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The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles - October 7, 2018 | Art historians Alexander Alberro and Nizan Shaked offer interpretations of the effect of the times on Piper’s work.
“MORELLET AND 1950s GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION IN BRAZIL”
Dia: Chelsea, New York City - March 3, 2018 | In conjunction with the exhibition of works by François Morellet, Dia Art Foundation hosts a group of scholars, curators, artists, and writers for a symposium on Morellet’s multifaceted oeuvre and extensive career. Speakers reflect on his practice from a diverse array of perspectives. Participants include Alexander Alberro, John Armleder, Béatrice Gross, Valerie Hillings, and Daniel Levin Becker.
“THE LEGACIES OF ABSTRACTION AND THE AVANT-GARDE ”
The MET, New York City - May 4, 2017| Presentations and conversations address questions and themes that come out of the work of Lygia Pape, her times in Brazil, and the international context.
Lygia Pape, Untitled, Tecelar, 1957-8
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin - February 27, 2015
Thinking with Farocki: Labour in a Single Shot. Presentations by Alexander Alberro, Nora M. Alter, Raymond Bellour, and Christa Blümlinger
“ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA: CONTEMPORARY ART BETWEEN THE REGIONAL AND THE TRANSNATIONAL”
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver - May 14, 2015
This paper centers around three fundamental questions. Is it possible to reestablish the lost link between contemporary art and a consistent art historical narrative? Second, can the art of the past quarter century be seen in structural terms--that is, is it organized around a structure? And third, are there theoretical and practical tools that could help us to comprehend both the governing principle of regional traditions, and the alleged globalization of the art world in recent years?
Artists Space, New York City - September 8, 2014
Originally programmed to mark the launch of a new publication on Harun Farocki's films titled Harun Farocki Diagrams. Images From Ten Films, this event pays tribute to and celebrates the work and life of the groundbreaking German filmmaker. Art historian Alexander Alberro and film theorist Thomas Elsaesser discuss the impact of Harun Farocki's work, and introduce a screening of the 1988 film Images of the World and the Inscription of War.
“CONTEMPORARY ART, THE SPECTATOR AND THE WORLD”
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius - June 3, 2014
In this lecture Alexander Alberro explores forms of art and spectatorship that have emerged in the past two-and-a-half decades and are referred to as “contemporary.”
“RECONDSIDERING INSTITUTIONAL CRITIQUE”
Fondazione Antonio Rati, Como - July 15, 2010
La “critica istituzionale” si riferisce all'arte che riflette criticamente sulla propria istituzionalizzazione in sedi come gallerie e musei, o sulla categoria concettuale e funzione sociale dell'arte stessa. Queste riflessioni sono in qualche modo parte dell'arte moderna fin dalla sua nascita, ma è alla fine degli anni Sessanta ed all'inizio degli anni Settanta che hanno acquisito una nuova centralità, accentuata dai movimenti sociali del periodo e legittimata dagli strumenti stilistici sviluppati dall'arte concettuale. Solo allora la critica istituzionale ha cominciato a diventare un genere a sé stante.
