TALKS PROGRAMME

Dates: 16 - 18 November 2022

The 2022 Talks Programme featured established speakers from the UAE art community, alongside participating curators and artists in the 2022 edition of the fair. The talks programme discussed the development of the art scene in the UAE over the last decade, contemporary art practices in the country and art perspectives and insights from around the world.

• Emerging Artists Challenges in North Africa
• Creating a National Collection
• Social Enterprise through Artisans
• Commissioned Art & Community
• An Introduction to the iii – a virtual museum
• Art Collections on the Blockchain
• Cultural Exchange between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf
• Alfred Basbous: Modernist Pioneer
• Society & Art

Challenges for Emerging Artists in the North Africa

Challenges for Emerging Artists in the North Africa

Speakers:
Meryam Sebti (Editor for Revue d’art Dyptik)
Aicha Gorgi (Owner, Agorgi Gallery)
Najeh Zarbout (emerging artist)
Ilyes Messaoudi (Artist and co-director of Gallery La la land)

Moderator:
Rachida Triki (Curator)

Language: English

Creating a National Collection

Creating a National Collection

Speakers:
Nadira Laggoune (Previously the Director of the National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art Algeria)
Taher Ghalia (Former chief curator of the national museum of Bardo, Tunis, and editor in chief of Patrimonie et créativité, Expert to UNESCO, and Member of the council of ICOM)

Moderator:
Rachida Triki (curator)

Language: English

Social Enterprise through Artisans

Social Enterprise through Artisans

Speakers:
Nadine Maalouf (Co-founder, 81 Designs)
Mourad Ben Ayed (Strategist for purpose-led organisations, Conceived
Weaving Alliances)
Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro (Social Entrepreneur)
Bouchra Boudoua (Artist and designer)

Moderator:
Noura Al Mubarak (Institutional & International Affairs, Zayed National Museum)

Language: English

Commissioned Art & Community

Commissioned Art & Community

Speakers:
Marinella Senatore (Artist)
Arturo Galansino, (Director, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence)
Francesco Stocchi (Head of Modern and Contemporary Art, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam)

Moderator:
Chiara Paolino (Professor of Arts Management at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan).

Language: English

An introduction to the iii - a virtual museum

An introduction to the iii - a virtual museum created by the Mohammed Afkhami Foundation

Speaker:
Mohammed Afkhami (Collector)

Hosted by Sotheby’s

Language: English

Art Collections on the Blockchain: How NFTs are Impacting the Way Art is Traded and Authenticated

Art Collections on the Blockchain: How NFTs are Impacting the Way Art is Traded and Authenticated

Speakers:
Anas Bhurtun (CEO & Co-founder Arts Dao)
Amina Debbiche (Co-founder, The Open Crate)
Colborn Bell (Founder of MOCA Museum of Crypto Art),

Moderator:
Anna Seaman (Curator, MORROW collective)

Language: English

Cultural Exchange between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf

Cultural Exchange between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf

Speakers:
Daudi Karungi (Founder, Afriart Gallery)
Kavita Chellaram (Collector and Founder, gallery kó)
Nina Olatoke (CEO and Founder, All Africa Festival)

Moderator:
Munira Al Sayegh (Curator)

Language: English

Alfred Basbous: Modernist Pioneer

Alfred Basbous: Modernist Pioneer

Speakers:
Fadi Basbous (Foundation Director, Alfred Basbous)
Roxane Zand (Independent Curator and Art Advisor)

Moderator:
Melissa Gronlund (Writer)

Language: English

Society & Art

Society & Art

Speakers:
Mohamed Al Astad (Artist)

Moderator:
Alshumoos Alhosani (Marketing & Communication Specialist, Ma’an)

Presented by The Authority of Social Contribution- Ma’an.

Language: Arabic