Art for Tomorrow
June 5-7, 2024
In person: Venice, Italy
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Art for Tomorrow 2024
Imperfect Beauty
The next Art for Tomorrow will take place in Venice from June 5-7, 2024 at the Palazzo Diedo, owned and newly renovated by the Berggruen Institute. The “floating city” is an appropriate setting to consider the complex problems that beauty can bring: How can cities and cultural sites celebrate their heritage without becoming victims of their own success through overtourism? How can museums and monuments protect themselves from the inevitable impact of the climate crisis? How should institutions and artists think about and reflect the concerns of their changing populations?
These are just a few of the questions we’ll consider at Art for Tomorrow, in a rich program with sessions moderated by New York Times journalists. Underpinning it all will be the central question of how the arts can unite and heal.
The plenary sessions will be complemented by exclusive cultural visits to iconic landmarks and some of the city’s best-kept secrets such as guided tours of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection to view the exhibition Jean Cocteau: The Juggler’s Revenge, the Orsoni furnace, Giardini and Arsenale at the 60th International Art Exhibition and tours of private collectors' homes.
Topics highlights:
- The Arts as the Ultimate Mediator
- Architecture for Good: Can Transformation Be Designed?
- AI and Creativity: Revolution or Disruption?
- Sustainability and the Pitfalls of Beauty
- Identity Crisis: Museums and Social Change
Art for Tomorrow 2024 Speakers
H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Chairperson, Qatar MuseumsJohn Akomfrah
Artist and FilmmakerAnish Kapoor
ArtistMariët Westermann
Director and C.E.O., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and FoundationPhilippe Starck
Industrial Designer and ArchitectMelissa Chiu
Director, Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.Urs Fischer
ArtistBryan Stevenson
Lawyer, Social Justice Activist and Executive Director, Equal Justice InitiativeArt for Tomorrow 2024 Moderators
The event is moderated by senior New York Times journalists.
Matthew Anderson
European Culture Editor, The New York TimesFarah Nayeri
Culture Writer, The New York TimesPamela Paul
Columnist, The New York TimesRoslyn Sulcas
Culture Writer, The New York Times2024 Agenda Highlights
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Guided tour of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection to view the exhibition Jean Cocteau: The Juggler’s Revenge.
Opening Panel: Sustainability and the Pitfalls of Beauty
Last September, Venice again escaped calls to include it on the list of endangered World Heritage sites. The panel rejecting UNESCO’s recommendation said efforts like banning cruise ships from the lagoon and installing a system of sea walls signaled progress in the battle against flooding and erosion. However, critics argue that these are temporary solutions that don’t do enough to counter the most pervasive threats to the city’s heritage: overtourism as well as rising sea levels caused by climate change. What is being done to mitigate the damage, and what lessons can be learned from cities with similar concerns? Can Venice be saved?
ORSONI VENEZIA 1888
The Orsoni furnace - tour of the historical Venetian furnace that has been producing high-quality artistic mosaics since 1888.
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