Asia Society Museum and Sharjah Art Foundation invite you to Asia Society Museum and Sharjah Biennial 16: Transdisciplinary collaborations and Indigeneity across Asia and its Diasporas. 

This three-part program on Saturday, May 04, 2:30 - 5 p.m. highlights curatorial and discursive frameworks guiding both the forthcoming Sharjah Biennial 16 and the Asia Society Museum. Speakers include Hoor al Qasimi, Yasufumi Nakamori, Stephanie Bailey, Amal Khalaf, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Zeynep Öz, and artists participating in the Biennial. 

Schedule 

2:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. 

Reworlding Institutional Practice: How is Asia being Redefined through Art?

Hoor Al Qasimi, President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation, and Yasufumi Nakamori, Vice President of Arts and Culture and Director, Asia Society Museum, are in conversation. The discussion is moderated by Stephanie Bailey, Curator, Art Basel Hong Kong Conversations; Editor, Asia, Art Basel; global editor-at-large, Ocula.

3:10 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Curatorial Directions: Sharjah Biennial 16 

Sharjah Biennial 16 co-curators Amal Khalaf, Megan Tamati-Quenell, and Zeynep Öz will join Yasufumi Nakamori for a discussion of their curatorial practices, centered on forthcoming projects.

3:50 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. 

Break

4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m. 

Conversation with Artist 

Sharjah Biennial 16 co-curator Megan Tamati-Quennell will lead a conversation with artist Steven Yazzie participating in the Biennial.