Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed by Marco De Michelis – The Most Beautiful Kunsthalle in the World
LECTURE
27 November 2010
FAR – Villa Sucota
Watch on Vimeo Part I, Part II, Part III
Interviewing Hans Ulrich Obrist was the occasion to understand the curator's perspective on the current contemporary art scene, its agents, and institutions as well as about the present curatorial practices. The meeting gazed towards the future trying to trace possible proposals, ideas, and advice for the constitution of the perfect cultural space. Moreover, it also created the occasion to know more about the recent project of extension of the Serpentine Gallery into the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery.
The Most Beautiful Kunsthalle in the World
2010–2012
Fondazione Antonio Ratti
Villa Sucota, via per Cernobbio 19, Como
The Most Beautiful Kunsthalle in the World was an international research project developed between 2010 and 2012 among curators, critics, historians of art, artists, and professionals from diverse disciplinary fields and contexts, in a debate about exhibition practices of contemporary art in the beginning to the 21st century.
The project was developed by Fondazione Antonio Ratti together with the Camera di Commercio di Como (within the initiative Laboratorio Como) wtih the collaboration of Centro ASK (Art, Science, Knowledge) of University Bocconi of Milan and of the Graduate Program in Visual and Performing Arts (Clasav) of the University IUAV of Venice. The project was under the scientific responsibility of Marco De Michelis, with the general coordination of Filipa Ramos.