Conference Programme
Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Location: Room SH261, Senate House, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU
17.30: Registration
18.00 Keynote Lecture: Dr. Olav VELTHUIS (Amsterdam), ‘The Role of the Venice Biennial in the Emergence of Art Markets’
Chair: Julian STALLABRASS, The Courtauld Institute of Art
19.00-19.30 Question and Discussion
Thursday 4th February 2016
Location: The Institute of Historical Research, London, Senate House, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU
10.00 Registration
10.20 Welcome and Introductory remarks: Marie Cambefort-Tavinor
10.30 PANEL ONE: MARKET OR NO MARKET: THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIENNALE'S STRATEGIC POSITIONING
Chair: Dr. Derrick CHONG, The Royal Holloway, University of London
10.40 Stefania Portinari (Venice)'Exhibition in Real Time': Attacks to the Art Market and Capitalism at the Venice Biennale in the 1970s'
11.00 Vittoria Martini (Turin) ‘1976: the Birth of the Thematic Biennale and The Issue of the Market'
11.20-11.40: Break
11.40 Clarissa Ricci (Venice) ‘To Sell or Not to Sell, is this the question? Attempts at reopening the Venice Biennale's Sales Bureau'
12.00 Dorothy Barenscott (Vancouver) 'Objects and Events: the Emergence of the Venice Biennale as Global Spectacle'
12.30 Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch break (not provided)
14.10 PANEL TWO: MARKETING STRATEGIES
Chair: Mark WESTGARTH, The University of Leeds
14.20 Monica Sassatelli (London) 'Georg Simmel at the Venice Biennale: perennial exhibitions, forms of value and contemporary culture
14.40 Francesca Castellani (Venice) ‘1895-1897: Market Practices and Strategies of theVenice Biennale during its First Editions’
15.00 Silvia Madeddu (Paris) 'Artist Retrospectives and Market Interests at the Venice Biennale: the Case of Enrico Piceni (1901-1986)
15.20-15.50 Break (coffee and tea provided)
15.50 Luca Pietro Nicoletti (Milan) 'A Merchant, a Critic, a Poet: the Story of Jean Fautrier at the 30th Venice Biennale'
16.10 Marco Delogu (London), ‘Photography at the Biennale’
16.30-17.00 Discussion
Friday 5th February 2016
Location: The Institute of Historical Research, London, Senate House, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU
9.30 Registration
9.50 PANEL THREE: THE BIENNALE AS ITALY’S COMMERCIAL AND IDEOLOGICAL PLATFORM
Chair: Dr. Giuliana PIERI, The Royal Holloway, University of London
10.00 Cristina Beltrami (Venice) 'The Venice Biennale and the Market for Murano Glass: 1895-1930'
10.20 Giuliana Tomasella (Padua) '1940-1942: The Contemporary Art Market during the War'
10.40 Break
11.00 PANEL FOUR: FITTING IN THE BIENNALE FRAMEWORK: THE RE-BRANDING OF OUTSIDERS
Chair: Dr. Chloe PREECE, The Royal Holloway, University of London
11.10 Ana Bogdanovic (Belgrade) 'Yugoslavia at the Venice Biennale 1950-1952: Strategic Positioning between East and West'
11.30 Nicola Foster (London) 'Thailand and China at the Venice Biennale: Art and Politics'
11.50 Salimata Diop and Liz Lydiate (London) ‘Do the Venice Biennale national pavilions still impart special status? A reflection on the composition, development and influence of the pavilions, taking developing contemporary art practice throughout Africa as a case in point’
12.20-12.50 Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch Break (not provided)
14.00 PANEL FIVE: EMERGING MARKETS AT THE VENICE BIENNALE: SPECULATION OR DEMOCRATISATION?
Chair: Dr. Anthony GARDNER, The University of Oxford
14.10 Estelle Bories (Paris) 'The Complex Relationship of the Venice Biennale and China'
14.30 Kathleen Ditzig (Singapore) 'The Significance of the Venice Biennale for the Southeast Asian Art Market'
14.50-15.20 Break (coffee and tea provided)
15.20 Leonor Veiga de Oliviera Matos (Leiden) 'The Venice Stamp: South-East Asian Artists and the Venice Biennale'
15.40 Valerie Kabov (Harare) ‘The role of the Venice Biennale partnership with the art market in real and perceived democratization of the art world – African contemporary art case-study in the context of the Global South’
16.00-16.30 Discussion and Closing Remarks
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