+ Auditorium Activities arteBA´10

Friday June 25
1:30 PM
Announcement of the winner of the 7th arteBA-Petrobras Visual Arts Prize.

4 PM
Presentation, by Ana Gallardo, Jorge Macchi, Victoria Noorthoorn and Alberto Sendros, of Ana Gallardo’s book Obras [Works] 1999 - 2009.

8 PM
Presentation of the Centro de Investigaciones Artísticas de Buenos Aires [Art Research Center of Buenos Aires], by Gachi Hasper, Roberto Jacoby and Judi Werthein.

Saturday June 26
2 PM
Argentine history and contemporary art by Valeria González.

4 PM
Argentine Bicentenary: Cultural politics facing the future
Guest Speakers: Jorge Coscia (National Culture Secretary) and Hernán Lombardi (Minister of Culture of GCBA).
Moderator: Daniel Santoro.

8 PM
Presentation of the international publishing project Of Bridges & Borders (De Puentes & Fronteras, www.ofbridgesandborders.com), by Sigismond de Vajay (editor) and Daniel Baumann (member of the collective Lang/Baumann - Burgdorf, Switzerland).

Sunday June 27
2 PM
What Is Art For? Present-tense Reflections on Contemporary Production, by Alicia de Arteaga.

8 PM
Argentine Bicentenary: Cultural politics for public museums
Guest Speakers: Alberto Petrina (National Director of heritage and museums) and Florencia Braga Menéndez (General Director of museums of the city of Buenos Aires)
Moderator: Eduardo Iglesias Brickles.

Monday June 28
2 PM
A global look at contemporary Latin American art, from Cildo Meireles to Doris Salcedo by Hugo Petruschansky.

6 PM
Tribute to Ruth Benzacar
Guest speakers: Jorge Macchi, Pacho O´Donnell, Pablo Siquier and Javier Villa. Moderator: Alicia de Arteaga.

8 PM
Art Fairs: Challenges and Perspectives
Lecture by Jennifer Flay, General Director of the FIAC (International Contemporary Art Fair), Paris.