The AltIași Cultural Association organizes “Lumi ale artei”, a series of conferences by specialists from the country and abroad, whose role is to guide the way in which contemporary art is exhibited, perceived and signified both in specialized settings (museums, galleries, various institutions cultural), as well as in the public space.
The first conference is held on Friday, September 6, at 6 p.m., by Erwin Kessler in the Aula Magna of the “Al. I. Cuza”, under the title: “How is something recent in art possible”.
To the question “How can there be something recent in art” the answer seems to be self-evident: in the art of now there can only be something recent. Without novelty, without something of the last minute, the art of now risks not being of our time, of the times when the attraction lies in innovation and novelty. And yet, those interested in the conference “How is something recent in art possible” come because they have doubts: is it possible that there is something really new in art today? The short version of the answer is no, it’s not possible. The long version of the answer is the conference itself.
Erwin Kessler (1967) is a Romanian art historian, curator and philosopher, scientific researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Romanian Academy, art critic at Revista 22 and founding director of MARe/ Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest. He studied philosophy and art history in Bucharest, Prague, Paris and Maastricht and obtained a D.E.A. at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He specializes in modern and contemporary art and the history and aesthetics of universal modern art. He lectured, among others, at Berkeley and Stanford Universities, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Stockholm, Helsinki, Louvain, Rennes, Warsaw, Poznan, Krakow, Prague, Budapest, and Zagreb. He has published several volumes of art history and theory in the country and abroad. Most recent appearances: The Picasso Effect (2023) and The New Ones (2024).
Conference schedule:
September 6, 6 p.m.: Erwin Kessler in the Aula Magna of UAIC
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September 7, 6 p.m.: Alice de Dinechin at the French Institute
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September 9, 6 p.m.: Alexia Manzano at Braunstein Palace
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September 12, 6 p.m.: Mihaela Tilincă at Pogor Museum
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The AltIași Cultural Association organizes the conferences that are part of the project “Worlds of art. Cultural mediation program”, co-financed by AFCN and Iași City Hall, which also includes an intensive course, free of charge, accompanied by training workshops in artistic mediation and heritage for 20 young professionals from Iași cultural institutions (10) and from the rest country (10), offered in the form of scholarships that cover their transport and accommodation as well.
