Kunsthalle Basel, Basel.
As part of the ‘Detours’ series, The Common Guild presents Adam Szymczyk, Director of Kunsthalle Basel.
Since 2003, Adam Szymczyk has been the Director of Kunsthalle Basel, where he has organized exhibitions including Rosalind Nashashibi: Over In, 2004; Carl Andre: Black Holes, 2005; Tomma Abts, 2005; Lee Lozano: Win First Don’t Last Win Last Don’t Care, 2006; Goshka Macuga: I Am Become Death, 2009 and, most recently Lucy Skaer A Boat Used as A Vessel. In 1997 he was involved in setting up the Foksal Gallery Foundation in Warsaw and continued to work there until 2002. In 2008 he co-curated with Elena Filipovic the 5th berlin biennial for contemporary art under the title ‘When Things Cast No Shadow’.
The Trades Hall of Glasgow was designed by Robert Adam in 1791 — 94. The medieval cathedral aside, it is the building is the oldest in Glasgow still in regular use for its original purpose.
This event is a collaboration with The Glasgow School of Art.
Event Details
‘Detours’ is a series of talks introducing views from elsewhere by leaders in the visual arts. Speakers discuss the relationship between practice and context: how institutions and professional practice develop in response to specific situations, both geographic and cultural.
