For the fourth year ArtReview has organised the talks programme for the CHART art fair in Copenhagen (fair: 1-3 September; talks: 2-3 September). The series will comprise six panel discussions and one performance grouped under the overall heading ‘The End of the Artworld as We Know It’. Talks are free and open to the public and will take place at the Kuppelsalen of Kunsthal Charlottenborg except where otherwise noted. Speakers include: Alex Da Corte, Helga Christoffersen, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Christian Falsnaes, Goldin + Senneby, Tue Greenfort, Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, Stefanie Hessler, Bose Krishnamachari, Mark Leckey, Maria Lind, Justin McGuirk, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Peter Pakesch, Shwetal Patel, Stefan Schneider, Bosco Sodi, Katharine Stout, Alexander Tovborg, Kirstine Roepstorff and Chris Fite-Wassilak. Please find the full programme below.
Friday 1 September
4.30 Acid Money: a performance by Goldin + Senneby
Location: Kuppelsalen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
The artist duo will present a lecture performance and magic demonstration exploring the history of ‘conspiracy magic’, from cold war brainwashing techniques to contemporary finance magic, in collaboration with with Malin Nilsson (magician) and Théo Bourgeron (sociologist of finance).
Saturday 2 September
10.30am Globalism and its discontents
Location: Private Collector’s Home, Østerbro (limited capacity, rsvp essential at fair@chartartfair.com)
Speakers:
Shwetal Patel, curator, Mumbai and Kochi
Peter Pakesch, curator and artistic director, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, curator of contemporary art, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director, Serpentine Galleries, London
Moderated by Mark Rappolt
12.30pm Does professional art criticism lead to better art?
Location: Kuppelsalen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Speakers:
Chris Fite-Wassilak, writer and critic
Stefanie Hessler, curator and cofounder of Andquestionmark, Stockholm
Alexander Tovborg, artist
Moderated by Oliver Basciano
2.30pm The viewer is present
Location: Kuppelsalen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Speakers:
Christian Falsnaes, artist
Helga Christoffersen, curator, New Museum, New York
Katharine Stout, deputy director, ICA, London
Stefan Schneider, musician
Moderated by Louise Darblay
Sunday
10.30 Is radical change possible in today’s contemporary art world?
Location: Kuppelsalen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Speakers:
Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director, Serpentine Galleries, London
Maria Lind, director, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, director, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea and Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin
Bose Krishnamachari, artist, cofounder of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Moderated by Mark Rappolt
12.30 Can art be anti-social?
Location: Kuppelsalen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Speakers:
Alex Da Corte, artist
Richard Parry, director, Glasgow International Festival
Tue Greenfort, artist
Bosco Sodi, artist, founder of the Casa Wabi Foundation, Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Moderated by Oliver Basciano
2.30 Is there no experience except mediated experience?
Location: Kuppelsalen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Speakers:
Justin McGuirk, curator and critic
Kirstine Roepstorff, artist
Moderated by Mark Rappolt
CHART TALKS is generously supported by The City of Copenhagen, Goethe Institute and the Ny Carlsberg Foundation.
About CHART
Chart, the Nordic contemporary art fair, was established in 2013 by Gallery Susanne Ottesen, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, V1 Gallery, Andersen’s Contemporary and David Risley Gallery, with the ambition to further develop the impact and role of a Nordic art event on the international art and cultural scene. Returning to Kunsthal Charlottenborg for its fifth edition, the fair will present galleries from across the Nordic countries (with a few exceptions), which include, in addition to its founding members: Galleri Andersson/Sandström (Sweden), Andréhn-Schiptjenko (Sweden), Galerie Anhava (Finland), ANNAELLEGALLERY(Sweden), BERG Contemporary (Iceland), Galleri Brandstrup (Norway), Christian Andersen (Denmark), Croy Nielsen (Austria), Edition Copenhagen (Denmark), ELASTIC Gallery (Sweden); Galerie Forsblom (Finland); Gether Contemporary (Denmark); Helsinki Contemporary (Finland); Hverfisgallerí (Iceland); i8 Gallery (Iceland), Galleri Magnus Karlsson (Sweden), Martin Asbæk Gallery (Denmark), Galleri Nicolai Wallner (Denmark), Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Editions (Denmark/Germany), Nils Stærk (Denmark), Erik Nordenhake (Sweden), OSL contemporary (Norway), Peder Lund (Norway), Galleri Riis (Norway), Rod Bianco (Norway), SPECTA (Denmark), Gallery Steinsland Berliner (Sweden), Gallery Taik Persons (Berlin)
14 August 2017
