Public Programs
Museums and Civil Society: The Role of Artists, Institutions, and Politics: A Series of Panels at the New Museum
February 12 2009
In cooperation with New Museum and the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Kunsthaus Graz/LM Joanneum presents a symposium on scenarios of recent and future museum practice and theory. This program is a complement to the exhibition “The Artist as Troublemaker—The Museum and Civil Society” at the Austrian Cultural Forum NYC (December 7, 2008–March 28, 2009). Curators, artists, and scholars will discuss urgent and fundamental issues regarding the functioning of museums in a world of crisis.
2–3:15 PM
Panel I
The Artist and His/Her Critical Position Towards Museum Practice
Moderator: Peter Pakesch, Artistic Director, Kunsthaus Graz/LM Joanneum
Ann Temkin, Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, the Museum of Modern Art, New York
3:45–5 PM
Panel II
The Museum Education and the Development of the Public
Moderator: Katrin Bucher-Tramtow, Curator, Kunsthaus Graz/LM Joanneum
Dieter Bogner, museum consultant, Vienna
Eungie Joo, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs, New Museum, New York
Maria Lind, Director of the International Artist Program at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Marco de Michelis, Visiting Professor of Modern Architecture, Columbia University, New York
5:30–6 PM
Panel III
The Museum’s Future Perspectives
Moderator: Adam Budak, Curator, Kunsthaus Graz/LM Joanneum
Claire Farago, Professor of Fine Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder
Peter Pakesch, Artistic Director, Kunsthaus Graz/LM Joanneum
Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, New Museum, New York
Donald Preziosi, Professor of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
Diana Thater, Artist