Title: Ten Years of Karachi LaJamia
Date: Thursday 26 September 2024
Panelists: Zahra Malkani, Shahana Rajani, Co-founders of Karachi LaJamia, in conversation with Fiza Khatri, artist.
Title: Future Voices: Aban Raza & Prasiit Sthapit - Celebrating Asia Society India's Future Game Changers
Date: Tuesday 14 May 2024
Panelists: Aban Raza & Prasiit Sthapit
Title: Art Exchange: Moving Image - Information Session and Q&A
Date: Tuesday 23 April 2024
Panelists: E.N. Mirembe & Benjamin Cook, Director of LUX
Title: Funding and Development in the Arts
Date: Tuesday 20 February 2024
Panelists: 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.
Title: Friends and Relations: The ‘43 Group
Date: Tuesday 13 February 2024
Panelists: 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
Title: How Institutions Think: Design and Sustaining Institutions in Sri Lanka
Date: Wednesday 31 January 2024
Panelists: 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.
Title: Insights into Contemporary Practice in Sri Lanka
Date: Wednesday 31 January 2024
Panelists: 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.
Title: Sri Lanka in the Global Art Market
Date: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Panelists: 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.
Title: Reflections on the No Order Group: the 90s in Sri Lanka
Date: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Panelists: 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.
Title: Creating Space: South to South Dialogues with Diana Campbell
Date: Monday, 29 January 2024
Panelists: 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.
Title: Lionel Wendt’s Ceylon: Timeless Affiliations
Date: Monday, 29 January 2024
Panelists: 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.
Title: What is KALĀ?
Date: Sunday, 28 January 2024
Panelists: 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.
Title: Way of the Forest: Curating Colomboscope 2024
Date: 30 November 2023
Panelists: 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
Title: Cultivating Independent Spaces in India: Home Sweet Home & Reliable Copy
Date: 5 October 2023
Panelists: Chinar Shah, Founder of Home Sweet Home, and Nihaal Faizal and Sarasija Subramanian, Co-Founders of Reliable Copy in conversation with Mala Yamey
Title: Making Space: Exhibition Design with Kathmandu Triennale
Date: 27 April 2023
Panelists: 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
Title: Demystifying the Art Fair in South Asia and the UAE
Date: 30 March 2023
Panelists: 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
Title: Unframed: Discovering Image Practices in South Asia
Date: 24 February 2023
Panelists: 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
Title: Writing Successful Funding Applications in the Arts
Date: 25 January 2023
Panelists: Ranbir Jhutty, Independent Philanthropy Advisor, and Rummana Naqvi, Head of Individual Giving at the National Portrait Gallery, in conversation with Mala Yamey
Title: Creating Art South Asia Project
Date: 8 December 2022
Panelists: Nour Aslam, Executive Director, ASAP, in conversation with Smriti Mehra, Founding Member, ASAP, and Mala Yamey, Programme Manager, ASAP
Title: Curator in Focus: Veeranganakumari Solanki
Date: 17 November 2022
Panelists: Veeranganakumari Solanki, Independent Curator, in conversation with Mala Yamey
Title: The Success You Seek: Working Transnationally As A Pakistani Female Artist
Date: 20 October 2022
Panelists: Charles Moore, Director and Co-Founder of Grosvenor Gallery, and Wardha Shabbir, Artist, in conversation with Mala Yamey
Title: From Art School to Research: A Guide Towards Navigating Through the Arts
Date: 27 August 2022
Panelists: Professor Salima Hashmi, Dr. Samina Iqbal, Sophia Balagamwala and Ambereen Siddiqui in conversation with Nour Aslam
Title: Developing a Curatorial Voice – Creating an Exhibition Proposal
Date: 21 July 2022
Panelists: 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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Title: An Artist Statement that Works For You
Date: 16 June 2022
Panelists: 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
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Title: What to Include in Your Artist CV & Bio
Date: 19 May 2022
Panelists: Alessio Antoniolli, Director of Gasworks London, and Krittika Sharma, Founder & Director of Indigo+Madder London, in conversation with Ambereen Siddiqui
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