Art Lobby again presents a wildly varied program: book launches, artist conversations, actions and panel talks on wide-ranging artworld subjects. Among the prominent members of the international artworld taking part are Daniel Birnbaum, Jorge Pardo, AA Bronson, Josh Baer, Klaus Biesenbach, Richard Meier, Patti Smith, and Elmgreen & Dragset, to name only a few. ______________________________ WEDNESDAY | June 4 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Conversation | Teaching the Future Tom Eccles, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York with Daniel Birnbaum, Director of Städelschule and Portikus, Frankfurt 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Conversation | Middle Eastern Art – The latest of the Emerging Art Markets with Ali Yussef Khadra, Canvas Magazine, Dubai; Saleh Barakat, Expert Arab Art, Beirut; Rose Issa, Curator, Art Critic London; Sheikha Lulu M. Al-Sabah, Art Journalist, Kuwait 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | ARTIST TALK: JORGE PARDO Jorge Pardo, Artist, Los Angeles with César Reyes, Collector, Puerto Rico 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Book Launch | “Sound unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture,” by Paul D. Miller aka DJSpooky that Subliminal Kid, New York 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Conversation | ‘Re-Sampling Ornament‘ Oliver Domeisen, London, Co-Curator ‘Re-Sampling Ornament’, with Francesca Ferguson, Director, S AM-Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Conversation | Interplay: Art and Fashion in Magazines Massimo Torrigiani, Editor, Rodeo Magazine, Milan with Joerg Koch, Editor, 032c, Berlin 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. | Encounter | 10 New Things About the 2008 Art Market Josh Baer, Publisher, Baerfaxt, New York THURSDAY | June 5 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | ENCOUNTER: PATTI SMITH Meeting and Signing with Artist and Musician Patti Smith, New York 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Conversation | Open Plan Living: New Trends in the Tel-Aviv Art Scene Klaus Biesenbach, MoMA, New York; Dr. Andrew Renton, Goldsmiths College University of London; and Smadar Sheffi, Journalist and Critique for Ha‘aretz, Tel Aviv 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | ARTIST TALK: AA BRONSON AA Bronson, Artist and Director of Printed Matter, New York with Lionel Bovier, Director of JRP/Ringier, Zurich 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | ENCOUNTER: ELMGREEN & DRAGSET Book Launch: “This is the First Day of My Life,” with Elmgreen & Dragset, Artists, Berlin 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Conversation and Book Launch | 2 Artists / 2 Books Pietro Roccasalva, Artist, Milan in conversation with Alessandro Rabottini, Curator, GAMeC, Bergamo, and Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, London; Victor Man, Artist, Cluj-Napoca, in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery, London 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. | Action | Y8: Artspace/Yogapraxis with Benita-Immanuel Grosser, Artists, Hamburg FRIDAY | June 6 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Conversation | Dollar Signs of the Times: The Art Market and Art Writing Sarah Douglas, Art + Auction; Judd Tully, Art + Auction 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Conversation | Developing Local Art Institutions in a Global Context Jérôme Sans, Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; Peter Doroshenko, President, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Artist Talk | How Contemporary Art Would Be Without Video? Berta Sichel, Director of the Audiovisual works, Reina Sofia, Madrid; Hans op de Beeck, Artist, Brussels; Oleg Kulik, Artist, Moscow; Adrian Paci, Artist, Milano; Juliao Sarmento, Artist, Estoril; Hiraki Sawa, Artist, London 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Book Launch: “Richard Meier: Complete Works 1963-2008,” by Philip Jodidio, Grimentz (CH), with Richard Meier, New York 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Conversation | Key Practical Issues to Consider when Collecting Contemporary Art Anna O‘Connell, Klein Solicitors Limited, London in conversation with Paul Britton, Art Surveyor, London; Freda Matassa, Art Collections Manager, London; Lawrence Shindell, CEO, ARIS Title Insurance Corp, New York 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Conversation | The Schweizerische Kunstverein and New Laws Governing Culture Peter Studer, President Schweizersicher Kunstverein, Claudia Jolles, Editor, Kunstbulletin, Zurich; Sonja Kuhn, President Visual Association, Zurich SATURDAY | June 7 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | ARTIST TALK: WILFREDO PRIETO Presentation | Wilfredo Prieto, Artist, Havana/Barcelona 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Conversation | Chinese Contemporary Art Scene: Shanghai vs. Beijing Jo-Anne Birnie-Danzker, Curator, Munich; Shen Fan, Artist, Shanghai; Zheng Shengtian, Curator and Editor, Vancouver; Liu Wei, Artist, Beijing 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Artist Talk | A. BALASUBRAMANIAM: THE FIDELITY OF VISION A. Balasubramaniam, Artist, Bangalore, with HG Masters, Editor, ArtAsiaPacific, New York 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Artist Talk | Performance Rewinded Anna-Lydia Florin, Filmmaker, Zurich; Daniel Kurjakovic, Curator and Art Critic, Zurich/Paris; Heinrich Lüber, Artist, Basel 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. | TALK AND BOOK LAUNCH: DAVID NOONAN Dominic Molon, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, introduces “Pageant,” a new artist book by David Noonan, London, with text by Dan Fox. 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. | ARTIST TALK: TRACEY MOFFATT Book Signing with Tracey Moffatt, Artist, Sidney/New York http://www.artbasel.com