"Curating Contemporary Art" Seminar Program
Dates: December 2023 – June 2024
Program Director: Billur Tansel
“Curating Contemporary Art” is a 7 month-long seminar series organized in cooperation by Open Dialogue Istanbul and Akbank Sanat. The purpose of these seminars is to initiate a comprehensive program on curating that is on an international level, thus creating a prestigious and unequalled platform of education in this field in Turkey. The program will consist of both theory and practice. The program, which will run under the coordination of Billur Tansel, will be carried out with an educational, practice-based and research-oriented approach. The seminars will be presented in Turkish and English. Speakers will be renowned actors from the international art platform. The seminars will also feature case studies on biennials, galleries, museums and art fairs. At the end of the seminars, if approved by the Jury, the final exhibition projects suggested by the participants will be displayed in either Akbank Sanat or other collaborative institutions and participants will be presented with a certificate of completion.
* To learn conditions of participation in a single seminar, we would kindly ask you to send an e-mail to apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org address noting the required seminar details. Single seminar participation fee is 250 TL + Kdv.
* The program will take place on the online platform Zoom.
History of Curating
Online Platform – Zoom
18 December 2023|18:00
Modern and Contemporary Art: A Brief History 1
Online Platform – Zoom
20 December 2023|18:30
Art History Readings & Semiotics
Online Platform – Zoom
28 December 2023|18:30
Modern and Contemporary Art: A Brief History 2
Online Platform – Zoom
8 January 2024|18:30
Collection Management
Online Platform – Zoom
15 January 2024|18:00
The Current Situation in Arts Management
Online Platform – Zoom
18 January 2024|18:00
Art Display in Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture
Online Platform – Zoom
22 January 2024|18:00
1. Mediterannean Bienial and the Current Paradigm
Online Platform – Zoom
5 February 2024|18:00
Preventive Conversation: Packing, Shipping and Storage Management 1
Online Platform – Zoom
20 February 2024|18:00
Preventive Conversation: Packing, Shipping and Storage Management 2
Online Platform – Zoom
22 February 2024|18:00
States of Curation
Online Platform – Zoom
4 March 2024|18:00
Local Cultural Policies
Online Platform – Zoom
7 March 2024|18:00
The Culture & Ideology of Art
Online Platform – Zoom
11 March 2024|18:00
Politics, Contemporary Art and Curation
Online Platform – Zoom
18 March 2024|18:00
Projects on Republic & Art
Online Platform – Zoom
1 April 2024|18:00
The Current Situation in Arts Management
Online Platform – Zoom
15 April 2024|18:00
The Museum Project: The Collaboration Between the Architect- Curator And Exhibition Designer
Online Platform – Zoom
25 April 2024|18:00
The Making Of A Biennial / Models, Institutions, Stakeholders
Online Platform – Zoom
2 May 2024|18:00
1 Wall 10 Objects 100 Narrations
Online Platform – Zoom
10 May 2024|18:00
Art Collecting and Wealth Management: Evolution and New Trends
Online Platform – Zoom
13 May 2024|18:00
Holding Ground, In Many Places
Akbank Sanat
16 May 2024|18:00
Curating Contemporary Art Seminar Program
December 2023 - June 2024