ST [ART] AGAIN

28/01/2021
Local: 6:00 pm
Paris: 11:00 am
10 Salisbury Road Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, HK
Hong Kong
English
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For this edition, you are invited to rediscover the role art plays in our society, to revisit the definition of museums, culture and art, and to learn the great challenges and evolutions they will know post-2020.

- To what extent art can unite us in these exceptional times and accompany us through the great changes we are experiencing.
- In which way art, culture and museums are essential to our modern societies.

Insightful debates will be unfolded between museum directors, curators, artists and art lovers from both France and Hong Kong around the crucial role art and culture play in our contemporary world. Take this exclusive opportunity to meet with these leading artistic and institutional figures and take part in the discussion!

Our program

Opening conversation: The Power of Art

This conversation will question the crucial role of art in our contemporary societies: 'To what extent it can unite us in times of crisis and how it can help us revisit our perception of the world? Art can provide new perspectives on difficult topics that academic knowledge fails to fully comprehend. For this transformative power to be effective, it is essential to promote the widest public access to art possible? Does modernity need art?

Panelists

  • Ms. Ms. Laurence des Cars, President, Musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie
  • Mr. Johnson Chang, Curator and Chinese contemporary art expert
  • Moderator: Ms. Vivienne Chow, journalist and critic (arts and culture)
Panel Discussion 1: Museums at the Crossroad of Cultures and Societies

Artistic movements can be the reflection of an era, mutually influencing and being influenced by the social and cultural context which artists belong to and create in. By building bridges between different cultures and traditions, artists bring together people and societies. Museums are at the heart and crossroad of these great changes: whilst inanimate by nature, they flow alongside the tide of time, constantly reinventing themselves and reflecting present thoughts. What new transitions will they know after this exceptional year?

Panelists

  • Ms. Ms. Catherine Pégard, President, Palace of Versailles
  • Mr. Laurent Le Bon, Curator and Director, Picasso Museum
  • Ms. Ms. Suhanya Raffel, Director, Museum of M+
  • Dr. Raymond Tang, Curator, Hong Kong Heritage Museum
  • Moderator: Ms. Apo Wu, Curator (Learning & International Programmes), Hong Kong Museum of Art
Panel Discussion 2: Art Post-2020 - The Digitalization of Art

Exchange of perspectives of Hong Kong and French artists on the way their practices will evolve after 2020, both in terms of format and content. With the rapid development of new technologies and the increasing use of artificial intelligence, what will be the evolution of artistic practices post-2020?

Panelists

  • Dr. Hung Keung, artist, Museum Expert Adviser
  • Mr. Chris Cheung Hon-him, Artist, Artistic Director, Xceed
  • Ms. Blanca Li, artist and director, Teatros del Canal
  • Ms. Tatiana Vilela dos Santos, game designer and interactive artist
  • Moderator: Ms. Vivienne Chow, journalist and critic (arts and culture)