Featuring Dan Handel, Curator of Design and Architecture, Israel Museum
Aric Chen, Lead Curator for Design and Architecture, M+, Hong Kong
Zoë Ryan, Chair and John H. Bryan Curator of Architecture and Design, Art Institute of Chicago
James Zemaitis, Curator and Director of Museum Relations, R & Company
Moderated by Jonathan Solomon, Director of the Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Curating in Place panel will consider contemporary approaches to the collection and exhibition of architecture and design. Considering both how design is influenced by the places in which it is conceived, fabricated and used; and the local and global influences on design exhibition, this discussion will trace current practices of curating in the field today.
About EXPO CHICAGO/2016
Now entering its fifth edition, EXPO CHICAGO presents artwork from 145 leading galleries representing 22 countries and 53 cities from around the world. The exposition offers a dynamic roster of programming including panel discussions with leading artists, curators, and collectors; uniquely curated site-specific projects at Navy Pier and throughout Chicago; cutting edge film, video and new media work; and special exhibitions by renowned institutions.
Presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), /Dialogues offers panel discussions, conversations and provocative artistic discourse with leading artists, curators, designers and arts professionals on the current issues that engage them.