Title: Assembling Art Archives: Workshops for South Asia - Information Session and Q&A
Date: 17 April 2025
Panelists: 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
Title: Shared Visions: How Institutions and Artists Work Together
Date: 13 February 2025
Panelists: 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
Title: Artist to Artist | Crafting Narratives and Community in South Asia | Hema Shironi and Munem Wasif in Conversation
Date: 13 February 2025
Panelists: 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.
Title: Nurturing Artistic Journeys through Residencies: Opportunities for Developing Practice
Date: 12 February 2025
Panelists: 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.
Title: Beyond the Walls: How Galleries Develop Artistic Careers
Date: 12 February 2025
Panelists: 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
Title: Inspiring Change: KALĀ’s role in the Sri Lankan Art Scene
Date: 12 February 2025
Panelists: Saskia Fernando, Founder of KALĀ, is in conversation with Meagan Kelly Horsman, Managing Director, Christie’s Middle East
Title: Art Murmur x Guftgu | Navigating Global Audiences
Date: Thursday 12th December
Panelists: 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)
Title: Art Murmur x Guftgu | The Artist Book
Date: Friday 29 November 2024
Panelists: 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)
Title: Art Murmur x Guftgu | Publishing Shifts: South Asia
Date: Tuesday 22 October 2024
Panelists: 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)
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: Art Exchange: Moving Image - Information Session and Q&A
Date: Tuesday 23 April 2024
Panelists: 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)
Title: Future Voices: Aban Raza & Prasiit Sthapit - Celebrating Asia Society India's Future Game Changers
Date: Tuesday 14 May 2024
Panelists: Panelists Aban Reza (Artist) and Prasiit Sthapit (Artist) in conversation with Mala Yamey (Head of Programmes, ASAP)
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: ASAP x SAF Curatorial Fellowship Culmination Talk
Date: 9 February 2024
Panelists: 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
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: ASAP x SAF Curatorial Fellowship Talk at Serendipity Art Festival
Date: Saturday, 16 December 2023
Panelists: Mala Yamey, Head or Programmes for ASAP and Shalmali Shetty, ASAP x SAF Curatorial Fellow
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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