Institute of Modern Art

Chris Saines, Director of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, presents the second of a series of talks titled 'What Can Art Institutions Do?', followed by a conversation with Johan Lundh, Co-Director of the IMA. Saines has 30 years’ experience in Australian and New Zealand galleries as a director, curatorial and collection manager, educator and curator. He commenced as Director of...

A talk by Misal Adnan Yildiz, Director of Artspace NZ. This is the third presentation in a series of talks running throughout the year titled 'What Can Art Institutions Do?' Yildiz has been the Director of Artspace NZ since November 2014. Previously, he was the Artistic Director of Künstlerhaus Stuttgart between 2011 and 2014, one of curatorial collaborators of Fulya Erdemci for the 13th Istanbul...

In February 2015 the IMA hosted a series of lectures and artist’s presentations titled 'Factory/studio/tumblr*' that responded to Hito Steyerl’s exhibition 'Too Much World' (13 December 2014–22 March 2015). As part of the symposium artist Zach Blas speaks on the notion of the contra–internet and puts his theory into context by sharing details of some of his recent participatory anti-surveillance a...

The IMA presents a talk titled 'Fiction and the Future Anterior' by Berlin-based artist and writer Patricia Reed. Reed’s artworks have been featured in exhibitions at the Witte de With, Rotterdam; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal; Württembergische Kunstverein, Stuttgart; Audain Gallery, Vancouver; and 0047, Oslo, among others. As a writer, Reed has contributed t...