Framer Framed

2 Dec 2024
14:00 - 16:00

Panel Discussion: Desire and Vision - Art, Philanthropy, and Decolonial Futures

Framer Framed, in collaboration with the Prince Claus Fund and the University of Amsterdam’s newest research priority area Decolonial Futures, invites you to a panel discussion that brings together artists and researchers to consider the historical and postcolonial context of European support for arts and culture in the Global South. Join us for the discussion on 2 December 2024 at 16:00.

Twentieth-century decolonisation created new entanglements between artistic and political freedom — intertwining cultural patronage and policy with transnational visions of sovereignty, humanism, and universalism. The panel examines how European philanthropic support for arts and culture in the Global South participated in such complex entanglements.

Taking the Prince Claus Fund as a case in point, the discussion examines the institutional structures of support and the visions that shape philanthropic desires to support the arts in times of political ruptures and transitions. The panellists will explore how the different actors involved in these networks perceive and experience these collaborations, considering the historical lineages and reckonings that must inform North-South exchanges today.

This event is in English. Admission is free.

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 This event may be photographed and filmed. Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to have your picture taken.

Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; Municipality of Amsterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds.

Links

• Prince Claus Fund

Network

Chathuri Nissansala

Artist

Hanan Toukan

Professor, Researcher

Russel Hlongwane

Researcher

Simone Wille

Art Historian