As part of the Berlin Art Week Garden (10 to 14 September) at Hamburger Bahnhof, this symposium will address the contemporary museum as a social space. Under the title Shaping the Future of Cultural Spaces and Museums Today, professionals from Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona and beyond will discuss current challenges, societal entanglements, and new institutional models for museums of contemporary art.

Moderated by Elke Buhr (Monopol), Kimberly Bradley (independent art critic and author), and Kate Brown (artnet).

Programme

• 11:00 – 11:45 am – Decentering
  Anna Gritz, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Rebecca Matthews, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
• 12:00 – 12:45 pm – Youth Engagement
  Marie Nipper, Arken, Copenhagen; Olmo Garcia Koel, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Jenny Schlenzka, Gropius Bau, Berlin
• 1:00 – 2:00 pm – Break
• 2:00 – 2:45 pm – Changing Societies
  Sam Bardaouil, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin; Catherine Wood, Tate Modern, London
• 3:00 – 3:45 pm – Innovation in Institutional Models
  Marion Ackermann, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Elvira Dyangani Ose, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA); Kasia Redzisz, KANAL – Centre Pompidou, Brussels
• 4:00 – 4:45 pm – Finding New Forms of Participation and Experimentation
  Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, 2050+, Milan; Mona Stehle, Berlin Art Week; Jessica Vaughan, Tate London

The symposium will be held in English.

Free admission, no registration required

A joint project of Berlin Art Week and Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.