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.

For more information, please contact:

visualidentitiesfada@gmail.com

• SESSION 1: 12 May 2019

  Museums for whom, museums for what?

  Public panel discussion convened by Khwezi Gule (Chief Curator, JAG).

  The Centre for the Less Good Idea, 18:00

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• SESSION 2: 1 June 2019

  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.

  JAG East Gallery, 13:00-15:00

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• SESSION 3: 22 June 2019

  New Museums, New Horizons?

  Panel and Public Discussion around the emergence of new private collections, and their relation to public art and education institutions.

  JAG Courtyard, 13:00-15:00

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• SESSION 4: 8 August 2019

  #MeToo in the arts (part I)

  An introductory workshop discussion around #metoo in the arts, and its implications for public collections and institutional policies.

  FADA Floating Pod B, 18:00-19:30

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• SESSION 5: 6 November 2019

  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.

  FADA Floating Pod B, 15:00-17:00

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