Friday, April 12 - 13

Friday, April 12

13:00 – 14:00 Building an institutional collection. Methods of collecting and curating

• Raphael Fonseca – Denver Art Museum, USA 
• Nav Haq – M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp 
• Sopio Chakvetadze – Atinati Collection, Tbilisi
• Nazy Nazhand – Art Advisor, Writer and founder of Nazhand Art & Culture, New York.

Moderated by Elene Abashidze

14:30 – 15:30 Meeting with HENRIK VIBSKOV  

Henrik Vibskov with Eliso Julakidze, Rafael Pic, Sense Concept Store

16:00 – 17:00  Art in the Public Space

• Lika Chkuaseli – Tbilisi Public Art Fund, Director
• Gigi Shukakidze – co-founder of Tbilisi Architecture Biennial, one of the first initiatives commissioning public art./ Co-Author of the Georgian Pavilion at the Venice Biennial of Architecture 2023 
• Thomas Delamarre – Director of Maison des arts Georges et Claude Pompidou in Cajarc

• Asli Samadova – curator of Textile Politics, Baku / Paris  
• Malgorzata Misniakiewicz 
• Jill Winder (Author and editor, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt)
• Nino Kvrivishvili – artist (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• Capucine Bonneterre - artist

Moderated by Mariam Shergelashvili (Exhibition Curator at the State Silk Museum (Tbilisi, Georgia)

14:30 – 16:00 

Projects in support of Young and Emerging Artists

With :

• VAADS Free University Program presentation by Irena Popiashvili
• IWPA about the photo competition for female photographers from Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belorussia, Moldova – Meriko Kajaia.
• Beaux Arts Marseille School representative and artists: Anais Deleage, head of international relations; Rafaello burgo, Mathilde Nicol, Hector Gachet.
• Paul Dujardin - Commissioner General for Heritage-Brussels Capital Region, Vice-President European Festival Association, President Europa Nostra.
• Eric Schlosser – Artistic Director of Tbilisi Art Fair

Co-moderated by Mariam Shergelashvili