International Symposium: “Museums and Research—What does it mean to ‘deepen’ art?”

The National Center for Art Research (“NCAR”；Director: Kataoka Mami) will host “NCAR International Symposium 2023: Museums and Research—What does it mean to ‘deepen’ art?” on Friday, March 22, 2024, at the National Art Center, Tokyo (Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo).

The symposium will examine the capability of museums to “deepen” art, which is a key focus of NCAR, from the perspective of research. Directors and curators who are active in the front lines at diverse array of institutions around the world that support art research will share their respective research functions and activities to provoke consideration of the potential of “deepening” art. The panel discussion will focus on challenges faced by each institution and perspectives on sustainable operation, including sources of funding and approaches to personnel recruitment. The panelists will also engage in an in-depth discussion of approaches to making research resources publicly available and utilizing them broadly on an international scale.

In line with the symposium, NCAR will host workshops based on discussions among curators, artists, and researchers invited from Japan and overseas (March 21–23; registration closed).

NCAR will further enhance its efforts to construct an international network of art specialists and connect Japanese art with the world.

Panelists
Özge Ersoy, Senior Curator, Asia Art Archive
Kawaguchi Masako, Head, Research Resources Group, National Center for Art Research
Daehyung Lee, Founder and Director, Hzone
Kara Olidge, Associate Director, Getty Research Institute
Mari Carmen Ramírez, Curator, Latin American Art and Director, ICAA, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Overview of symposium
Title：“NCAR International Symposium 2023: Museums and Research: What does it mean to ‘deepen’ art?”
Date/time：Friday, March 22, 2024, 5:30–8pm (Doors open at 5:15pm)
Venue：3rd Floor Auditorium, The National Art Center, Tokyo (7-2-22 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Capacity：150 people (prior registration required)
Fee：Free

Program(tentative)
–Opening remarks
–Sharing of case studies by panelists (15 minutes each)
–Panel discussion (Moderator: Kataoka Mami, Director, National Center for Art Research)
–Q&A session

Registration
Please register via this link.

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Organized by：The National Center for Art Research (NCAR)

Other：Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English, Japanese Sign Language interpretation, and Japanese text support (UD TALK) will be available.

The symposium will not be livestreamed. (An archived video is planned to be posted to the NCAR website at a later date.)