Mainstream European museums and art institutions are increasingly cross-pollinating their programming with non-visual art disciplines ranging from design and contemporary dance to classical music, pop music, and club culture. What does this interdisciplinarity mean to institutional identity, audience building across demographics, and traditional museum mediums? How can museums best accommodate performance, dance troupes, or technically complex digital works? A look at the opportunities - and challenges - of increasingly flexible boundaries in the museum context.
Sam Bardaouil, Director, Hamburger Bahnhof - National gallery of Contemporary Art, Berlin
Ligia Lewis, Artist, choreographer, and director, Los Angeles and Berlin
Moderator: András Szántó, Author and cultural strategy advisor, New York
The Art Basel 2024 Conversations program is curated by Kimberly Bradley.