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2025 Verbier Art Summit

QUARTER LIFE CRISIS. Art in a World on the Brink.

The 2025 Summit was curated by Philip Tinari, director of the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in China. The Summit explored the geopolitical, digital, human, and institutional dimensions of the art world.

2025 Verbier Art Summit Highlights
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Anneliek Sijbrandij & Philip Tinari Introduction, 2025 Verbier Art Summit
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Wang Tuo Talk, 2025 Verbier Art Summit
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Yuk Hui Talk, 2025 Verbier Art Summit
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Dana Awartani Talk, 2025 Verbier Art Summit
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Clémentine Deliss Talk, 2025 Verbier Art Summit
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Lawrence Lek Talk, 2025 Verbier Art Summit
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Q&A Day 1, 2025 Verbier Art Summit
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Christie's Contemporary Art Market Talk, 2025 Verbier Art Summit
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Talks | 2025 Verbier Art Summit

2025 Talks

2020, 2021 and 2022 Verbier Art Summit

Resource Hungry: Our Cultured Landscape and its Ecological Impact

The 2020 Summit was curated by Nathalie de Gunzburg Director Jessica Morgan of New York's Dia Art Foundation. The Summit asked how to envision a way forward in finding harmony between art, ecology and resources. The theme was continued at the Virtual Summits in 2021 and 2022.

A New Way Forward out of our Resource Hungry Era
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Multiple Ecological Truths, 2022 Verbier Art Summit
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Sustainability in the Digital Age, 2022 Verbier Art Summit
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(De)Growth in Times of Climate Crisis, 2022 Verbier Art Summit
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Debates | 2022 Verbier Art Summit

2022 Debates

Talks, Debates and Summary Film | 2021 Verbier Art Summit

Summary Film, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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Claudia Comte Talk, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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Tom Battin Talk, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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Naine Terena Talk, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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Bejing Debate + live Q&A, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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Verbier Debate + live Q&A, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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New York Debate + live Q&A, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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Artist Residency Debate + live Q&A, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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Sao Paulo Debate + live Q&A, 2021 Verbier Art Summit
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Jessica Morgan Introduces the 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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Joan Jonas in Conversation with Jessica Morgan at the 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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Andrea Bowers Talk at 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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El Último Grito Talk at the 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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Djamila Ribeiro Talk at the 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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Djamila Ribeiro, Joan Jonas, El Último Grito and Jessica Morgan at the 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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Philippe Rahm Talk at the 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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Adrian Lahoud Talk at the 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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Philippe Rahm, Adrian Lahoud and Jessica Morgan at the 2020 Verbier Art Summit
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Talks | 2020 Verbier Art Summit

2020 Summit Dialogues

Dialogues | 2020 Verbier Art Summit

2021 Verbier Art Summit
Resource Hungry: Our Cultured Landscape and its Ecological Impact

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The 2021 Summit programme featured new and former speakers in five new debates from Beijing, Verbier, New York, São Paulo and London, and a special artist residency debate to deepen the debate on the Resource Hungry theme. 

Talks, Debates and Summary Film | 2021 Verbier Art Summit

Summit Dialogue with Djamila Ribeiro
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Summit Dialogue with Adrian Lahoud
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Summit Dialogue with Stefan Kaegi
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Summit Dialogue with Andrea Bowers
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Summit Dialogue with Joan Jonas
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Summit Dialogue with Dorothea von Hantelmann
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Summit Dialogue with El Último Grito
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Summit Dialogue with Beatrix Ruf
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Summit Dialogue with Meta Knol
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2020 Dialogues 2

2019 Verbier Art Summit
We are Many. Art, the Political and Multiple Truths.

The 2019 Summit was curated by museum director Jochen Volz of Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil, around the political power of art. The 2019 Summit talks engage the art world in critical reflection on their social and political responsibilities.

Highlights | 2019 Verbier Art Summit

Jochen Volz | Highlight from the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Maria Balshaw | Highlight from the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Barbara Hendricks | Highlight from the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Grada Kilomba | Highlight from the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Rirkrit Tiravanija | Highlight from the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Gabi Ngcobo | Highlight of the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Highlight from the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Tania Bruguera | Highlight from the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Federico Campagna | Highlight from the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Talks | 2019 Verbier Art Summit

Maria Balshaw Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Tania Bruguera Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Federico Campagna Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Latifa Eckakhch Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Gabi Ngcobo Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Ernesto Neto Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Grada Kilomba Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Barbara Hendricks Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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Wolf Singer Talk at the 2019 Verbier Art Summit
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2018 Verbier Art Summit

More than Real. Art in the Digital Age.

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The 2018 Summit was curated by museum director Daniel Birnbaum of the Moderna Museet Stockholm around emerging technologies and their impact on art, culture, economy and environment. The 2018 Summit talks explore innovative possibilities for art in the digital age.

Talks | 2018 Verbier Art Summit

2018 Talks pt2
Daniel Birnbaum & Douglas Coupland in Conversation at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Michelle Kuo Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Karen Archey Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Pamela Rosenkranz Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Dado Valentic Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Anicka Yi Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Olafur Eliasson Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Paul Verschure Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Ed Atkins Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Daniel Birnbaum & Douglas Coupland in Conversation at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Michelle Kuo Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Karen Archey Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Pamela Rosenkranz Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Dado Valentic Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Anicka Yi Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Olafur Eliasson Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Paul Verschure Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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Ed Atkins Talk at the 2018 Verbier Art Summit
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2017 Verbier Art Summit

Size Matters! (De)Growth of the 21st Century Museum

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The 2017 Verbier Art Summit was organised in partnership with Beatrix Ruf and her curatorial team at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, around the transformation of institutions and their increase in scale. The 2017 talks asked what “Size Matters!” means for museums, artists and the wider art world. 

 

Talks | 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Rem Koolhaas Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Tino Sehgal Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Constantijn van Oranje Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Beatrix Ruf Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Benjamin Bratton Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Tobias Madison Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Cissie Fu Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Dave Beech Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Paul Spies Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

Christopher Kulendran Thomas Talk, 2017 Verbier Art Summit

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