Afterall Hosts Symposium on Decolonising Museums with Victoria Noorthoorn and Elvira Espejo Ayca
Afterall recently collaborated with the UAL Decolonising Arts Institute, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, and Goldsmiths Department of Visual Cultures to present an online symposium series titled 'Decolonisation in the 2020s'. A standout session called 'Decolonising the Museum' featured Victoria Noorthoorn, who directs the Museo de Arte Moderno in Buenos Aires, alongside Bolivian artist and writer Elvira Espejo Ayca. Amanda Carneiro, the curator at Museu de Arte de São Paulo, chaired the discussion. This event was published on April 13, 2021. Additionally, the webpage showcases other Afterall projects, including 'Hiding in Plain Sight' on January 31, 2024, 'Two Works' on April 11, 2023, and a two-part symposium held on February 2, 2023.
Key facts
- Symposium 'Decolonising the Museum' was part of the online series 'Decolonisation in the 2020s'.
- Speakers included Victoria Noorthoorn (Director, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires) and Elvira Espejo Ayca (Bolivian artist, writer, musician).
- The event was chaired by Amanda Carneiro, Curator at Museu de Arte de São Paulo.
- The symposium was hosted by Afterall, UAL Decolonising Arts Institute, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, and Goldsmiths Department of Visual Cultures.
- Publish date: 13 April 2021.
- Other programs listed: 'Hiding in Plain Sight' with Sharon Chin (31 Jan 2024), 'Two Works' with Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza (11 Apr 2023), and 'Precarious Solidarities' symposium (2 Feb 2023).
- Sharon Chin discussed her work 'Creatures on the Move (In the Death of the Night)' (2022).
- Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza responded to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's 'Can the Subaltern Speak?'.
- Precarious Solidarities symposium focused on Artists for Democracy (1974–77).
Entities
Artists
- Victoria Noorthoorn
- Elvira Espejo Ayca
- Amanda Carneiro
- Sharon Chin
- Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza
- Elisa Adami
- Alex Schady
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
- Wing Chan
- David Morris
- Arianna Mercado
- Camille Crichlow
Institutions
- Afterall
- UAL Decolonising Arts Institute
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo
- Goldsmiths Department of Visual Cultures
- Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires
- Afterall Exhibition Histories
- Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
- Asia Art Archive
- Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg
- Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
- CSM Art Programme
Locations
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Malaysia
- London
- United Kingdom
- Annandale-on-Hudson
- United States
- Hong Kong
- Gothenburg
- Sweden
Sources
- Afterall —