Mira Schendel: A Conversation with Curator Tanya Barson & Dr. Michael Asbury

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6:00pm –7.45pm

Wednesday 6th November 2013

Lecture Theatre, Chelsea College of Art & Design,
Atterbury Steet, London SW1P 4JU

This conversation will focus on the premises behind the curatorial project for her current retrospective exhibition at Tate Modern as a means of asserting the international significance that Mira Schendel clearly deserves.

Tanya Barson is Curator of International Art at Tate Modern. She is co-curator of the current Mira Schendel retrospective exhibition organised by Tate Modern and the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Michael Asbury is a British/Brazilian art historian, critic and curator. He is a Reader and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) at the University of the Arts London (UAL). He has curated and written extensively on Brazilian modern and contemporary art.