2018 CONFERENCE AND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS:
Thursday September 20, 2018
04:30pm – 05:30pm: “Collectionner”
Moderator: Marine Bougaran, Cultural Development & Projects Manager BEIRUT ART FAIR
Panelists:
Joumana Asseily, Gallery owner “Marfa’ “, Lebanon, and Art collector
Florence Bourgeois, Fair director “Paris Photo”, France
Abraham Karabajakian, Art collector
Tarek Nahas, Curator of “Across Boundaries”, Art collector
(This talk will be held in French)
06:00pm – 07:00pm: “Art in the Public Space, a Genealogy, a Reality” by Paul Ardenne*, organized by Art in Motion
*Paul Ardenne (FR) is an art historian and a writer. He is the author of numerous books on contemporary creation, notably in relation to the topic of this conference: L’Art dans son moment politique (1999), Un Art contextuel (2002), Extrême – Esthétiques de la limite dépassée (2006) and Art, le présent (2009).
(This lecture will be held in English)
Friday September 21, 2018
03:00pm – 04:00pm: ” The growth of the Arab and Iranian Art Markets in Recent Times”, by Sotheby’s
Moderator: Iain Robertston, Head of Art Business Studies at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London
Panelists:
Mai El Dib, Sotheby’s Consultant, Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art
Roxane Zand, Deputy Chairman for the Middle East at Sotheby’s
(This talk will be held in English)
04:30 pm – 05.30 pm : “De l’importance des catalogues raisonnés”
Moderator: Pascal Odille, Artistic Director BEIRUT ART FAIR, Expert CNES Modern & Contemporary Art
Panelists:
Christine Abboud, In charge of Shafic Abboud’s « Catalogue raisonné »
Manuella Guiragossian, President of the Paul Guiragossian Foundation
Pierre El Khoury, Intellectual property specialist, Law School Professor
(This talk will be held in French)
Saturday September 22, 2018
05:30pm – 06:30pm: “Photographie pour tous”
Moderator: Ghada Waked, Specialized in Photography, she founded the Beirut Biennale for the Image (BIB) and the interdisciplinary Albedo Creative Platform focusing on digital and new media. She currently teaches at USEK and at ALBA
Panelists:
Dimitri Beck, Director of Photography at Polka, Print-Gallery Multimedia, based in Paris
Marine Bougaran, Cultural Development & Projects Manager BEIRUT ART FAIR
(This talk will be held in English & French)
Sunday September 23, 2018
06:00pm – 07:00pm: “Looking For, Being With, Dreaming About: Beirut & Tripoli“
Moderator: Clément Dirié, Art Critic and Curator, Paris
Speakers:
Joana Hadjithomas, Artist and Filmmaker, Beirut & Paris
Khalil Joreige, Artist and Filmmaker, Beirut & Paris
Marwan Rechmaoui, Artist, Beirut
Joanna Abou Sleiman-Chevalier, Curator, Special Advisor Contemporary Art BEIRUT ART FAIR
Karina El Helou, Curator, STUDIOCUR/ART, Beirut & Paris
(This talk will be held in English)
BOOK SIGNINGS :
Wednesday September 19, 2018
8:30 pm: Book signing by Tarek Nahas & Marine Bougaran
“Across Boundaries”, the catalogue of the exhibition
Booth B4
Saturday September 22, 2018
6:30 pm: Book signing by Amal Traboulsy
“Galerie Épreuve d’Artiste: chronique d’une galerie sur fond de guerre”
Booth C16: MACAM Bookstore