Against Cultural Imperialism | Rasheed Araeen's 1970s Art Practice
27 June 2025
Artists Majella Dowdican and Peter Fillingham joined the moderator Kuhu Kopariha, Programmes Manager at ASAP to discuss key political works from renowned artist Rasheed Araeen’s 1970s art practice. They discussed key political works by Araeen, explored the significance of collaboration and publication in his practice and why this discussion is relevant today.
Mapping Karachi: The Urban Repository Archive (URA) | Art Murmur
30 May 2025
Seher Naveed and Veera Rustomji, co-founders of the Urban Repository Archive (URA) joined the moderator Mala Yamey, Programmes Curator at ASAP to discuss the significance of the archiving project. They discuss URA’s inception, the significance of archiving students’ work, and the role of art and research in mapping the evolving landscape of Karachi.
Assembling Art Archives: Workshops for South Asia - Information Session and Q&A
17 April 2025
Sneha Raghavan, Senior Researcher and Head of Asia Art Archive in India and Nour Aslam, Founder and Executive Director of Art South Asia Project, Moderated by Kuhu Kopariha
Shared Visions: How Institutions and Artists Work Together
13 February 2025
Iaroslav Volovod, Curator, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Department of Culture and Tourism, and Meneesha Kellay, Senior Curator, Contemporary, Victoria and Albert Museum in conversation with Nour Aslam, Founder and Executive Director of Art South Asia Project
Artist to Artist | Crafting Narratives and Community in South Asia | Hema Shironi and Munem Wasif in Conversation
13 February 2025
Artists Hema Shironi, based in Sri Lanka and Munem Wasif, based in Bangladesh, in conversation with Mala Yamey, Head of Programmes at Art South Asia Project.
Nurturing Artistic Journeys through Residencies: Opportunities for Developing Practice
12 February 2025
Nikahetiya, Co-Founder of sā Ladakh, and Rosa Tyhurst, Curator at Gasworks, London, in conversation with Mala Yamey, Head of Programmes at Art South Asia Project.
Beyond the Walls: How Galleries Develop Artistic Careers
12 February 2025
Charles Moore, Director, Grosvenor Gallery based in the UK and Anahita Taneja, Director, Shrine Empire based in India, join moderator Nour Aslam, Founder and Executive Director of Art South Asia Project
Inspiring Change: KALĀ’s role in the Sri Lankan Art Scene
12 February 2025
Saskia Fernando, Founder of KALĀ, is in conversation with Meagan Kelly Horsman, Managing Director, Christie’s Middle East
Art Murmur x Guftgu | Navigating Global Audiences
Thursday 12th December
Saira Ansari (Misk Art Institute) and Sarasija Subramanian (Reliable Copy) iin conversation with Anshika Varma (Founder, Offset Projects) and Mala Yamey (Head of Programmes, ASAP)
Art Murmur x Guftgu | The Artist Book
Friday 29 November 2024
Abdul Halik Azeez (Artist & The Packet, Sri Lanka) and Sohrab Hura (Artist & Ugly Dog, India) in conversation with Anshika Varma (Founder, Offset Projects) and Mala Yamey (Head of Programmes, ASAP)
Art Murmur x Guftgu | Publishing Shifts: South Asia
Tuesday 22 October 2024
NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati (Photocircle & Nepal Picture Library) and Yogesh Maitreya (Panthers Paw) in conversation with Anshika Varma (Founder, Offset Projects) and Mala Yamey (Head of Programmes, ASAP)
Ten Years of Karachi LaJamia
Thursday 26 September 2024
Zahra Malkani, Shahana Rajani, Co-founders of Karachi LaJamia, in conversation with Fiza Khatri, artist.
Art Exchange: Moving Image - Information Session and Q&A
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Benjamin Cook, Director of LUX, E.N. Mirembe, Curator from the Inaugural Sub-Saharan Africa Art Exchange Edition in conversation with Mala Yamey (Head of Programmes, ASAP)
Future Voices: Aban Raza & Prasiit Sthapit - Celebrating Asia Society India's Future Game Changers
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Panelists Aban Reza (Artist) and Prasiit Sthapit (Artist) in conversation with Mala Yamey (Head of Programmes, ASAP)
Funding and Development in the Arts
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Rummana Naqvi, Director of Development of Whitechapel Gallery, and Stefan Winker, Director of Goethe Institut, Sri Lanka, discuss the process of funding and development within art institutions in the UK and South Asia.
Friends and Relations: The ‘43 Group
Tuesday 13 February 2024
Shamil Wanigaratne, Author and Clinical Psychologist, Esmerelda Claessen, Writer and daughter of 43’ Group founding artist George Claessen, and Rohan de Soysa, Chairman of the Sapumal Foundation, discuss the importance of the 43 Group in South Asian art history and their personal experiences in relation to the group
ASAP x SAF Curatorial Fellowship Culmination Talk
9 February 2024
Smriti Rajgarhia, Director of the Serendipity Arts Foundation, Shalmali Shetty, ASAP x SAF Curatorial Fellow and Mala Yamey, Head of Programmes at the Art South Asia Project
How Institutions Think: Design and Sustaining Institutions in Sri Lanka
Wednesday 31 January 2024
Malaka Thalwatte, Chair of the Board of Trustees of George Keyt Foundation, Rohan de Soysa, Chairman of Sapumal Foundation and Shayari de Silva, Chief Curator of Geoffrey Bawa Trust, discuss the development and significance of their Foundations within Sri Lanka and what makes the institution strive.
Insights into Contemporary Practice in Sri Lanka
Wednesday 31 January 2024
In an intimate dialogue, artists Mahen Perera and Liz Fernando will be in conversation. The talk will focus on the ideas around their contributions to the exhibition Pivot. Echo. Glide. As the two artists share a close friendship, the conversation will delve into their perspectives on the contemporary and offer insights into their distinct approaches towards materiality.
Sri Lanka in the Global Art Market
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Nishad Avari, Head of Department for South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art at Christie’s Auction House and Amrita Jhaveri, Co-Founder & Co-Director of Jhaveri Contemporary discuss the importance of Sri Lankan modern and contemporary art in the local and global commercial art market.
Reflections on the No Order Group: the 90s in Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
The artists Jagath Weerasinghe and Chandragupta Thenuwara will be in conversation to discuss the formation of the No Order Group and the long lasting impact of the ideas of the 1999 manifesto on not only their individual practices but also on contemporary practice in Sri Lanka.
Creating Space: South to South Dialogues with Diana Campbell
Monday, 29 January 2024
Artistic Director of Dhaka Art Summit, Diana Campbell, discusses the establishment of Dhaka Art Summit from its inception to its growth, alongside her curatorial practice which blurs boundaries between disciplines and between ‘art spaces’ and ‘life spaces’ across South Asia and the wider world.
Lionel Wendt’s Ceylon: Timeless Affiliations
Monday, 29 January 2024
Cassie Machado and Dr. Edwin Coomasaru in conversation about Lionel Wendt’s contemporary significance for Machado’s new body of work and Coomasaru’s research as Sri Lankan diaspora.
What is KALĀ?
Sunday, 28 January 2024
Founder of KALĀ, Saskia Fernando, Curatorial Advisor, Sandhini Poddar, Executive Director of Art South Asia Project, Nour Aslam and Curator Mariyam Begum discuss the inception and concept of KALĀ.
ASAP x SAF Curatorial Fellowship Talk at Serendipity Art Festival
Saturday, 16 December 2023
Mala Yamey, Head or Programmes for ASAP and Shalmali Shetty, ASAP x SAF Curatorial Fellow
Way of the Forest: Curating Colomboscope 2024
30 November 2023
Natasha Ginwala, Artistic Director of Colomboscope, and Sarker Protick, Guest Curator, with introductions by Hit Man Gurung & Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Guest Curators, in conversation with Mala Yamey
Cultivating Independent Spaces in India: Home Sweet Home & Reliable Copy
5 October 2023
Chinar Shah, Founder of Home Sweet Home, and Nihaal Faizal and Sarasija Subramanian, Co-Founders of Reliable Copy in conversation with Mala Yamey
Making Space: Exhibition Design with Kathmandu Triennale
27 April 2023
Veeranganakumari Solanki, Independent Curator; Shreeti Prajapati, Art Storage & Handling Manager, Kathmandu Triennale 2077; and Dipak Lama, Production Team Co-Lead, Kathmandu Triennale 2077 in conversation with Mala Yamey
Demystifying the Art Fair in South Asia and the UAE
30 March 2023
Zain Mahjoub, Associate Director of VIP Relations at Art Dubai, and Umah Jacob, Director of External Relations and Outreach at India Art Fair in conversation with Mala Yamey
Unframed: Discovering Image Practices in South Asia
24 February 2023
Rahaab Allana, Curator/Editor, Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, and Sandev Handy, Curator, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka, in conversation with Mala Yamey
Writing Successful Funding Applications in the Arts
25 January 2023
Ranbir Jhutty, Independent Philanthropy Advisor, and Rummana Naqvi, Head of Individual Giving at the National Portrait Gallery, in conversation with Mala Yamey
Creating Art South Asia Project
8 December 2022
Nour Aslam, Executive Director, ASAP, in conversation with Smriti Mehra, Founding Member, ASAP, and Mala Yamey, Programme Manager, ASAP
Curator in Focus: Veeranganakumari Solanki
17 November 2022
Veeranganakumari Solanki, Independent Curator, in conversation with Mala Yamey
The Success You Seek: Working Transnationally As A Pakistani Female Artist
20 October 2022
Charles Moore, Director and Co-Founder of Grosvenor Gallery, and Wardha Shabbir, Artist, in conversation with Mala Yamey
From Art School to Research: A Guide Towards Navigating Through the Arts
27 August 2022
Professor Salima Hashmi, Dr. Samina Iqbal, Sophia Balagamwala and Ambereen Siddiqui in conversation with Nour Aslam
Developing a Curatorial Voice – Creating an Exhibition Proposal
21 July 2022
Natasha Ginwala, Artistic Director of COLOMBOSCOPE and Associate Curator at Large at Gropius Bau, Berlin, and Priyesh Mistry, Associate Curator, Modern, and Contemporary Art, at the National Gallery in London, in conversation with Ambereen Siddiqui
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An Artist Statement that Works For You
16 June 2022
Anne West, Senior Lecturer at Rhode Island School of Design, and Sharmini Pereira, Chief Curator at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka, in conversation with Ambereen Siddiqui
What to Include in Your Artist CV & Bio
19 May 2022
Alessio Antoniolli, Director of Gasworks London, and Krittika Sharma, Founder & Director of Indigo+Madder London, in conversation with Ambereen Siddiqui