What can murals do?

Michael Wellen is Senior Curator, International Art at Tate Modern, where he manages the displays of the collection across the museum. He is specialist of modern and contemporary art from Latin America. He is curator of the Philip Guston retrospective, currently on view. He has also curated exhibitions Lubaina Himid in 2021 and Takis in 2019, together with Guy Brett. He conceived of pivotal collection displays such as Cecilia Vicuña and Joseph Beuys, A Year in Art: 1973, and staged Ernesto Salmerón's Auras of War in Turbine Hall as well as live performances of Tunga’s work. He holds an MA and PhD in art history from the University of Texas at Austin.

Bill Rolston is emeritus professor of Sociology and former director of the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University. He has published on many issues, from mass media representations of the Northern Ireland conflict to the role of politically motivated former prisoners in conflict transformation, as well as on the political wall murals of Northern Ireland.

Jacob V Joyce is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice amplifies historical and nourishes new queer and anti-colonial narratives. They are currently researching the cultural legacies of Black British arts education for a PhD supported by C.R.E.A.M (The Center for Research in Education and Arts Media) and 198 Cal Arts Learning Brixton.

This talk includes British Sign Language interpretation.

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