Conversation with Public Collectors
Saturday, August 1, 2015 | 12:30 PM - 12:30 PM
Founded in 2007 by Marc Fischer (b. 1970) and based in Chicago, Public Collectors is intended “to engage in collaborations with others who are dedicated...
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Talk Contemporary: Natalie Jeremijenko
Saturday, August 1, 2015 | 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
For the final installation of Talk Contemporary, join the Seattle Art Fair and Natalie Jeremijenko in discussing her important contribution to the emerging field of...
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Sharon Johnston + Rita McBride
Friday, August 5, 2016 | 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Los Angeles-based architect Sharon Johnston and Dusseldorf-based artist Rita McBride gather to discuss their recent projects and the many points of intersection between art and...
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Lauren Mackler + Emily Zimmerman
Friday, August 5, 2016 | 3:00 PM - 3:00 PM
For this conversation hour, Henry Art Gallery Associate Curator, Emily Zimmerman and Public Fiction founder Lauren Mackler will stage the format of a talk show...
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Kim Gordon + Branden W. Joseph
Saturday, August 6, 2016 | 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Artist and musician Kim Gordon sits down with art historian Branden W. Joseph in a wide-ranging discussion about art, music, and language. Kim Gordon studied...
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Kyle MacLachlan + Carrie Brownstein
Saturday, August 6, 2016 | 4:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friends and collaborators Kyle MacLachlan and Carrie Brownstein meet to talk about cultural investment and place-making in the Pacific Northwest. Kyle MacLachlan is perhaps best...
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Anne Ellegood + Brian Jungen
Sunday, August 7, 2016 | 3:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Curator Anne Ellegood and Canadian artist Brian Jungen meet for a conversation about Jungen’s sculptural practice, their shared interest in the historical, political, and economic...
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Gerard & Kelly + Miwon Kwon
Friday, August 4, 2017 | 1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
On the occasion of their installation at the Seattle Art Fair and world premiere of their film Modern Living, Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly sit...
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Oscar Tuazon + Jennifer West
Saturday, August 5, 2017 | 1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Los Angeles-based artists Oscar Tuazon, who often employs industrial materials in his sculptural installations, and Jennifer West, whose practice is immersed in material and conceptual...
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Jenny Gheith + Nancy Rubins
Saturday, August 5, 2017 | 3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
SFMOMA curator Jenny Gheith speaks with Nancy Rubins on the artist’s prolific career of transforming industrial, manufactured objects — such as mattresses, appliances, and boats...
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Clyde Petersen + Tariqa Waters
Sunday, August 6, 2017 | 1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Artist, musician, and filmmaker Clyde Petersen talks with artist and curator Tariqa Waters, founder of the art space Martyr Sauce, about their past collaborations and...
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Helen Mirra + Amie Siegel
Sunday, August 6, 2017 | 3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Helen Mirra and Amie Siegel, artists and friends, converse about things they care about, including locations and non-sites, rocks and crystals, the ur- and the...
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The 21st Century Museum: Catharina Manchanda + Tayyib Smith + Nato Thompson
Friday, August 3, 2018 | 3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
A group conversation on what a future cultural platform could look like. In 2017, Nato Thompson joined Harry Philbrick to work toward the construction of...
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Bruce Sterling + Mark Pauline
Saturday, August 4, 2018 | 11:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Artist and robot maker Mark Pauline and science fiction author Bruce Sterling discuss their mutual interest in the good, the bad, and the ugly of...
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Charlene Vickers + Maria Hupfield + Wanda Nanibush
Saturday, August 4, 2018 | 3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
A conversation by Anishinaabe women on cultural specificity, embodied sound in public spaces, and futurity, led by performance artist duo Charlene Vickers and Maria Hupfield...
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Examining Seattle’s Global Economies Past, Present & Future, a conversation facilitated by C. Davida Ingram
Sunday, August 5, 2018 | 1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Artist C. Davida Ingram is known for making social inquiries that show how we relate to power and difference. Join her for a look at...
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Trevor Paglen + Nato Thompson
Sunday, August 5, 2018 | 3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
This talk will focus on Trevor Paglen’s Orbital Reflector, a space satellite project set to launch this fall with the Nevada Museum of Art. Paglen’s...
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Desert X 2019 artists Nancy Baker Cahill and Gary Simmons: In Conversation
Thursday, August 1, 2019 | 9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
In an exchange moderated by Shamim M. Momin (Senior Curator, Henry Art Gallery), the artists will discuss their experiences of working site-specifically for Desert X,...
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The Life Cycle of an Art Collection
Friday, August 2, 2019 | 11:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Join an expert panel of professionals as they discuss what collectors should consider throughout the process of acquiring, possessing and change of ownership. The panel...
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Contemporary Curating
Friday, August 2, 2019 | 1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hear from three experts on the field of curating as they discuss models for exhibitions and institutions that they find interesting, and what this means...
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The Art of Destruction
Saturday, August 3, 2019 | 1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The recent emergence of mega-fires has ravaged the globe, causing record-breaking destruction and loss of life. Explore the intersection of art and crisis during this...
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Stillness & Liveness in Choreography
Sunday, August 4, 2019 | 11:30 AM - 11:30 AM
This talk will center around Morgan Thorson’s work Still Life that uses the gallery space as a container for an endurance-based dance work that at...
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The Kids Panel
Sunday, August 4, 2019 | 1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
This experimental panel allows the audience to receive a report back from the Seattle Art Fair from the mouths of the next generation of art...
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Achieving True Market Disruption in the Digital Realm
Sunday, August 4, 2019 | 3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
New art market platforms relying on blockchain technology have been touted as the answer to democratizing the art world, but are they? Without the participation...
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Book Signing with Patti Warashina
Presented by John Natsoulas Gallery
Thursday, July 21, 2022 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join artist Patti Warashina for a book signing in Booth F09. Patti Warashina (born 1940) is an American artist known for her imaginative ceramic...
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Current Trends in the Art Market: Health or Hype Cycle
Presented by Perkins Coie, Christies & AIG
Friday, July 22, 2022 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join an expert panel of professionals as they discuss what affects primary and secondary contemporary art markets and how diversifying trends shift the collecting landscape....
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Book Signing with Tip Toland
Presented by John Natsoulas Gallery
Friday, July 22, 2022 | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join Tip Toland for a book signing in Booth F09. Tip Toland is a ceramic artist whose work is subtly autobiographical: within a frozen...
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Managing Art Collections with Today’s Technology
Presented by AIG
Saturday, July 23, 2022 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Seattle Art Fair Talks are interactive panel discussion to strengthen one’s knowledge about art and best practices to maintain and grow your collection. Pairing with...
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The Future of Storytelling
Presented by AMPLIFIER.ORG
Saturday, July 23, 2022 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
There is no doubt that storytelling holds within it an incredible power to capture hearts and minds, provide a sense of belonging, and drive action....
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Artist Talk with Carrie Mae Weems
Saturday, July 23, 2022 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us as distinguished artist Carrie Mae Weems presents an engaging lecture on her extensive body of work, which includes photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital...
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Bridging the Digital and Physical: The Case for a Physical Space for NFT Art
Presented by the Seattle NFT Museum
Sunday, July 24, 2022 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Seattle NFT Museum opened as an approachable venue for anyone to learn about NFTs As powerful as online communities have become, there is little...
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Romare Bearden and the Politics of Abstraction
Presented by Wa Na Wari & The Frye Museum
Sunday, July 24, 2022 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Inye Wokoma (artist and co-founder of Wa Na Wari) and Georgia Erger (Associate Curator, Frye Art Museum) will discuss artist Romare Bearden’s engagement with the...
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