Tours, Talks and Discussions
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All London Art Fair talks and tours are free to attend with a Fair admission ticket or invitation. |
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WEDNESDAY 18th JANUARY - PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS DAY
| 12:00-1:00pm |
Airbrushing the world: Can photography change society? In association with PhotoVoice |
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The panel will discuss how photography can be used as a tool for social change, and then open it to the floor for questions and debate about the role of photography (and perhaps other visual mediums) in bringing about change in behaviour, policy and practice.
Click here to book your place for this talk The talk on Wednesday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in the Talks and Discussions Theatre located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects. _________________________________________________________
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1:00-1:45pm |
FULLY BOOKED: Tour and Introduction to Art Projects with Pryle Behrman |
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Led by Pryle Behrman, critic, curator and member of the Art Projects selection committee, this tour will explain the selection process for Art Projects and discuss the practices of the selected artists and the ideas behind their work, highlighting common and contrasting themes.
The tour on Wednesday will last approximately 45 minutes and will start from the Art Projects information desk. |
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1:30-2:30pm |
The Handmade Photograph: the role of craft in art photography
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Punching holes, cutting, collage and embroidery all feature in the work of three photographers whose work is part of this year’s Photo50 exhibition. Aliki Braine, Julie Cockburn and Melinda Gibson discuss their work with Bridget Coaker (Director, Troika Editions). _________________________________________________________ |
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| 2:00-3:00pm and 4:00-5:00pm |
Photography Tour with Jean Wainwright |
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This tour introduces photography for sale in the Main Fair, Art Projects and Photo50, highlighting specific artists and giving an art historical context. Jean has published extensively on contemporary art as well as appearing on television and radio.
Click here to book your place on this tour The tour on Wednesday will last approximately 1 hour and will start from the Fair Guide sales point at the front of the Fair. _________________________________________________________ |
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3:00-4:30pm
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Still Photography? |
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A discussion around the new and revised image-making processes illustrated in Photo50 and how they challenge definitions of photography. Panel includes Simon Baker (Curator of Photography and International Art at Tate), Sue Steward (curator Photo50), Laura Noble (Director, Diemar/Noble) and Esther Teichmann (artist and Senior Lecturer at the London College of Communications).
Click here to book your place for this talk
The talk on Wednesday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in the Talks and Discussions Theatre located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects. |
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PERFORMANCE 4:00-8:00pm |
T E N D E R P I X E L . presents Patrick Tresset' s Sketching Robot |
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Participating in Art Projects, T E N D E R P I X E L . will present interactive robotic sculpture by Patrick Tresset. Patrick Tresset will host fair visitors who wish to have their face sketched by Paul his drawing robot. For Tresset, his cybernetic face-sketcher does not pretend to be human, it is only an obsessive drawing entity. The performance will take place at T E N D E R P I X E L .'s stand P10, in Art Projects, Gallery 1. _________________________________________________________ |
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4:30-5:30pm |
Ghost of a Dream in conversation with Godfrey Barker |
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Adam Eckstrom from the artist collaborative, Ghost of a Dream, will be discussing and illustrating the ideas behind their work. The session will focus on their installation this is it (Art Projects stand P3). Godfrey Barker, esteemed art historian and journalist, and Chair of the judging panel for the Young Masters Art Prize 2012, will be holding the discussion. Winners of the Young Masters Art Prize 2009, Ghost of a Dream the collaborative project of Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was create sculptures inspired by the fantasy of the get-rich-quick scheme. Using discarded lottery tickets as their primary material, the artists build installations of the most commonly desired goods from the detritus of broken dreams, including colourful, pseudo-baroque interiors and life-sized cars.
Click here to book your place for this talk The talk on Wednesday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in Talks and Discussions Theatre, located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects. _________________________________________________________ |
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6:30-7:15 and 7:30-8:15pm |
FULLY BOOKED: The Art of Collecting with Love Art London |
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Love Art London will lead a 'highlights' tour of London Art Fair, picking out the most interesting and desireable works of art within specified price brackets. The tour will invlove discussion and commentary with the gallery directors and wherever possible the artists themselves. Whatever your budget, if you want to start or build your own collection, Love Art London can point you in the right direction and inject a little fun along the way.
This tour on Wednesday will last approximately 45 minutes and will start from Love Art London's stand (M9). |
THURSDAY 19th JANUARY
| 2:00-2:45pm |
Tour and Introduction to Art Projects with Pryle Behrman |
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Led by Pryle Behrman, critic, curator and member of the Art Projects selection committee, this tour will explain the selection process for Art Projects and discuss the practices of the selected artists and the ideas behind their work, highlighting common and contrasting themes.
Click here to book your place on this tour
The tour on Thursday will last approximately 45 minutes and will start from the Art Projects information desk. |
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2:00-3:00pm
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Front Lines |
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A panel discussion chaired by Photo50 curator Sue Steward.Two very different photographers discuss new ways of delivering and interpreting war photography today with: Veronica Bailey (artist), David Birkin (artist) and Max Houghton (Foto8).
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The talk on Thursday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in the Talks and Discussions Theatre located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects ______________________________________________________ |
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3:00-3:50pm and 6.30-7.20pm |
Own Art Tour |
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Whether you're starting or developing an art collection, or just love art and want to know more, Own Art Tours give you the opportunity to view a wide range of art at this year’s Fair. Own Art is Arts Council England's interest free loan scheme designed to make it easy and affordable for everyone to buy contemporary works of art. Click here to book your place on this tour
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PERFORMANCE 4:00-8:00pm |
T E N D E R P I X E L . presents Patrick Tresset' s Sketching Robot |
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Participating in Art Projects, T E N D E R P I X E L . will present interactive robotic sculpture by Patrick Tresset. Patrick Tresset will host fair visitors who wish to have their face sketched by Paul his drawing robot. For Tresset, his cybernetic face-sketcher does not pretend to be human, it is only an obsessive drawing entity. _________________________________________________________ |
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3:30-4:30pm |
Collecting Editions: The Artist Edition with Iwona Blazwick, Director of Whitechapel Gallery |
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From Marcel Duchamp’s moustached Mona Lisa to Joseph Beuys’s wooden postcards to Bridget Riley’s Op Art silkscreens, great artists often make their work in editions. The print and the multiple give artists a way of democratising their ideas. They also give us an affordable way of collecting their work. Iwona Blazwick, Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, gives a potted guide to the art edition, outlining how they support arts institutions and why they are the ideal way of starting a collection.
Click here to book your place for this talk
The talk on Thursday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in the Talks and Discussions Theatre located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects. |
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6:30-7:30pm |
Making Faces. Photography and the Staging of the Self In Association with Whitechapel Gallery |
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The staging of the self has been a major theme in photography from its very beginnings to its contemporary masters. Daniel F. Herrmann, Eisler Curator and Head of Curatorial Studies at the Whitechapel Gallery, looks at the use of staging in the works of artists so varied as Dieter Roth and Gillian Wearing.
The talk on Thursday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in the Talks and Discussion Theatre located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects. |
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An Introduction To Collecting from Contemporary Art Contemporary Art Society – In association with Livingetc |
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Founded in 1910, the Contemporary Art Society exists to develop public collections of contemporary art in the UK. If you are interested in learning more about starting your collection this talk is a great place to start.
Click here to book your place for this talk
The talk on Thursday will last approximately 45 minutes and will be held in the Talks and Discussion Theatre located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects. |
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PERFORMANCE 8:00-8:10pm |
dalla Rosa Gallery presents Some things I am not very good at by Jeremy Evans |
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Starting with a Pecha Kucha format, Jeremy Evans walks with us through the linguistic lines that we use to frame our reality. Taking the line from idea to object and back again he examines structures from childhood to adulthood and back again via death. The performance lasts 10 minutes and will take place in the Art Projects Film screening room. |
FRIDAY 20th JANUARY
| 2:00-2:45pm |
Tour and introduction to Art Projects led by Pryle Behrman |
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Led by Pryle Behrman, critic, curator and member of the Art Projects selection committee, this tour will explain the selection process for Art Projects and discuss the practices of the selected artists and the ideas behind their work, highlighting common and contrasting themes.
Click here to book your place on this tour The tour on Friday will last approximately 45 minutes and will start from the Art Projects information desk. ____________________________________________________ |
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2.00pm-3.00pm |
But What Does It Mean? & Can Art Still Shock? In association with the Arts Desk |
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But what does it mean? considers how much we should take into account an artist’s intention. Is the viewer’s response more important than what, if anything, the artist intended to say, and do critical interpretations help or hinder an audience’s appreciation of a work of art. The panel for this double debate includes Sarah Kent (critic), Gregor Muir (Executive Director, ICA) and Mat Collishaw (artist), chaired by Fisun Guner (critic).
Click here to book your place for this talk
The talk on Friday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in the Talks and Discussions Theatre, located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects. ____________________________________________________
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PERFORMANCE 3:00-6:00 |
T E N D E R P I X E L . presents performative events by Patrick Coyle |
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Patrick Coyle will be producing a series of drawings that coincide with his solo exhibition and performance project ‘To Draw A Blank’, at T E N D E R P I X E L . Gallery through 18 February. The drawings will serve as documentation of Coyle’s ongoing ‘Polymorph’ series, in which the artist produces an unlimited amount of different sculptures using the same plastic medium, melting it down and starting again each time. The performance will take place at T E N D E R P I X E L .'s stand P10, in Art Projects, Gallery 1. ____________________________________________________ |
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3:30-4:30pm |
Acts of Faith In association with Photoworks
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Photographers and filmmakers Ori Gersht and Bridget Smith each talk about their work, concentrating on extraordinary acts of faith. The talk will include a short presentation by each artist on recent projects dealing with the grand theme of life and death, faith and belief. Gersht’s works are meditations on life, loss, destiny and chance, while Smith explores the threshold between imagination and reality.
Click here to book your place for this talk
The talk on Friday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in the Talks and Discussions Theatre, located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects.
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3:30-4:30pm |
Show & Tell with Love Art London |
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As part of this tour, led by Love Art London, you will visit up to 10 galleries and hear someone from the gallery talk about their favourite work on display. Each Show & Tell will last no more than 5 minutes before the tour moves on. Short, sharp and informative – an opportunity to get expert advice and spot hidden gems.
Click here to book your place on this tour
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SATURDAY 21st JANUARY
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1:00-1:45pm |
Tour and Introduction to Art Projects with Pryle Behrman |
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Led by Pryle Behrman, critic, curator and member of the Art Projects selection committee, this tour will explain the selection process for Art Projects and discuss the practices of the selected artists and the ideas behind their work, highlighting common and contrasting themes.
Click here to book your place on this tour The tour on Saturday will last approximately 45 minutes and will start from the Art Projects information desk. _________________________________________________________ |
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1:30-2:30pm |
Spotting and Nurturing Artistic Talent Ahead of the Curve In Association with Contemporary Art Society |
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Founded in 1910, the Contemporary Art Society exists to develop public collections of contemporary art in the UK. Contemporary Art Society Director Paul Hobson will lead a panel discussion with Hannah Barry from Hannah Barry Gallery, Justin Hammond from The Catlin Guide, Lisa Slominski from T E N D E R P I X E L and collectors Marie-Elena Angulo and Henry Zarb.
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2:00-2:50pm |
Own Art Tour |
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Whether you're starting or developing an art collection, or just love art and want to know more, Own Art Tours give you the opportunity to view a wide range of art at this year’s Fair. Own Art is Arts Council England's interest free loan scheme designed to make it easy and affordable for everyone to buy contemporary works of art. |
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PERFORMANCE 3:00-6:00pm |
T E N D E R P I X E L . presents performative events by Patrick Coyle |
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Patrick Coyle will be producing a series of drawings that coincide with his solo exhibition and performance project ‘To Draw A Blank’, at T E N D E R P I X E L . Gallery through 18 February. The drawings will serve as documentation of Coyle’s ongoing ‘Polymorph’ series, in which the artist produces an unlimited amount of different sculptures using the same plastic medium, melting it down and starting again each time. The performance will take place at T E N D E R P I X E L .'s stand P10, in Art Projects, Gallery 1. _________________________________________________________ |
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3:00-4:00pm |
Reconsidering Edward Burra: A panel discussion |
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Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon, and Simon Martin, the curator of Pallant House Gallery’s Edward Burra retrospective, will discuss the artist's colourful life and work in panel discussion chaired by Apollo’s Editor Oscar Humphries. After the discussion Simon Martin will be signing copies of his recent publication Edward Burra (published by Lund Humphries). The talk on Saturday will last approximately 1 hour and will be held in the Talks and Discussions Theatre located on Gallery Level 2, above Art Projects.
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3:30-4:30pm |
Show & Tell with Love Art London |
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As part of this tour, led by Love Art London, you will visit up to 10 galleries and hear someone from the gallery talk about their favourite work on display. Each Show & Tell will last no more than 5 minutes before the tour moves on. Short, sharp and informative – an opportunity to get expert advice and spot hidden gems.
Click here to book your place on this tour
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SUNDAY 22nd JANUARY
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2:00-2:50pm |
Own Art Tour |
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Whether you're starting or developing an art collection, or just love art and want to know more, Own Art Tours give you the opportunity to view a wide range of art at this year’s Fair. Own Art is Arts Council England's interest free loan scheme designed to make it easy and affordable for everyone to buy contemporary works of art.
Click here to book your place on this tour
The tour on Sunday will last approximately 50 minutes and will start from Own Art’s stand (M3). |
