Talk Series

The first guest of Talk Series this year was Dr. Sabeth Buchmann, a Professor of Modern and Postmodern Art and the Head of the Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Maria was a TALK Series guest in 2023. The Netherlands-based exhibitions curator and art-researcher and founding general and artistic director of BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Anda Rottenberg was a TALK Series guest in 2022. The Warsaw-based exhibitions curator, art historian and critic has over a long and varied career developed a comprehensive insight into Polish and international contemporary art.

Shu Lea Cheang is an artist and filmmaker working with various art mediums and film formats, including installation, performance, net art, public art, video installation, feature-length film and mobile web serial.

New York-based art writer, critic and curator Gregory Volk hosted a lecture in TALK Series.

Dr. Gregory Sholette, artist, writer, activist and teacher contributed to TALK Series in 2021.

Curator Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch contributed to the TALK Series in 2021.

KW’s director Krist Gruijthuijsen was joined by KW’s curator Anna Gritz for TALK series.

Gabriele Knapstein has been with the Hamburger Bahnhof since 1999.

Dr Dorothee Richter is a Professor in Contemporary Curating.

Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, PhD is an independent art curator and biotechnologist.

Barbara Vanderlinden is an independent curator and professor of exhibition studies.

Gabriel Mestre Arrioja is a writer, filmmaker and independent curator.

Guillaume Bijl came to Iceland for his first visit and on that occasion he gave a lecture on his art and career at Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús and at The Iceland Academy of the Arts. He will also exhibited an installation at Mengi art space at Odinsgata.

Margot Norton is Associate Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.

The artist Karin Sander has acquired international renown for her conceptual and context-oriented work.

A guest lecturer at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, artist Douglas Gordon contributed to the TALK Series.

Mary Jane Jacob, Curator and Professor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, participated in the TALK Series program.

Dieter Daniels, Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts (HGB) in Leipzig, participated in the TALK Series with a lecture which took place at Reykjavik Art Museum.

Diedrich Diederichsen, Professor at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, participated in our TALK Series. Diederichsen‘s talk entitled “When Did Contemporaneity Start? The Problems of a Degree Zero and the case of 1960” took place in the Reykjavik Art Museum.

Heike Munder participated in the TALK Series with a lecture which took place at Reykjavik Art Museum.

Nicolaus Schafhausen participated in the TALK Series with a lecture which took place at Reykjavik Art Museum.

Didier Semin participated in the TALK Series with a lecture which took place at Reykjavik Art Museum.

Miwon Kwon participated in the TALK Series with a lecture which took place at Reykjavik Art Museum and was held in a special collaboration with the Iceland Design Center.

David A. Ross participated in the TALK Series with a lecture which took place at Reykjavik Art Museum.

Claire Bishop participated in the TALK Series with a lecture which took place at Reykjavik Art Museum.

Eleanor Heartney participated in TALK Series the Icelandic Art Center and the Icelandic Academy of the Arts. Heartney´s lecture, was on the topic of art and labour, and referred to the work of Santiago Sierra which was on show at Reykjavik Art Museum at the time.