Please join artist Isabel Muñoz and curator François Cheval for a discussion on her unique perspective of the world, the evolution of Isabel’s interest and how she selects her subjects.[/column_2] François Cheval Former Director of Musée Nicéphore Niépce, France. François Cheval was born in 1954 and has a background in history and ethnology. He has served as a museum curator since 1982, initially in the Jura and the Réunion before being named director of the muse Nicéphore Niépce in Chalon-sur-Saône…

Please join us to discuss in depth Newman’s ideas, working methods and strategies as one of the 20th century’s most influential portraitists. We will be looking closely at the photographer’s life and his unique approach to his art, what has been called ‘environmental portraiture’. A lively conversation will also trace a brief history of the portrait in photography, noting Newman’s innovations. We will also analyze in depth certain iconic images. Lastly, we will discuss the arc of his career, his…

Please join visual activist Zanele Muholi and TRUE Africa editor-in-chief Claude Grunitzky for a conversation about Zanele’s career in advocacy. Claude Grunitzky Claude Grunitzky is the founder of TRACE and TRUE Africa, a media platform. Claude was raised between Togo, Paris and London. A graduate of MIT, Claude is also a curator working across three continents. He sits on the board of MASS MoCA and the Watermill Center, a laboratory of inspiration and performance, founded by theater and visual artist…

Please join Raphaël Dallaporta & Chihiro Minato to discuss “The Elusive Chauvet-Partd’ Arc Cave” and its specific landscape, marked by engravings and paintings dated 36,000 BC, along with Dallaporta’s specific immersive visual approach, rendering flat the 360 degree views of the cave. IMAGE [/column_2] Chihiro Minato Born in 1960 in Kanagawa Prefecture. Photographer, visual anthropologist. Professor of information design at Tama Art University. His book, Memory: Powers of Creation and Remembering (Kodansha, 1996), was awarded the Suntory Prize for Social…

“What is coming is better than what is gone”. Take this opportunity to meet with Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari. Find out what makes a TOILETPAPER photo? Why TOILETPAPER started, and how the images are created. “We keep honing in on what a TOILETPAPER image is. Like distilling a perfume. It’s not about one particular style or time frame; what makes them TOILETPAPER is a special twist. An uncanny ambiguity” – Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari. This event is full.…

The theme of “The Songs of Mud”, the latest work of Chikako Yamashiro covers not only Okinawa, but other East Asian regions such as Jeju Island in Korea, and Vietnam. Through this talk Yamashiro and Masashi Kohara the curator of her exhibition approach the undercurrent of her works which freely links different times and places through Okinawa today and its history of representations.[/column_1] [/column_2] Masashi Kohara As a researcher at Izu Photo Museum, Kohara has organised exhibitions by Nobuyoshi Araki,…

Join us for an intimate insight into Since 1960s, Nobuyoshi ARAKI has been representing pioneering photographic works in Japan. Nevertheless, his status has begun to quake around the time of The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake And Tsunami. He received prostatectomy, lost his right eye view, beloved cat and moved into a new house. In spite of these tough accidents, his creative motivation is never seemed to be reduced, but to be highly promoted. Nobuyoshi Araki, what he thinks, where he goes,…