Saturday 26 April 2008, 16.30–19.00

In a lecture launching the Tate Triennial Prologues and opening up debate around the themes of the exhibition, Okwui Enwezor will make his response to exhibition curator Nicolas Bourriaud’s definition of the new 'modern' : ‘altermodern’. Nigerian-born Enwezor is a curator, critic and poet. He is currently Senior Vice President and Dean of Cademic Affairs at the San Francisco Art Institute and was Artistic Director of Documenta 11 in Kassel, Germany, in 2002. The session will be chaired by London-based writer, curator and artist JJ Charlesworth.

Tate Britain  Auditorium and Clore Gallery Foyer
£8 (£6 concessions), booking required
Price includes drinks afterwards

  

This event is related to the Altermodern: Tate Triennial 2009 exhibition