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San Francisco Art Institute (Main Campus)

October 21 - October 21, 2009

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800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133
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Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Jens Hoffmann, Hou Hanru, and Dominic Willsdon Internationally known curators Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Jens Hoffmann, Hou Hanru, and Dominic Willsdon come together to discuss the world of contemporary art in the wake of last year’s global financial collapse. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is chief curator at the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art in Rivoli (Italy) and artistic director of Documenta 13 in Kassel (Germany). Jens Hoffmann is director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art in San Francisco and co-curator of the 2nd San Juan Triennial in San Juan (Puerto Rico). Hou Hanru is SFAI’s director of Exhibitions and Public Programs, chair of its Exhibition and Museum Studies program, and curator of the 2009 Lyon Biennial in Lyon (France). Dominic Willsdon (moderator) is Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs at SFMOMA.