Michael Asbury and Gilane Tawadros in conversation: Remembering Guy Brett through inIVA and the British Art Scene

Interview with Gilane Tawadros on the legacy of Guy Brett

Focal Point Gallery : a new institutional model?

A description is given of how Focal Point Gallery’s (FPG) new building (in Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was conceived in terms of its practical effectiveness in addressing tensions between local and global, utopian, social and political thought, through the commissioning of permanent and temporary artworks – by Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Scott King, Mike Nelson, Elizabeth Price, Allen Rupperberg, Tris Vonna-Michell and Lawrence Weiner – via an ethical curatorial approach involving affirmative modes of criticality. This includes an account of distribution strategies used for FPG’s printed publicity as an artistic program in its own right, and the various platforms, channels and spaces of editorial circulation that informed this curatorial approach

Reading (and Curating) from Right to Left

This paper reviews the challenges of attempting to negotiate complex cultural differences between the West and other parts of the world at a time when the balance of political, economic and cultural power may be shifting. Engaging with difference is seen as an ongoing process requiring depth and complexity

Hear, now. Episode 22: Johanna Billing. [Podcast]

In this episode of Whitechapel Gallery's "Hear, Now" podcast, discover the inspiration behind artist Johanna Billing's film "Each Moment Presents What Happens" (2022), as she discusses her ideas for the work with Whitechapel Gallery Director Gilane Tawadros and curator Judith Winter. The conversation touches on the legacy of Black Mountain College and approaches to collaborative art practice. This podcast episode was aired to coincide with the exhibtion, "Johanna Billing: Each Moment Presents What Happens", 11 October 2023 - 4 February 2024, Whitechapel Gallery, London

The Producers : Contemporary Curators in Conversation (2)

Transcripts of three public discussions on the role of the curator, including question and answer periods, form the contents of this book. Tawadros and Obrist talk about the shows they have curated in terms of opening up new intellectual spaces; Morris and Esche broach issues of the institution and expertise in their discussion; Brett and Petheridge’s conversation centres on the figure of the artist as curator. Biographical notes

Global Visions : Towards a New Internationalism in the Visual Arts

This anthology includes 16 essays by as many authors on the topic of a new internationalism in art. Among the topics discussed: the problem of ethnography for the arts; the problem of creating meaning through the museum; issues of difference, curatorship, and exhibiting. Biographical notes on writers. Circa 100 bibl. ref

Trophies of Empire

Piper, Tyler and Tawadros examine the project "Trophies of Empire", an investigation into the legacy of British Imperialism in Liverpool, Bristol, and Hull, within the current political context. Includes 15 artist's statements. Brief biographical notes