Art for Tomorrow 

 

Art for Tomorrow

June 5-7, 2024

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Art for Tomorrow 2024

Imperfect Beauty

The next Art for Tomorrow will take place in Venice from June 5-7, 2024 at the Palazzo Diedo, owned and newly renovated by the Berggruen Institute. The “floating city” is an appropriate setting to consider the complex problems that beauty can bring: How can cities and cultural sites  celebrate their heritage without becoming victims of their own success through overtourism? How can museums and monuments protect themselves from the inevitable impact of the climate crisis? How should institutions and artists think about and reflect the concerns of their changing populations? 

These are just a few of the questions we’ll consider at Art for Tomorrow, in a rich program with sessions moderated by New York Times journalists. Underpinning it all will be the central question of how the arts can unite and heal.

The plenary sessions will be complemented by exclusive cultural visits to iconic landmarks and some of the city’s best-kept secrets such as guided tours of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection to view the exhibition Jean Cocteau: The Juggler’s Revenge, the Orsoni furnace, Giardini and Arsenale at the 60th International Art Exhibition and tours of private collectors' homes.

Topics highlights:

  • The Arts as the Ultimate Mediator
  • Architecture for Good: Can Transformation Be Designed?
  • AI and Creativity: Revolution or Disruption?
  • Sustainability and the Pitfalls of Beauty
  • Identity Crisis: Museums and Social Change

 

2024 Program

 

Art for Tomorrow 2024 Speakers

Confirmed speakers include:

Ronen Berger, Author and Drama Therapist; Daniel Birnbaum, Curator; Olga Kefalogianni, Minister of Tourism, Greece; Manuela Luca-Dazio, Executive Director, Pritzker Prize; Magnus Resch, Art Market Economist; Victoria Siddall, Frieze and Gallery Climate Coalition; and many more to be announced soon. 

Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson

Lawyer, Social Justice Activist and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative
Hermann Parzinger

Hermann Parzinger

President, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Jordan Weber

Jordan Weber

Artist and Activist
Thaddaeus Ropac

Thaddaeus Ropac

Founder, Thaddaeus Ropac
Wim Pijbes

Wim Pijbes

Art Historian and Director, Droom en Daad
Toto Bergamo Rossi

Toto Bergamo Rossi

Director, Venetian Heritage
Melissa Chiu

Melissa Chiu

Director, Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

 

Art for Tomorrow 2024 Moderators

 

Matthew Anderson

Matthew Anderson

European Culture Editor, The New York Times
Farah Nayeri

Farah Nayeri

Culture Writer, The New York Times
Pamela Paul

Pamela Paul

Columnist, The New York Times
Roslyn Sulcas

Roslyn Sulcas

Culture Writer, The New York Times

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