TEFAF New York Spring | Cultural Program

TEFAF COFFEE TALKS - Becoming Vincent All Over Again

Friday, May 3, 2019 - 11AM-12PM

Veteran's Room, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at East 67th Street

Popular interest in Vincent van Gogh has grown strikingly in recent decades. With the vigorous pursuit of technical and scholarly enquiry, a string of studies has confirmed the authenticity of paintings made in 1886, the year of his arrival to Paris, including Vase with Poppies at the Wadsworth Atheneum. A series of important exhibition projects are encouraging a re-appraisal of the stylistic arc of his career and his critical fortune in the 20th century, including next year's Van Gogh in America at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The panel connects the dots between conservation science, archival work, and professional collaboration that advance our knowledge and appreciation of this most fascinating artist.

Panel:

Martin Bailey, Contributor, The Art Newspaper

Tom Loughman, Director, Wadsworth Atheneum

Salvador Salort-Pons, Director, Detroit Institute of Arts

Moderator:

Thomas Marks, Editor, Apollo Magazine

Featured Image: Vincent Van Gogh, Vase with Poppies, c. 1886. Oil on canvas. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Bequest of Anne Parrish Titzell. 1957.617​

TEFAF AFTERNOONS - Niche to Global: The Art Market's Recent Evolution

Friday, May 3, 2019 - 2-3PM

Veteran's Room, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at East 67th Street

How has the art world moved from a niche lifestyle hobby to a billion dollar global industry? In what ways has this shift affected the museum, the collector, the dealer, and our prevailing culture? Our panel discusses the good and bad effects of this transformation and whether they are with us for the long or short-term.

Panel:

Frances F.L. Beatty, Chairman, Adler Beatty

Michael Shnayerson, author

Gary Tinterow, Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Moderator:

Evan Beard, National Art Services Executive, Bank of America Private Bank

TEFAF AFTERNOONS - A Conversation: Tristam Hunt, Director, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, With Thomas Marks

Friday, May 3, 2019 - 4-5PM

Veteran's Room, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at East 67th Street

Tristram Hunt, Director, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, joins Thomas Marks, Editor, Apollo magazine, to discuss how one of the greatest of 19th-century institutions is setting the tone for museums in the 21st century – with imaginative programming, ambitious expansion plans and a willingness to tackle some of the most challenging questions facing museums today. Hunt and Marks discuss recent and future developments at the V&A, including the renovation of the Cast Courts, the opening of V&A Dundee, and the projected V&A East – a collection and research center scheduled to open in East London in 2023.

TEFAF COFFEE TALKS - Maverick Modernism: Firebrand Women of the Early 20th Century

Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 11AM-12PM

Veteran's Room, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at East 67th Street

Frida Kahlo, Hilma af Klint, Amrita Shergil, Tseng Yu-ho and Georgia O' Keefe are among a rare group of iconic female painters who defied the norms of their time and created major bodies of art at the turn of the 20th century, among a male dominated arena. The world was experiencing dramatic change as industrial, economic and cultural revolutions spread across the globe, setting the stage for new and dynamic artistic movements that would make permanent impressions on the structure of art making. The panel examines the work of these artists whose outlier status as women did not dissuade them nor does it alter the significance of their contribution to modernism. What were their challenges and what is their legacy and impact on subsequent generations of artists?

Panel:

Tracy Bashkoff, Director, Collections and Senior Curator, Guggenheim Museum

Carmen Melián, Melián Arts and Adjunct Professor, Latin American Art, New York University

David Norman, David Norman Fine Arts; Craig Yee, Directing Co-Founder, Ink Studio, Beijing

Moderator:

Priyanka Mathew, South Asian Specialist, Sunderlande Art Agency

TEFAF AFTERNOONS - Toward a Feminist Interior

Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 4-5PM

Veteran's Room, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at East 67th Street

Search the internet for “Feminism and Interior Design” and you’ll find results advocating the reclaiming of the color pink or images of interiors showcasing empowering catchphrases on the wall. Beyond these mere aesthetic or surface considerations, we ask in conversation: What is a feminist interior? In what way has feminism informed the practice of interior design? This panel discusses the relationship of feminism to interior design through the lens of history, theory, and practice, and explores the ways that design is being used to create powerful and inspiring environments for women by women.

Panel:

Lora Appleton, Founder / Creative Director, kinder MODERN, Founder / Female Design Council

Virginia Black, Co-founder, feminist architecture collaborative

Shashi Caan, Founding partner, THE COLLECTIVE & Globally We Design (GloW-DESIGN)

Carly Cannell, President and Founder of Weetu

Moderator:

Cotter Christian, Director, BFA Interior Design, Assistant Professor, Interior Design, Parsons School of Design, The New School

TEFAF AFTERNOONS - Art and Political Action: Art's Strongest Calls

Sunday, May 5, 2019 - 2-3PM

Veteran's Room, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at East 67th Street

What has been the historical relationship between visual art and politics and what is it today? Artist Seth Cameron and art critic Christian Viveros-Fauné (author of Social Forms: A Short of Political Art (David Zwirner Books, 2018)) engage in a conversation about paradigmatic cases that have given voice to art's strongest calls to political action over the last 150 years. From Francisco de Goya's The Disasters of War (1810-20) to David Hammons's In the Hood (1993), the panelists examine the ways in which artists have dealt with local and global political crises, the rise of consumer culture and the challenges of technologies—and how the long-lasting impact of their contributions continue to compel us today.

Panel:

Seth Cameron, artist, writer, and co-founder, The Bruce High Quality Foundation

Christian Viveros-Fauné, author and Curator-at-Large, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum

TEFAF COFFEE TALKS - Where is Latin American Art? Center Stage.

Sunday, May 5, 2019 - 11AM-12PM

Veteran's Room, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at East 67th Street

Now that a Da Vinci has headlined a Postwar and Contemporary auction, what is the role of market categories today? The panel probes this question focusing particularly on Latin American art. While art is often understood along national lines, some categories have art historical origins and others were coined and codified by market players. Terms like "Latin American art" may be helpful in marketing a group of artists, but also prove problematic, with some artists seeing them as labels that silo and marginalize their work. In this globalized and highly connected art world, are they even relevant? And why are some artists able to transcend these categories? Why isn't Argentina-born Lucio Fontana, for instance, "Latin American"?

Panel:

Margaret Carrigan, Deputy Art Market Editor, The Art Newspaper

Pablo León de la Barra, Curator at Large, Latin America, Guggenheim Museum

Leon Tovar, Leon Tovar Gallery

Moderator:

Natasha Degen, Professor and Chair, Art Market Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology

TEFAF COFFEE TALKS - It's a Matter of "Taste"

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 11AM-12PM

Veteran's Room, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at East 67th Street

What is taste after all? “Good” taste seems to suggest a special knowledge and sophistication while “bad” taste connotes the “base” or “vulgar”. Throughout the 20th century, bold declarations concerning ‘good’ and ‘bad’ taste were dictated by an elite minority and uniformly adopted by mass followers. But a counter culture of artists, designers, and filmmakers reacted differently, instead snubbing assumed ideals and prioritizing “bad” taste as a creative goal. Kitsch, camp, fakery, extremism, and “B-rated” became the monikers of this new underground cultural elite. What deeper meanings do these judgements of art, fashion, or film imply about society’s values? Our panelists explore this fascinating topic and consider its relation to contemporary and future cultural landscapes.

Panel:

David Brody, Professor, Design Studies, Parsons School of Design, The New School

Michelle Millar Fisher, Curator, European Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Stéphane Houy-Towner, Fashion Consultant

Phyllis Magidson, Curator, Costumes and Textiles, Museum of the City of New York

Moderator:

Steven Faerm, Associate Professor, Fashion, Parsons School of Design, The New School