Raphael Chikukwa Tuesday, October 7, 2014 78:30pm New Museum 235 Bowery New York, NY 10002 For his Curators Perspective talk, Raphael Chikukwa, Chief Curator at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, presents “Insight: A Narrative of Zimbabwean Contemporary Art scene from the past, present, and future.” Chikukwa will address the history and current situation of contemporary art practice in Zimbabwe, highlighting the National Gallery’s central role in providing support to contemporary artists locally and internationally as a national institution since 1957. Chikukwa’s talk will explore the Zimbabwean contemporary art scene and its connections to the global art scene. Please RSVP to rsvp@curatorsintl.org with RAPHAEL in the subject field. This event is organized in collaboration with the New Museum.
The Curators Perspective is a free, itinerant public discussion series ICI developed as a way for international curators to share their research and experiences with audiences in New York. These talks provide ICI the opportunity to assemble documentation on and disseminate information about a wide variety of international perspectives on art today. In 2014, audiences will hear perspectives on art, culture, and exhibition-making from curators based in Glasgow, Utrecht, Buenos Aires, Houston, and Harare. Practitioners will talk about what theyre most interested in at the moment, including the artists and the sociopolitical contexts that are shaping practices now. The Curators Perspective series has been made possible, in part, by grants from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and by generous contributions from the ICI Board of Trustees and ICI Access Fund.