Frieze Talks 2013

  • Looking Forward: 2013 Carnegie International

    For the first time in the Carnegie International’s 117-year history, it is organized by a team of three curators. Daniel Baumann, Tina Kukielski and Dan Byers discuss their plans for the 56th edition of the exhibition.

    • Daniel Baumann (co-curator, 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh)
    • Tina Kukielski (co-curator, 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh)
    • Dan Byers (co-curator, 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh)
    • Chair: Tirdad Zolghadr (writer and teacher at Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York)

  • Suzanne Lacy in conversation with Nato Thompson

    Suzanne Lacy discusses 40 years of activism, education and what she has termed ‘new genre public art’ with curator Nato Thompson.

    • Suzanne Lacy (artist and Chair of Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles)
    • Nato Thompson (chief curator, Creative Time, Philadelphia)

  • Readings: Art in Literature

    What are the limits of writing about images? And what difficulties are there with depicting the art world in fiction? Two readings are followed by discussion.

    • Rachel Kushner (novelist and critic, New York)
    • Ben Marcus (novelist, New York)
    • Chair: Katie Kitamura (novelist and critic, New York)

  • Lydia Davis

    Lydia, an acclaimed translator and writer of short stories will give a reading, followed by a conversation with Emily Stokes.

    • Lydia Davis (writer and translator, Upstate New York)
    • Emily Stokes (writer and associate editor, Harper’s magazine, New York)

  • Listening Session: John Maus

    John Maus will discuss his influences with Ross Simonini, playing some of the songs and videos that have inspired him.

    • John Maus (musician, New York)
    • Ross Simonini (interviews editor of The Believer, New York)

  • Joan Jonas

    The pioneering performance and video artist will reflect on 50 years of production, focusing on the development of her most recent work, an ongoing installation project titled Reanimation.

    • Joan Jonas (artist, New York)

  • When the Past isn’t Past

    We are increasingly beginning to see survey exhibitions of the very recent past. This panel discusses, how and why decades become packaged as they do?

    • Dominic Molon (chief curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis)
    • Jenny Moore (associate curator, New Museum, New York)
    • Chair: Dan Fox (senior editor, frieze)

  • Douglas Crimp

    Ahead of the publication of his memoir, Before Pictures, Douglas Crimp’s lecture explores the New York art world of the 1970s

    • Douglas Crimp (art historian, curator and professor of art history, University of Rochester, New York)

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Frieze Talks 2013 is a daily program of keynote lectures, panel debates and discussions.

Access to Frieze Talks is included in the Frieze New York admission ticket. Seats for talks can be individually booked from 11am on the day outside the auditorium within the fair; ticket-holders are requested to arrive at the auditorium 15 minutes before the talk starts in order to guarantee a place.

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