A discussion exploring the role of taste in the visual arts today. How is individual taste formed? What does taste mean today?
Do spectacular new museum buildings overshadow the art or do they determine the shape of art to come? Leading professionals discuss the interrelationship of art and architecture.
Aesthetic managers? Creative ambassadors? Cultural entrepreneurs? Leading international curators discuss their role within the production and dissemination of contemporary art.
How should one respond to being affected by art? What is at stake for the critic? Leading critics discuss writing with the emotional engagement of the enthusiastic fan or with the rational distance of the dispassionate observer.
If convergence culture now dominates and everyone is a ‘Creative’, how do artists position themselves? Leading art and media professionals discuss the culture of marketing and the marketing of culture.
What are the motivations and responsibilities behind building a contemporary art collection? From public foundations to private individuals, the panelists discuss their collections followed by questions from the chair.
How does the construction of the buildings that house art effect the way museums function? What is the role of the museum within local and international fields? Can museum programming embrace both experimentation and conservation? What is the vision for the museum of the future?
Does the rapid development of new art centres encourage greater cultural diversity, or has it resulted in a new international orthodoxy? How can discourse keep up with information? Leading art professionals discuss.
A discussion of the production of art with a specific focus on commissioning large-scale public art projects. What is at stake for the artist? The producer? The wider community?
Is collecting an irrational act guided by compulsion and desire? What are the use of objects? What are the motivations behind making, collecting, curating and criticizing art? A discussion of the psychology of collecting and the politics of taste.
