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SUMMARY:Symposium: Art and Populism
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DESCRIPTION:For over a decade\, populism has dominated headlines and ignit
 ed debate across the political spectrum\; few words give a more enticing\,
  and murky\, indication of the current\, politically turbulent moment. Yet
  despite extensive analysis from the social political sciences – and the
  rapid rise of 'populism studies' – its impact on art\, curating and cul
 tural institutions remains unexplored. This event addresses that gap by co
 nvening an international group of leading thinkers\, artists\, critics and
  curators to consider how populism is reshaping the art world – and how 
 the art world\, in turn\, is mobilising populism.\n\nMoving beyond simple 
 characterisations\, speakers will approach populism as a contested tool\, 
 a mechanism of power\, and a potential tool for radical democracy. Discuss
 ions will range from how artists and curators navigate the fault lines bet
 ween ‘elite’ and ‘popular’ culture\, to how populism shapes cultur
 al governance and engenders the aestheticisation of politics. Participants
  will also reflect on what implications populism has for the ways we work\
 , organise and collaborate today.\n\nThe first day\, 11 June\, will take t
 he form of a day‑long symposium at Wadham College\, University of Oxford
 . On 12 June\, participants will gather at The Courtauld Institute for a c
 losed‑door workshop. The project will culminate in an evening event host
 ed by the Research Forum\, featuring two public panels with speakers from 
 the symposium. Participants across both days include TJ Demos\, Sarah Jame
 s\, Dean Kissick\, Angela Dimitrakaki\, Clive Nwonka\, Lars Bang Larsen\, 
 Luce deLire\, Anthony Gardner\, Claire Fontaine\, Ana Dević (WHW)\, and t
 he Otolith Group.\n\nThe symposium was made possible through generous supp
 ort from the John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund\, the Departm
 ent of History of Art and Centre for Visual Studies\, and Wadham College\,
  Oxford.
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LOCATION:Wadham College\, Parks Road Oxford
SPEAKER:Various speakers
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