CIF DIALOGUES by İGA ART in partnership with Artsy
This year’s CIF Dialogues program, in collaboration with conference partner IGA Art, will feature expert talks from various disciplines over two days.
Organized in partnership with Artsy, a leading marketplace for emerging and renowned artists, the program will be moderated by Sarp Kerem Yavuz, Artistic Advisor to the Contemporary Istanbul Foundation.. This event brings together international speakers to explore themes centered on Spain and Spanish-speaking countries, with a special focus on art and digital art in the age of artificial intelligence.
CIF Dialogues will address the changing landscape of contemporary art through a variety of perspectives, with a special focus on art from Spain and Latin America, the social and public impacts of art collecting, and digital art in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
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The Program:
October 23rd, 2024
14:00-14:05
Opening Remarks
Sarp Kerem Yavuz, CIF Artistic Advisor
14:05-14:35
Keynote Speech
Fatih Altaylı, Journalist
14:40-15:20
How To Own & Exhibit Digital Art Today?
Stefanie de Regel, Director of Business Development at TAEX
Steven Sachs, Founder and Director of bitforms Gallery NY
Lauren Jones, Director of Business Development at FeralFile
Ahmet Burçin Gürbüz, Founder & CEO of Atlas Space
Moderated by Sureyya Wille, Digital Sales Strategist
15:30-16:00
Art Meets Innovation: The BMW i5 Flow NOSTOKANA
Stella Clarke, Development Engineer & Project Lead, BMW iX Flow featuring E-ink, BMW Group
Ali Güreli, Founder & Chairperson of Contemporary Istanbul
16:05-16:50
Can We Make Peace With AI-Generated Art?
Marc-Olivier Wahler, Director of Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève
Nicole Sales Giles, VP and Director of Digital Art Sales, Christie’s
Sarp Kerem Yavuz, Artist & Artistic Advisor to the Contemporary Istanbul Foundation
Moderated by Jenn Pratt, Partnerships Director at Artsy
17:00-17:45
Emerging Artists and Its Market
Wilko Austermann, Director of Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst
Amar A. Zahr, Founder of AAZ Art Advisory & Beirut Art Residency
Emirhan Elkorek, Art Advisor & Patron
Moderated by Maria Gracia de Pedro, Founder of Artepreneur & Chair of the Badr El Jundi Foundation
October 24th, 2024
13:00-13:50
Collecting With Purpose
(This panel will be conducted in Turkish)
Can Elgiz, Founder of Elgiz Museum, Collector
Yahşi Baraz, Founder of Gallery Baraz, Collector
Feride İkiz, Advisory Partner at PwC Turkey, Collector
Saruhan Doğan, AGM at T-Bank, Collector, Contemporary Istanbul Executive Advisory Board Member
Moderated by Ali Güreli, Founder & Chairperson of Contemporary Istanbul
14:00-15:00
Art: Patronage, Collectors, and Museums in Latin America and Spain
(This panel will be conducted in Spanish with simultaneous English and Turkish translation)
Carmen Reviriego, President at Callia Art & Callia Foundation
Isaac Cerdeira, Director of Callia Foundation
Juan Manuel Bonet, Writer, Art Expert, and Curator. Former Director of Reina Sofia Museum Madrid and IVAM in Valencia and Former Secretary of State for Instituto Cervantes worldwide
15:10-16:00
Painting Today: A Spanish Perspective of Contemporary Art
(This panel will be conducted in Spanish with simultaneous English and Turkish translation)
Juan Manuel Bonet, Writer, Art Expert, and Curator. Former Director of Reina Sofia Museum Madrid and IVAM in Valencia and Former Secretary of State for Instituto Cervantes worldwide
José María Luna, Director of the Public Agency for the Management of the Pablo Picasso Birthplace, the Russian Museum Collection and the Centre Pompidou of Malaga City Council, as well as Patron of the Ankaria Foundation
Sema d’Acosta, Independent Commissioner, Art Critic & Researcher
16:10-16:40
Keynote Speech
Miguel Blanco-Carrasco, Public Art Expert (Advisor to the Royal Commission for Riyadh City)
16:45-17:35
Art in Public Spaces
(This panel will be conducted in Turkish)
Gülveli Kaya, Artist & Dean of Fine Arts at Yeditepe University
Meriç Hızal, Sculptor & Professor Emeritus at Mimar Sinan Faculty of Fine Arts
Moderated by Nazlı Pektaş, Art Historian, Curator, Lecturer at Marmara University & Yeditepe University Faculty of Fine Arts
18:00-19:10
Documentary Screening: “Crossroads”
(This film is in Turkish with English subtitles)
Produced by Vanessa Medini Arslan and Bulut Reyhanoglu, directed by Mahmut Fazil Coskun, this award winning documentary features studio visits and intimate conversations with leading Turkish artists.