3-4 OCTOBER 2022, Barcelona

TALKING GALLERIES
9TH BARCELONA SYMPOSIUM

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Talking Galleries, the Spanish non-profit dedicated to generating debate and knowledge in the field of art galleries and the art market, is pleased to present a new edition of its flagship event, the Barcelona Symposium.

The Barcelona Symposium is a two-day conference, a unique place for the prominent art world figures to debate and reflect on various aspects of art gallery management. It attracts a diverse audience, made up of gallerists, collectors, art journalists, curators, artists, and fair directors, who are engaged in the discussion and contribute to the exchange of expertise and relevant knowledge across all sectors of the art business.

The 2022 edition will mark the return of Talking Galleries' symposium to its hometown after the two-year pause due to the pandemic. The art world has changed significantly in these past two years. This year's programme will feature the new pressing issues and new concerns that have arisen in the art world's agenda since the previous meeting was held, in early 2020.

Discussion topics will include: the impact of NFTs in the gallery market; inclusiveness in the art world; the booming Parisian art scene; the relationships between art fairs and biennials; gallery practices in the secondary market; innovative projects between art and tech, among other relevant matters today.

With the participation of leading international art world figures including Ilaria Bonacossa (National Museum of Digital Art), Nicolas Bourriaud (curator and philosopher), Ellen de Bruijne (Ellen de Bruijne Projects), Mario Cristiani (Galleria Continua), Elvira Dyangani Ose (MACBA), Carles Guerra (artist, curator and art critic), Joe Kennedy (Unit London), Alex Mor (mor charpentier), Beatriz Ordovás (Christie's Spain), Julia Peyton-Jones (Thaddaeus Ropac), Guillaume Piens (Art Paris), Alain Quemin (Université Paris-8), Andrés Reisinger (digital artist), and Jérôme Sans (Lago/Algo, Materia), who will debate alongside Andrew Goldstein (Artnet News), Paco Barragán (curator and PhD), Pau Waelder (curator and researcher / Niio), Llucià Homs (Talking Galleries) and Farah Nayeri (The New York Times), among other contributors.


Dates
Monday 3rd &
Tuesday 4th,
October 2022

Address
Auditori Meier,
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
Plaça Joan Coromines 1, 08001 Barcelona

Price
from €180
SPEAKERS
The leading experts of the art world in conversation with prominent journalists
Ilaria Bonacossa
National Museum of Digital Art, Milan
Jérôme Sans
Lago/Algo, Materia
Elvira Dyangani Ose
MACBA
Carles Guerra
Artist, curator and art critic
Joe Kennedy
Unit London
Alex Mor
mor charpentier
Andrew Goldstein
Artnet News
Farah Nayeri
The New York Times
Guillaume Piens
Art Paris
Alain Quemin
Sociologist of art
Andrés Reisinger
Digital artist
Paco Barragán
Curator and PhD
Pau Waelder
Niio
SCHEDULE
The full programme and speakers are being confirmed.
The final version is to be announced soon.
Monday,
October 3rd
09:00 - Registration
09:45 - Opening & welcome words
10:00 - Opening Keynote: "A Gallerist Career"
11am - Conversation: "Can We Make the Gallery World More Inclusive?", with
Elvira Dyangani Ose (MACBA) and Carles Guerra (artist, curator and art critic)
11:45 - Coffee break
12.15 - Panel Discussion:"NFTs. The Great Disruption in the Art Market", with Joe Kennedy (Unit London) and Beatriz Ordovás (Christie´s Spain). Moderated by Pau Waelder (Senior Curator at Niio)
13.30 - Lunch
3.15pm - Lecture: "Recent and New Trends for Galleries", with Alain Quemin (Université Paris 8)
16.00 - Panel discussion: "See it Venice, Buy it in Basel. Are Biennials the New Art Fairs?", with Nicolas Bourriaud (curator), Alex Mor (mor charpentier), Ellen de Bruijne (Ellen de Bruijne Projects). Moderated by Paco Barragán
17.15 - Presentation tbc
18.00 - Guided tour to shows at MACBA
20.30 - Welcome dinner and networking drinks (Hotel Alma)

Tuesday,
October 4th
10:00 - Panel discussion: "Art's New Digital Vanguard: Where We Are & Where Things Are Going", with Ilaria Bonacossa (National Museum of Digital Art) and Jérôme Sans (Lago/ Algo, Materia). Moderated by Andrew Goldstein (Artnet News)
11:00 - Coffee break
11:30 - Panel discussion: "Is Paris the New London?", with Mario Cristiani (Galleria Continua), Guillaume Piens (Art Paris) and Alain Quemin Université Paris 8),. Moderated by Farah Nayeri (The New York Times)
13.00 - Presentation tbc
13.30 - Lunch
15.00 - Panel discussion: "Galleries in the Secondary Market"
16.00 - Panel discussion: "Do Artists Need Galleries to Sell their Work?", Andrés Reisinger (digital artist)
17.45 - Closing remarks
18.30 - Farewell drinks
This is my third consecutive year here at Talking Galleries. It's been one of the most incredible experiences of my professional career. It's sort of the Davos of the art world when people can get together globally and talk about issues facing the entire industry.
Adam Sheffer, Vice President of Pace Gallery
(Barcelona Symposium 2018)
You can watch the videos from the recent New York edition (April 2022), our Barcelona Symposium 2020
and the previous editions on the video channel on our official website.
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€180-€320

€150-€290
This is my first time here and I'm already, after two sessions, deeply impressed because this is what is needed. It's an absolute necessity to do similar symposiums or events like you have here where you go deeper into it, more critically.
Ursula Krinzinger, of the Gallery Krinzinger
(Barcelona Symposium 2018)
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