Event: “The Future of Biennials in Local and Global Context”
Time: June 14, Friday, 1-2pm. Hall 1 of Art Basel

Marieke van Hal, Founding Director of Biennial Foundation and Member, International Advisory Committee, 4th Thessaloniki Biennale, Athens

Riyas Komu, Director of Programs, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012 and Secretary of Kochi Biennale Foundation, Mumbai/Kochi;

Carol Lu Yinghua, Artistic Director, OCAT, Shenzhen/Beijing;

Jessica Morgan, Director of the Gwangju Biennale 2014; President of the International Jury of the 55th Venice Biennial and The Daskalopoulos Curator, International Art, Tate Modern, London

Moderator: Shengtian Zheng, Trustee, Vancouver Art Gallery; Senior Curator of Asia, for the Vancouver Biennale and Managing Editor, Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Vancouver

In correlation with Yishu‘s special issue on World Biennial Forum No 1

SALON

The afternoon Salon program serves as an open platform for short presentations such as artist talks, panels, lectures and performances – often informal – with a range of speakers including artists, academics, curators, collectors, architects, art lawyers, critics and many other cultural players.

Salon is held daily from Thursday, June 13 to Sunday, June 16 from 1pm to 7pm (Sunday to 5pm) in Hall 1 of Art Basel; Access with Art Basel Ticket.

Videos of Salon talks will be available at artbasel.com shortly after the show.