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Video Category: Global debates
Behind the Facade: a False Narrative of Art Authenticity
This talk focuses on two particular case studies that represent a fake on the one hand and a forgery on the other, that were both sold in London a few years ago and are now in two of the leading art collections in the world and remain on display. Using a range of sources and methodologies, the true story of these deceptive objects will become clear, and they can act as cyphers for numerous other problematic items circulating in the art market today.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: painting history
This talk explores Basquiat as a history painter, an artist who documents our shared histories. We will look at Basquiat’s art and how it records and interprets Black history in the US in all of its complexities from jazz to film, colonization to police brutality.
Addressing Dispersal: Repatriation, Restitution and Tracing Looted Tiles from Islamic Monuments
In this talk Richard Piran McClary will lay out the methodology he has used to study the site and the dispersed tiles, and demonstrate how this approach can be applied to a range of dispersed colonial-era items, suggest a few ways to address the problems.
Object Lessons in Xenosolidarity
Dedicated to environmental thinking/feeling, and attending to the structures of inequality that mediate the relations between human and non-human actants, this talk will explore how (art) objects can foster an encounter with alien perspectives, challenging us to fabricate new and better modes of coexisting.
Not (HIV) Negative: Visual Representation and Viral Responsibilisation
In this talk, drawing on 20 interviews with people living with HIV during COVID-19, Max Morris suggests that creative methods can reframe how viral blame is represented and reproduced by the media, alongside whether the positive/negative binary should be rejected altogether.
Controversy in Conspiracy Theories?
In this talk, we will explore the concept of conspiracy theory, looking at the underpinning logic and how the narratives stand out.
Beautiful Images of Global Issues: commercial aesthetics in contemporary culture
With a focus on mainstream images of human migrations, this talk discusses the contemporary commercial aesthetics that influence all visual fields from interior design to fashion and makeup.
The Beauty of Ageing
 Join Samantha Allen for a body positive talk that reclaims our narrative on ageing. Understand why that opposition exists and why we need to create better, less invisible futures for ourselves as women.Â
Restricted Imaginary for Restricted Border Regimes: images of migration shaping migratory policies
This talk will address Western collective imagination of migration by revealing its imprint in various visual fields (e.g. cartography, contemporary art, fashion) and by seeking ways to diversify its expression.