Uncomfortable Voices in Art Institutions
With Nina Tabassomi and Antje Weitzel
In the final panel, Uncomfortable Voices in Art Institutions, Nina Tabassomi and Antje Weitzel examine the impact of the new political and economic pressures on art institutions. How to orient oneself in the new political situation, how to deal with the pressure to comply, how to continue to confront uncomfortable truths?
Nina Tabassomi has been the director of Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol since 2017. Previously, she was the artistic director of Ludlow 38, the former art space of the Goethe-Institut New York. She also worked as a curator at the Fridericianum, Kassel. At Taxispalais, Tabassomi focuses on international artists’ first solo exhibitions in Austria and on exhibition trilogies that use art to deal with contemporary issues—such as the inadequate discourse on multiple affiliations in Western Europe—in a sensual and discursive way. She is currently curating Trilogie der Töchter, whose first chapter, Matriarchat, was on view in 2024.
Antje Weitzel is a curator and cultural manager. In October 2024, she assumed the role of artistic and managing director of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Before this, she worked as project manager for the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art from 2014 onward. Weitzel also co-ran and curated the project space Uqbar, Berlin, from 2007 to 2022. She has curated exhibitions at institutions such as Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Galerie im Körnerpark, nGbK, Maxim Gorki Theater, and the Akademie der Künste, all in Berlin. Her work reflects a profound understanding of the dynamics of the contemporary art world and a commitment to its ongoing development.
8.2., 17:00–18:30
Neue Galerie Graz (Auditorium)
Joanneumsviertel
8010 Graz
Moderated by Pieternel Vermoortel
In English
→ Uncomfortable Voices
Symposium, exhibition finissage, and catalogue presentation
