Friday 3 April 2009, 10.00–18.00

This Symposium examines the contemporary art exhibition in a global context by considering three case studies from 1989, a pivotal year for both art and politics: 'Magiciens de la Terre' at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, 'The Other Story' at the Hayward Gallery, London, and the third Bienal de La Habana. The event will open with a keynote speech by Sarat Maharaj, and the other speakers will include Thomas Boutoux, Sonya Boyce, Jean Fisher, Cuauhtemoc Medina and Gerardo Mosquera.

Provisional Programme

9.30 Tea/coffee and registration in Clore Foyer

10.00 Introduction by Oriana Baddeley, TrAIN

Keynote

10.15 Sarat Maharaj - Exhibitions and the World at Large: A Concept Map

11.00 Questions and discussion, chaired by Charles Esche, Afterall

Session 1: 'The Other Story: Afro-Asian artists in post-war Britain'
Curated by Rasheed Araeen for the Hayward Gallery, London, 29 November 1989 - 4 February 1990

11.30 Jean Fisher - 'The Other Story' in Context

12.15 Response by Sonya Boyce

12.30 Questions and discussion, chaired by Oriana Baddeley

13.00 Lunch

Session 2: 'Magiciens de la Terre'
Curated by Jean-Hubert Martin for the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Grande Halle La Vilette, Paris, 18 May - 14 August 1989

14.00 Thomas Boutoux - The Extraordinary Afterlife of 'Magiciens de la Terre'

14.30 Cuauhtémoc Medina - Productive Misunderstandings: 'Magiciens de la Terre', the Return of the Primitive and the "Neo-Conceptual" Backdoor

15.00 Questions and discussion, chaired by Charles Esche

15.30 - 15.45 Tea/coffee in the Clore Foyer

Session 3: 'Tercera Bienal de La Habana'
Curated by Llilian Llanes Godoy, Gerardo Mosquera and Nelson Herrera Ysla, hosted by Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, amongst others, 27 October - 31 December 1989

15.45 Gerardo Mosquera - The 3rd Havana Biennial in its Global and Local Contexts

16.30 Questions and discussion, chaired by Oriana Baddeley

Closing Plenary

17.00 Charles Esche - Exhibitions and the World at Large - Summary Remarks

17.15 Panel involving Charles Esche, Jean Fisher, Sarat Maharaj, Cuauhtémoc Medina and Gerardo Mosquera - chaired by Oriana Baddeley.

18.00 - 18.30 Closing drinks

Tate Britain  Auditorium
£20 (£15 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes drinks afterwards