MAY 17, FRIDAY
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
14.00–15.00: DISCUSSION “STRATEGIES IN COLLECTING TODAY. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE".
Over a cup of coffee, collectors will discuss their own rules of the formations of collections.
The participants:
Evgenia Popova, co-founder of the Popov Foundation and Why Not Agency, collector;
Sergey Limonov, entrepreneur, collector;
Antonio Piccoli, Director of the Association of Italian Entrepreneurs in Russia, Honorary Consul of Italy, collector;
Simon Mraz, Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum in Moscow, cultural attaché of the Austrian Embassy in Russia;
Moderator - Antonio Geusa, curator, critic.
DISCUSSIONS UNBLOCK ART
ORGANIZER - ART COLLECTING AGENCY
16.00–16.45: DISCUSSION “NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF THE ART MARKET”.
Professionals involved in the most high-profile projects in the field of art tokenization and the development of new technologies will discuss the results of the introduction of blockchain technology in the art market. Guests will learn about the Distributed Gallery projects, the tokenization of the works of the artist Ai Weiwei, how foreign museums acquire tokenized fragments of paintings and whether the art market needs artsharing technology.
- How were the works of Ai Weiwei tokenized?
- How will blockchain technology reduce the costs of museums, galleries, auctions?
- What technologies developed after 2015 are in demand in the art market?
- Does the art market need artsharing technology (selling paintings "piecemeal")?
- Is it worth to tokenize funds?
- How has blockchain technology changed the art market?
17.00–17.45: DISCUSSION “DISTRIBUTION OF ART CONTENT”
Experts will discuss the results of analytical reports for 2018 and share their views on how the volume of online sales of galleries can be measured as they expand their presence on marketplaces in a new format.
- New formats of marketplaces for works of art: blockchain, VR, AR, MR.
- Interactive online galleries.
- Is there an oversupply of marketplaces? And how solve the problem of content shortage?
- How will artificial intelligence help you choose the right marketplace for your works of art and post them automatically on 100 or more sites in one click?
- How to get information about the results of thousands of online sales published in the public domain quickly, using parsers and artificial intelligence?
18.00–18.45: DISCUSSION “INVESTMENT IN ARTTEH PROJECTS”
The discussion is about startups. Qualified investors will tell you how decisions about investing in art& technologies projects are made.
- At what stage of readiness should the project be?
- How to get due diligence?
- What should be the company's annual income so that you decide to invest in its project?
MAY 18, SATURDAY
DISCUSSION PROGRAM
CURATOR - ANTONIO GEUSA
12.00–13.30 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: FROM PERFECT TO REAL.
Why is there still no museum in Russia that fully illustrates the history of Russian contemporary art until today? The panel of experts will discuss under what circumstances such a museum may appear, what should be its structure and commission for the acceptance of works.
Panellists:
Nicolas Lucci-Gutnikov, curator of the Center Pompidou;
Vladimir Ovcharenko, collector, gallery owner, founder of DA! MOSCOW;
Natalia Opaleva, General Director of the AZ Museum, collector, philanthropist;
Alisa Prudnikova, Regional Development Director, ROSIZO-NCCA, Commissioner of the Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art;
Moderator - Antonio Geusa, curator, critic.
15.00–16.30 ARTIST: MY MANIFEST
The “My manifesto” series of performances is a rare opportunity to hear the direct speech of iconic contemporary artists.
The participants:
Dmitry Gutov
Egor Koshelev
Alice Yoffe
Vladimir Dubosarsky
18.00-19.30 PORTFOLIO REVIEW. SESSION I
An open presentation of the portfolio of students of educational institutions in the field of contemporary art. Young artists from the Rodchenko School, the Baza Institute, the Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art, the Joseph Bakshtein Institute of Contemporary Art are participating.
The participants:
Alisa Omelyantseva
Konstantin Grebnev
Dmitry Hvorostov
Alexandra Kochetkova
Maria Sviridova
Daria Neretina
Sofya Pankevich
Natalya Goncharova
Ksenia Kudrina
Portfolio comment:
Nicolas Lucci-Gutnikov, curator of the Center Pompidou in Paris;
Lod Gins, curator of the NICC Center for Contemporary Art and the M KHA Museum, Belgium;
Dmitry Khankin, art director and co-owner of the Triumph Gallery;
Meruert Kalieva, Director of Aspan Gallery;
Anastasia Shavlokhova, founder of the scene / szena gallery;
Mikhail Krokin, director of the Krokin gallery.
MAY 19, SUNDAY
12.00–13.30 ARTIST: MY MANIFEST
The “My manifesto” series of performances is a rare opportunity to hear the direct speech of iconic contemporary artists.
The participants:
Victor Alimpiev
Ivan Razumov
Irina Korina
Gosha Ostretsov
16.00-17.30 PORTFOLIO REVIEW. SESSION II
An open presentation of the portfolio of students of educational institutions in the field of contemporary art. Young artists from the Rodchenko School, the Baza Institute, the Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art, the Joseph Bakshtein Institute of Contemporary Art are participating.
The participants:
Polina Egorushkina
Anna Brandush
Alexander Gorelikov
Stasya Grishina
Maxim Zmeev
Alexey Schigalev
Evgenia Sterlyagova
Denis Uranov
Portfolio comment:
Lod Gins, curator of the NICC Center for Contemporary Art and the M HKA Museum, Belgium.