council of Europe Workshops on the Freedom of Expression in 2022 and 2023, as well as the Artistic Freedom Initiative panel discussion organized at the Columbia University in New York (2022).
eBook : Arte y Crítica en la modernidad, postmodernidad y contemporaneidad en América Latina y el Caribe
Federación AICA América Latina y el Caribe: PUBLICAN LIBRO SOBRE ARTE Y CRÍTICA EN EL CONTEXTO HISTÓRICO REGIONAL
Dieciocho críticos de arte e investigadores de diez naciones contribuyen mediante sus ponencias en cuatro encuentros a diseccionar, discutir y ponderar el legado artístico y crítico de la modernidad, la posmodernidad y la contemporaneidad en la primera iniciativa editorial regional en su tipo, anunció Lisbeth Rebollo, presidenta de AICA Internacional con motivo del lanzamiento de la obra.
Esta primera iniciativa editorial de la Federación AICA América Latina y el Caribe consiste en cuatro capítulos, uno por cada webinario organizado entre 2021 y 2023. Cada responsable en esta revisión y cuestionamiento ha delimitado las repercusiones, influencias, yuxtaposiciones, préstamos, consecuencias, y mistificaciones con base en una visión propia por país en el marco de dos importantes hitos históricos, a saber: los centenarios del movimiento muralista mexicano y la Semana del Arte Moderno de Brasil, respectivamente.
Este es el primero de dos libros digitales e impresos ilustrados planeados para el período 2023-2024 por la Federación AICA Latinoamérica y el Caribe. La edición estuvo a cargo de Juan Carlos Flores Zúñiga y el diseño y composición fue responsabilidad de Emmanuel Calvo.
La obra será distribuida a partir de este mes de octubre primero en formato digital por los canales de AICA Internacional y luego en una versión impresa en español y portugués basado en la obra original a cargo del Memorial Da America Latina de Brasil la cual verá la luz a principios del 2024.
AICA Federation Latin America and the Caribbean: PUBLISHED BOOK ON ART AND CRITICISM IN THE REGIONAL HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Eighteen art critics and researchers from ten nations contribute through their presentations in four meetings to dissect, discuss and ponder the artistic and critical legacy of modernity, postmodernity, and contemporaneity in the first regional publishing initiative of its kind, announced Lisbeth Rebollo, president of AICA International on the occasion of the launch of the work.
This first editorial initiative of the AICA Latin America and the Caribbean Federation consists of four chapters, one for each webinar organized between 2021 and 2023. Each person responsible for this review and questioning has delimited the repercussions, influences, juxtapositions, borrowings, consequences, and mystifications based on a country-specific vision within the framework of two important historical milestones, namely: the centenaries of the Mexican muralist movement and the Brazilian Modern Art Week, respectively.
This is the first of two illustrated digital and printed books planned for the 2023-2024 period by the AICA Latin American and Caribbean Federation. The edition was in charge of Juan Carlos Flores Zúñiga and the design and composition were the responsibility of Emmanuel Calvo.
The work will be distributed starting this month of October, first in digital format through the AICA International channels and then in a printed version in Spanish and Portuguese based on the original work by the Memorial Da America Latina in Brazil, which will see the light. at the beginning of 2024.
Colloque "Les femmes et l'art en Afrique francophone" 12 et 13 Octobre à Dakar
Le colloque « Les femmes et l’art en Afrique francophone » bénéficie du soutien de l’UNESCO dans le cadre de son programme de participation 2022-2023 articulé autour des problématiques de “Genre et Egalité en Afrique”.
Organisées par l’AICA International et l’ASCA (Association Sénégalaise des critiques d’art), ces rencontres seront l’occasion de mettre en lumière l’apport des femmes dans le processus de dynamisation de la création en Afrique francophone, par leur engagement et leur innovation dans tous les domaines des activités artistiques ou encore par la gestion des institutions et lieux d’art.
Ce colloque, ses contenus, ses objectifs, sa richesse d’intervenantes et d’intervenants, est une occasion de répondre aux impératifs dictés par l’UNESCO, consistant à analyser et à étudier au mieux les prérogatives accordées aux femmes dans le Continent Africain à travers leur multiplicité, leur spécificité et leur exemplarité.
Dates et lieux
12.10 au Musée des civilisations noires
13.10 au Musée Théodore Monod
Avec : Edwige Aplogan, Reine Bassene, Adama Boye, Dagara Dakin, Aisha Deme, Nakhana Diakite-Prats, Oumou Diarra, Salimata Diop, Fabiola Ecot, Simone Guirandou, Nadine Hounkpatin, Bill Kouelany, Carine Mansan, Babacar Mbaye Diop, William Mpah Dooh, Adjaratou Ouedraogo, Sylvain Sankalé, Ina Thiam, Ramon Tio Bellido, Chab Touré, Kristine Tsala
Comité Scientifique
Nakhana Diakite-Prats, curatrice spécialisée en art contemporain et en iconographie africaine
Simone Guirandou, historienne de l’art et présidente de l’AICA Côte d’Ivoire
Nadine Hounkpatin, productrice et commissaire d’exposition. Co-fondatrice de la plateforme The Art Momentum
Babacar Mbaye Diop, enseignant-chercheur en Esthétique, Philosophie de l’art et de la culture à l’université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar. Ancien président de l''ASCA (Association Sénégalaise des critiques d’art)
Ramon Tió Bellido, docteur en histoire de l’art, critique d’art et curateur indépendant. Il est chargé de mission Afrique pour l’AICA International
Comité d’organisation
Dr Reine Bassène, Présidente
Dr Tafsir Baba Ndao Diouf, Secrétaire Général
Dr Samba Doucouré, Trésorier
Dr Aïssatou Sow Bangoura, Trésorière adjointe
M. Aliou Ndiaye, Responsable Communication
Colloque ouvert au public sur inscription et dans la limite des places disponibles
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ELECTIONS 2023
CANDIDATES PRESENTATIONS FOR PRESIDENCY OF AICA INTERNATIONAL
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Liam Kelly
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ELISA RUSCA
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AICA Próxima
The 6th edition of AICA Próxima, the quarterly publication from the Latin American and Caribbean sections of AICA, is here and ready for you to explore! Read the new issue here.
