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Gen A: Roundtable With Yasmin Afschar

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This event is for Gen A fellows only. Applications for Gen A 2023 have closed. To become part of the Gen A 2024 cohort, watch out for the call for applications by end of the year 2023.

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For our third Gen A roundtable in 2023, we are sitting down with Yasmin Afschar, a Swiss-Iranian curator, editor, and producer for contemporary art. Usually based in Zurich, Yasmin has taken over as Interim-Director at Kunsthalle Mainz in January 2023. She is also the inaugural recipient of Asia Society Switzerland's Curator Residency and spent her residency in Hong Kong in 2021/2022.

Join us for this exclusive conversation and bring your own questions to the table.


yasmin afschar

Yasmin Afschar is a Swiss-Iranian curator, editor, and producer for contemporary art, based in Zurich. Currently the Interim-Director at Kunsthalle Mainz, Yasmin is the former curator at Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau, Switzerland, and has been co-curating the nomadic discussion platform LE FOYER – IN PROCESS since 2018. Recently, she was appointed as a mediator by the New Patrons, an international initiative supporting public art projects commissioned by citizens. Exhibitions Yasmin organized include Emma Kunz Cosmos. A Visionary in Dialogue with Contemporary Art (Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau 2021 & Tabakalera, San Sebastián 2022) as well as solo exhibitions with Hannah Villiger (together with Madeleine Schuppli, Muzeum Susch 2023), and Denise Bertschi (Aargauer Kunsthaus 2019), among others. Yasmin is the first recipient of Asia Society Switzerland's Curator Residency.


Resources and Preparation Material  

  • Yasmin Afschar in Conversation with Eunice Tsang: A Curator's Exchange from Switzerland to Hong Kong. Asia Society Hong Kong (January 11, 2022). YouTube. More
  • Yasmin Afschar in Conversation with Artist Angela Su: Representing Hong Kong at the 59th Venice Biennale. Audio & Article
  • Deschka, K. (2023, January 28). Y. Afschar In der Kunsthalle Mainz: Wie es ist, eine Fledermaus zu sein. FAZ. More

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