Join the protest against forgetting: a brief history of curating. A conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Elena Filipovic

Wednesday, August 26th, 11PM

Join the discussion between Hans Ulrich Obrist and Elena Filipovic at the Building about Walter Hopps and the eleven ground-breaking curators gathered together in Obrist's most recent book, A Brief History of Curating (JRP|Ringier).

The Building
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 14a
10249 Berlin DE
phone: 030 28 04 79 73
magdalena@e-flux.com
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A Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Elena Filipovic
The Building
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 14A
Berlin 10249

Admission is free, All are welcome.

"It is rare that we have the opportunity to celebrate our own eco-system."
– Richard Armstrong, Museum Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation

Throughout his 40-year career Walter Hopps (1933–2005) never succumbed to administrative logic or routine. His chronic lateness and near-mythic disappearing acts prompted employees at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., where he served as director in the 1970s, to make buttons reading walter hopps will be here in 20 minutes.

The conversation will continue at walterhopps.com, log on to share stories about Walter Hopps and the other legendary curators in A Brief History of Curating, upload your button spottings to Flickr tagged "walterhopps" and join the Protest Against Forgetting at walterhopps.com.

Thanks to Richard Armstrong, Julieta Aranda, Lionel Bovier, William Christenberry, Bice Curiger, Karen Constine, James Demetrion, Alexander Galan, Melissa Goldberg, Eric Hobsbawm, Erin Knutson, Karen Marta, Julia Peyton-Jones, Rachel Schwartz, Nancy Spector, Lorraine Two, Anton Vidokle, Sarah Williams, Christina Yang, For Your Art and curators everywhere that Walter Hopps's spirit has influenced.

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