Models of International Research and Collaboration

Live Webinar
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
5- 6:00pm ET

Description

In this webinar we will discuss models and methods for museums to meaningfully pursue original research across national borders. 

How can museums meaningfully pursue original research across national borders? How can international collaborations question and expand the canonical narratives of art history? What are the practical challenges of international partnerships? This webinar seeks to address these questions through a survey of different models for international collaboration and a discussion of their different research outcomes.

The AAMC Foundation is honored to present a webinar as part of its Engagement Program for International Curators, made possible by major support from the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Meet the Speakers
(listed alphabetically)

Nicholas Chambers, Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Co-Moderator

Nicholas Chambers is Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary International Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (AGNSW). He has previously held the positions of Milton Fine Curator of Art, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh; and Curator of Contemporary International Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. Chambers has organized numerous exhibitions for a diverse range of exhibition platforms – from artist-run-initiatives to major public art museums. His most recent exhibitions are ‘Adman: Warhol before pop’ (on display at The Warhol until 9/15/2018); and ‘Unpainting’, an exhibition surveying different approaches to abstraction from the 1950s to the present, at the AGNSW.

Ilona Katzew, Curator and Department Head of Latin American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Ilona Katzew is curator and department head of Latin American art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where she has built the museum’s collection of viceregal art and made key acquisitions of modern and contemporary art. Katzew has curated many exhibitions on Latin American art and has published widely in her area of expertise. Her books include Casta Painting: Images of Race in Eighteenth-Century Mexico (2004), Race and Classification: The Case of Mexican America (2009), and Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World (2011). Her most recent international exhibition, Painted in Mexico, 1700–1790: Pinxit Mexici (2017-18), was selected by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times among the top exhibitions of 2017, and the accompanying catalogue has received multiple awards for scholarly excellence.

Reuben Keehan, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

Reuben Keehan is Curator, Contemporary Asian Art, at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, where he has been a curator of the 2012, 2015 and 2018 Asia Pacific Triennials. With a long history in the public and non-profit sectors, he was previously Curator at Artspace, Sydney (2006–11). His recent curatorial collaborations include Yayoi Kusama: Life is the heart of a rainbow(National Gallery Singapore, 2017-18); Time of others (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, National Museum of Art Osaka, and Singapore Art Museum, 2014-15); and Out of Doubt: Roppongi Crossing 2013 (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2013).

Fernanda Mendonça Pitta, Senior Curator at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; Lecturer in the History of Art at the Escola da Cidade, in São Paulo; Co-Moderator

Fernanda Mendonça Pitta’s research interests focus primarily on 19th Century Brazilian art in a transnational context and Historiography of art. She also writes regularly on modern and contemporary art and contributes to scholarly journals on Brazilian art and art historiography. Her latest curatorial project is an exhibition on the artist´s image in 19th Century in Brazilian Art to be open in December 2018 at Pinacoteca de São Paulo. Pitta has a PhD in art history from the Universidade de São Paulo, with a dissertation titled "A Peaceful and Bucolic People: Customs and History in Almeida Júnior’s paintings," which is forthcoming as a book by Martins Fontes´ Press. In the Summer of 2017, she was a fellow at Clark Art Institute as part of the Summer Collaborative Working Group and is currently an International Awardee in the AAMC Foundation Engagement Program for International Curators.

This webinar is part of AAMC Foundation's Engagement Program for International Curators, made possible by major support from the Terra Foundation for American Art.

The Terra Foundation for American Art is dedicated to fostering exploration, understanding, and enjoyment of the visual arts of the United States for national and international audiences. Recognizing the importance of experiencing original works of art, the foundation provides opportunities for interaction and study, beginning with the presentation and growth of its own art collection in Chicago. To further cross-cultural dialogue on American art, the foundation supports and collaborates on innovative exhibitions, research, and educational programs. Implicit in such activities is the belief that art has the potential to both distinguish cultures and to unite them.