
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