Contemporary Transatlantic Dialogues: Art History, Criticism, and Exhibition Practices in Spain and the United States

Friday, April 1 and Saturday April 2, 2011
Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78th Street, New York, 10075


Friday Morning Session (9:30 – 12:00)

Welcome and Introduction: José-Luis Colomer, Director, Center for Spain in America

Art History: Abstraction/Pop/Conceptualism

Introduction: Robert Lubar, Institute of Fine Arts

Informalism/Abstract Expressionism: María Dolores Jiménez Blanco, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Robert Slifkin, Institute of Fine Arts

Pop Art: Romy Golan, CUNY Graduate Center, and Miriam Basilio, Department of Art History, NYU

Conceptual Art: A conversation between Francesc Torres and John Hanhardt, Smithsonian Museum of American Art

Friday Afternoon Session (2 :00 – 4:30)

Contemporary Criticism

Introduction: Lola Jiménez Blanco

Venice Biennale: Curator’s Choice: Estrella de Diego, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Curator of the Spanish Pavilion at the 2001 Biennale, and Robert Storr, Dean of the Art School, Yale University and organizer of the 2007 Venice Biennale

Round Table Discussion: Dan Cameron, Prospect 1, New Orleans; Javier Montes, writer and art critic, ABC; Robin Cembalest, art critic and Executive Director, Art News; Estrella de Diego; and Robert Storr. The discussion will be moderated by Jordana Mendelson, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, NYU


Saturday Morning Session (10:00 – 12:30)

Museums and Exhibition Practices

Introduction: Jean-Louis Cohen, Institute of Fine Arts
The Museum Gallery as Narration: Rewriting Art History: Richard Armstrong, Director, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Bartomeu Marí, Director, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona

Museums in the Postmodern Era: Brian Wallis, International Center of Photography, and Rafael Doctor

Museums as Monuments: Architecture and Museological Practices: Jean-Louis Cohen and Juanjo Lahuerta, Escola Politécnica de Barcelona

Concluding Remarks: Robert Lubar and Lola Jiménez Blanco

Reservation required. Please RSVP here or by email to SpainUS.Symposium@gmail.com.