Paco Barragán | Art Fairs Are Sexy Instruments of Soft Power In Today’s Culture Capitalism
Schedule
Sat Oct 05 2024 at 03:30 pm to 04:30 pm
UTC+03:00Location
LITEXPO | Vilnius, VL
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Art Fair ArtVilnius'24 invites you to the ArtVilnius TALKS studio. SATURDAY, October 5
3.30–4.30 pm
Paco Barragán talk "Art Fairs Are Sexy Instruments of Soft Power In Today’s Culture Capitalism"
In English
Location: Litexpo, ArtVilnius TALKS studio, Hall 5
In this talk, Paco Barragán will address the dynamic role of art fairs in today’s culture capitalism by analyzing the internationalization of art fairs since the ‘70s and its later globalization process since the ‘90s; the art fairs’ so-called ‘biennialization syndrome’ in its pursuit of a truly experiential art fair model; and finally art fairs as instruments of soft power in today’s culture capitalism in a contested 21st-century landscape in which cities compete fiercely for global attention.
Paco Barragán is the author of The Art Fair Age, 2008 and From Roman Feria to Global Art Fair, From Olympia Festival to Neo-Liberal Biennial: On the ‘Biennialization’ of Art Fairs and the ‘Fairization’ of Biennials, 2020.
He was seminar director of the course Global Art Fairs organized by Sotheby’s Institute of Art (SIA) New York in 2022. He has earned an International PhD from the University of Salamanca (USAL) with a residency at the Alvar Aalto University in Helsinki.
P. Barragán is a prolific curator: he has curated 98 exhibitions in 4 continents.
- ArtVilnius’24 is financed by Lietuvos kultūros taryba
- Under the patronage of Vilnius City Municipality
- Maecenas Law Firm COBALT.Legal
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Where is it happening?
LITEXPO, Laisvės pr. 5,Vilnius, LithuaniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
