Museum Talks is a series of talks where MUNCH invites key practitioners in the field, who are rethinking the role of the museum, to bring their unique perspectives to Oslo.
We ask: How can art museums be relevant public arenas for discussion? How can we contribute meaningfully to the artistic ecosystem? How can large-scale institutions operate sustainably with transparency and kindness? How can we include marginalized groups and develop new voices? What is the role of the curatorial in museums, and how can we nurture experimentation whilst retaining long-term research perspectives?
In this edition of Museum Talk, you will meet Fatima Hellberg, curator and director of mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna. Her curatorial practice is shaped through close dialogue with artists, often over long-term collaborations, and is marked by a strong focus on the exhibition as a medium in its own right. In conversation with Dr Tominga O'Donnell, she will explore how institutions can hold space for complexity while fulfilling their public mission with openness and generosity.
Our seventh guest in this conversation series is Jan Brockmann, the first director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo. Brockmann has considerable teaching experience, and has since the 60s worked at the Norwegian teacher training college in Trondheim, the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim, and the Humboldt Universität in Berlin. In 2005, Brockmann was awarded the Order of St Olav for his contribution to culture.
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Our sixth guest in this conversation series is Legacy Russell, a curator and writer. Her academic, curatorial, and creative work focuses on gender, performance, digital selfdom, internet idolatry, and new media ritual. She will be exploring these themes in conversation with Tone Hansen.
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Our fifth guest in this conversation series is Annie Fletcher, Director of IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art). She will be exploring the role of the curatorial in museums in conversation with Tone Hansen.
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Our fourth guest in this conversation series is Laura Raicovich, a New York-based writer and curator, who addresses how museums view their expertise vis-a-vis the expertise the public possesses in conversation with Tone Hansen.
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Talk with Laura Raicovich
Our third guest in this conversation series is Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), who will talk about a "radical public" museum in conversation with Tone Hansen.
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Talk with Elvira Dyangani Ose
Our second guest in this series of talks is Manuel Segade, Director of Reina Sofía, who will address the question of how large-scale institutions might operate sustainably with transparency and kindness, in conversation with Tone Hansen.
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Livestream recording with Manuel Segade.
Our first guest in this series is Ann Demeester, director of Kunsthaus Zürich. She will be discussing the role of the curatorial in the museum with MUNCH director Tone Hansen.
Watch the recording below.
Livestream recording with Ann Demeester.
Several institutions in Oslo have contributed to the programming, including UKS – the Young Artists’ Association, Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), Oslo Kunstforening, Nitja, Podium, Kunstnernes Hus, Fotogalleriet and The Norwegian Association of Curators.