Art Basel has recently announced the selection of leading artists, gallerists, art historians, curators, museum directors, critics, and collectors who will join the Conversations and Salon series in Miami Beach. They will discuss a diverse range of topics in 23 talks. Among these are curators and museum directors Iliana Cepero Amador, Stéphane Aquin, Nicholas Baume, Jens Hoffmann, Omar Kholeif, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Sir Norman Rosenthal, Beatrix Ruf and Philippe Vergne, as well as artists Pedro Friedeberg, Carlos Garaicoa, Beatriz González, Shilpa Gupta, Jenny Holzer, Alex Israel, Paulo Nazareth and Valeska Soares, among others. Highlights of the afternoon Salon program, an open platform for short presentations, will include 'New Role for Art in Cuba', featuring Stéphane Aquin, Chief Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington and the artist Carlos Garaicoa, moderated by Iliana Cepero Amador, Art Historian, Curator and Adjunct Professor, The New School and New York University. Continuing the discourse about art scenes in South America, the Mexican artist Pedro Friedeberg will be in conversation with the Colombian artist Beatriz González. For more information:
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