JAG Consultations 2019

HOSTED BY VIAD AND JAG

EACH SESSION WAS PRESENTED AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION

May – November 2019

VIAD and the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) are excited to announce a series of consultations, panel discussions, focus groups and workshops, running between May and October 2019.

Conceived by JAG Chief Curator Khwezi Gule, as well as curatorial staff members at JAG and VIAD, the objective of these consultations is to facilitate a set of outcome-orientated discussions addressing key issues faced by JAG and speak to the politics of the broader arts and culture context in South Africa, the Continent and beyond.

These consultations are made up of 5 different sessions which take the form of a panel discussion, roundtable discussion, public discussion, a welcoming dialogue and a closed discussion.

Session 1

MUSEUMS FOR WHOM, MUSEUMS FOR WHAT?

PANEL DISCUSSION CONVENED BY KHWEZI GULE ON THE ROLE OF MUSEUMS

12 May 2019

Session 2

REPATRIATION, RESTITUTION AND REPARATIONS: THE LOCAL IMPLICATIONS OF
DEBATES AROUND ANCESTRAL AND SACRED OBJECTS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AROUND THE ISSUE OF REPATRIATION, AND ITS
RELEVANCE TO LOCAL INSTITUTIONS AND COLLECTIONS

1 June 2019

Session 3

NEW MUSEUMS, NEW HORIZONS?

PANEL AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION AROUND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, AND THEIR RELATION TO PUBLIC ART AND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

22 June 2019

Session 4

#METOO IN THE ARTS (PART I)

AN INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP DISCUSSION AROUND #METOO IN THE ARTS, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES

8 August 2019

Session 5

DE-ACCESSIONING PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AIMED AT DEMYSTIFYING THE QUESTION OF DE-ACCESSIONING, AS A CONTESTED BUT VERY CURRENT ISSUE FOR MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE PRACTITIONERS

6 November 2019