PAST
BARCELONA SYMPOSIUM 5th edition
16–17 January, 2017
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
On January 16 and 17, Barcelona became a hub at the centre of a worldwide debate around the art gallery sector. The auditorium of the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) hosted the fifth edition of the Talking Galleries Barcelona Symposium, the first and only international event dedicated to gallerism. Talking Galleries, the professional platform for critical debate around contemporary art gallerism, gathered together over 200 professionals coming from 25 different countries, and with different profiles (gallerists, curators, art fairs’ and museums’ directors, dealers and art advisors, collectors, researchers, and specialized press).
Talking Galleries 2017 constituted an occasion for exchange where cogent issues surrounding contemporary gallerism where debated through a series of presentations and roundtable discussions.
PROGRAMME
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DAY 1 – MONDAY, JANUARY 16
9.00-9.45 | Registration
9.45-10.00 | Welcome Speeches
Ferran Barenblit, Director, MACBA, Barcelona
Llucià Homs, Director Talking Galleries, Barcelona
Heads of public Institutions, Ajuntament de Barcelona and Conselleria de Cultura/ Generalitat de Catalunya
10.00-11.30 | Keynote Speech
THE GLOBAL GALLERY
Thaddaeus Ropac
Founder and Director, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/Salzburg/London
11.30-11.50 | Coffee break
12.00-13.30 | Panel Discussion
THE EVOLVING FAIR SITUATION
Victoria Siddall, Director of Fairs, Frieze, London/New York
Jean Frémon, President, Galerie Lelong , Paris/New York
Elba Benítez, Founder and Director, Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid
Moderator:
Georgina Adam, Art market journalist, Financial Times and The Art Newspaper, London
13.30-15.30 | Lunch break
15.30-16.30 | Workshop
LEGAL MATTERS FOR EUROPEAN GALLERIES. AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE
Antoon Ott, Lawyer, Director of Artilaw, Amsterdam
Adriaan Raemdonck, President F.E.A.G.A. and owner Galerie De Zwarte Panter, Antwerp
In collaboration with the Federation of European Art Galleries Association (F.E.A.G.A.)
16.30-18.00 | Panel Discussion
CURATED GALLERY PROGRAMMES
Jocelyn Wolff, Founder and Director, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
Anthony Reynolds, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
Carles Guerra, Director, Fundaciò Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
Moderator:
Sabrina Amrani, Founder and Director, Galeria Sabrina Amrani, Madrid and President of Arte_Madrid
18.00-18.30 | Coffee break
18.30-19.30
Guided tours of MACBA’s current exhibitions
Hard Gelatin. Hidden Stories from The 80s, with curator Teresa Grandas and Miralda Madeinusa, with the artist.
20.30
WELCOME RECEPTION
Venue: Hotel Alma (Mallorca, 271)
DAY 2 – TUESDAY, JANUARY 17
10.00-11.30 | Panel Discussion
THE STRENGTHS AND BENEFITS OF THE MID-SIZED GALLERY
Adam Sheffer, Partner and Sales Director, Cheim & Read and President of ADAA, New York
Lisa Schiff, Art advisor, SFA Art Advisory, New York
Martin Aguilera, Head of Sales, Mendes Wood Gallery, São Paulo/New York
Moderator:
Melanie Gerlis, Columnist, Financial Times and Editor at large, The Art Newspaper, London
In collaboration with the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA)
11.30-11.50 | Coffee break
12.00-13.30 | Panel Discussion
NEW MODELS IN COLLABORATION: THE GALLERY AND AUCTION HOUSE RELATIONSHIP
Susan Dunne, President, Pace Gallery, New York, Palo Alto, London, Paris, Beijing, Hong Kong
François Chantala, Partner, The Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Martin Klosterfelde, Senior Director, Senior Specialist, Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s, London
Simon de Pury, Founder and Partner of de Pury de Pury
Moderator:
Jeffrey Boloten, Course Leader, Art and Business Programme, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London
13.30-15.30 | Lunch break
15.00-16.15 | Parallel Sessions 1 | Aula 0
CÓMO ATRAER PÚBLICO A LAS GALERÍAS ESPAÑOLAS / HOW TO ENGAGE VISITORS TO SPANISH GALLERIES
Elisabet Pueyo, Head of Marketing and Promotion at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
Carles Casals, Co-Director, L’Arcada Galeria d’Art, Blanes and Chair of Gremi de Galeries d’Art de Catalunya
In collaboration with the Gremi de Galeries d’Art de Catalunya (GGAC)
15.30-16.30 | Presentation | Auditori
ARCHITECTURE FOR ART. GALLERY SPACES
Simona Malvezzi, Partner Kuehn Malvezzi Architetcs, Berlin
Moritz Küng, Independent curator and editor,
16.30-17.30 | Parallel Sessions 12 | Aula 0
CÓMO INTERNACIONALIZAR NUESTRAS GALERÍAS / HOW TO INTERNATIONALISE OUR GALLERIES
Maria Baró, Founder and Director, Baró Galeria, Sao Paulo
Cristina Mayoral, Director of Mayoral Espai d’Art, Verdú
Joan Anton Maragall, President, Galeria Trama/Galeria Parés and President of Art Barcelona (led by)
16.30-18.00 | Conversation
SOCIAL MEDIA. ANALYSING YOUR INVESTMENT
Jesse Ringham, Director of Digital, SUTTON, London
Introduced by Tanya Barson, Chief Curator, MACBA, Barcelona
18.00-19.00 | Closing Session
SUMMARISING THE SYMPOSIUM
Georgina Adam, Art Market Editor-at-Large, The Art Newspaper, London
Adam Sheffer, Partner and Sales Director, Cheim & Read and President of ADAA, New York
* All the sessions will be held in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish,
except for the two parallel sessions on Tuesday afternoon to be held only in Spanish.
* The programme may be subject to changes.
