The first in a two-part roundtable titled Sharjah Biennials in a Regional Context, this session features Anita Dube (artist, curator), Reem Fadda (Director, Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation), Yuko Hasegawa (Artistic Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts) and Alia Swastika (curator). The speakers rethink the form of biennials, both in relation to their location and in relation to the global art world. They discuss historic and well-established biennials but also consider the role of new ones, including biennials in Alexandria, Baghdad, Cairo, Jakarta, Karachi, Kochi, Lahore, Qalandiya/Riwaq and Yogyakarta. The session is moderated by Arshiya Lokhandwala (art historian, curator and Founder, Lakeeren Art Gallery).
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Dube, Anita
Contemporary artist and art historian Anita Dube’s practice is primarily based in sculpture but also includes photography, video, installation and performance.
Fadda, Reem
Curator and art historian Reem Fadda has organised many international exhibitions and biennials, especially those pertaining to art and geopolitics in the Middle East.
Hasegawa, Yuko
Yuko Hasegawa is the Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and Professor in Curatorial Studies at the Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
Swastika, Alia
Curator, researcher and writer, Alia Swastika's practice over the last 10 years has expanded on issues and perspectives of decoloniality and feminism.
Lokhandwala, Arshiya
Curator and art historian Arshiya Lokhandwala is the founder of Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, and her curatorial work focuses mainly on biennials and large-scale exhibitions.