Programs 

FOCUS Talk 1

Soft Power and Cultural Memory in Contemporary Asian Art and Craft


Friday, October 17 at 2:00 PM

Yiran Duan

Yi Crafts Founder & Director

Yutaka Tsuchiya

CEO, SGC

FOCUS Talk 2

Curating Asia in the West: Who Holds the Narrative?


Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 PM

Moderator

Shilei Zeng

Assistant Curator at the Asia Department of Victoria and Albert Museum

Carrie Chan

Contemporary Programme Curator, V&A Museum

Cherrei Yuan Tian

Chinese Art Specialist at Eskenazi gallery

Jenny Lee

Curator and representative of Taiwan for Art Basel VIP

FOCUS Talk 3

Cross Currents: Voices from SWANA to East and Southeast Asia in Contemporary Art


Sunday, October 19 at 2:00 PM

Moderator

Chiara De Nicolais

Co-convenor of the Arts of the Islamic World module of the of the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS

Rose Issa

Curator, writer, and leading authority on visual arts from the South West Asia and North Africa ( SWANA)

Manmeet K Walia

Independent Curator, Researcher & Writer | Specialising in South Asian and Diasporic Art Practices

Derek Flores

Founder of DF Art Agency