(see also conferences)
2025
“Hans Haacke and Mia san Mia”. Presentation in the panel “Hans Haacke’s ‘Acts of Counter Memory’ im Postnazismus”. With Luisa Ziaja, Monika Sommer, and Nora Sternfeld. Belvedere 21, Vienna, 18 March 2025.
2023
Lecture and conversation with David Lamelas and Andrea Viliani. Opening of the David Lamelas exhibition. Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, 30 September 2023. Publication.
“VALIE EXPORT” Lecture and conversation with the artist, in the series “Art in Context” Ludwig Museum, Cologne, 22 May 2023.
2022
From Then and Beyond. Präsentation und Panel mit Lara Pan, Hubert Klocker und Oliver Kielmayer, anlässlich einer Buchpräsentation, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, 30. November 2022.
2021
“The Golden Boys. Karikatur im Werk von Anna Boghiguian” Lecture. MGK Siegen, Siegen, 6 October 2021.
„The Afterlives of time- and performance-based works of art” Lecture. Getty Research Institute, Webinar, 10 May 2021.
2020
“Irrigation Veins: Ana Mendieta and Carolee Schneemann” Panel discussion with Wendy Olsoff and Mary Sabbatino, moderated by João Paulo Siqueira Lopez, Webinar, 27 May 2020.
“The Possibilities of Sculpture: Sabine Breitwieser on Isa Genzken” Oliver Basciano and Sabine Breitwieser discuss the work of Isa Genzken, Webinar, April 2020.
2019
“How Are We Performing Today?” Lecture. L’Internationale workshops and symposium, Istanbul, 12 September 2019.
“Statement” at Anatomy of a Transformation/Parallex Views Conference organized by Kontakt. Erste Bank Sammlung and Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna, 25 June 2019.
“Feminist Art on Stage” Lecture. In context of the exhibition by Nil Yalter, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, 16 April 2019.
“How Are We Performing Today?” Key Note. Collecting Performance-Seminar. Organized by the Contemporary Art Society, De Montfort University, Leicester, 30 January 2019.
2018
“Building Collections and the Production of Meaning” Lecture. Lumiar Cité, Maumaus, Lisbon, 8 November 2018.
2017
Laudation on Martha Rosler. Lichtwark-Award. Kunsthalle Hamburg, 13 November 2017.
Public discussion with Carolee Schneemann and Branden Joseph, moderated by Stuart Comer. MoMA PS1, New York, 24 October 2017.
Lecture at At Work with Allan Sekula symposium. With Jürgen Bock, Pascal Beausse, Heather M. O’Brien, moderated by Marie Muracciole. Beirut Art Center, Beirut, 27 September 2017.
“Für eine emanzipierte Öffentlichkeit: Archive und Sammlungen erschließen“ Key Note. Sichtbarkeiten des Archivs, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, 1 May 2017.
Allan Sekula: From the Panorama to the Detail. Panel with Carles Guerra Rojas, Francesca Habsburg, Gabriele Mackert, moderated by Daniela Zyman. TBA21, Vienna, 21 February 2017.
2016
Lecture in context of Transformations of Performance/Art in the Fluxus Decades and Beyond. Conference in conjunction with A Feast of Astonishments: Charlotte Moorman and the Avant-Garde, 1960s–1980s. New York University and Grey Art Gallery, New York, 24 October 2016.
Exhibiting Cinema. Panel with Caroline Bourgeois and Gloria Moure. Loop, Barcelona, 16 August 2016.
Lecture and conversation with Okwui Enwezor, in the series „Insights into Curatorial Practice“ Haus der Kunst, Munich, 3 March 2016.
2015
I am not a Curator. Panel in conjunction with the exhibition on the René Block archive and collection. Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, organized by Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 1 October 2015.
The Production of Meaning. Presentation and conversation with Peter Pakesch, moderated by Hildegund Amanshauser. Salzburg Summer Academy at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 29 July 2015.
“VALIE EXPORT. Expanded Cinema & More” Presentation of live performances. Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 20 June 2015.
Laudation on Paulina Olowska, Kunstpreis Aachen. Ludwig Museum Aachen, 30 May 2015.
2014
Lecture/Panel “Die Lust des Sammelns: Tradition und Motivation”. Symposium Private View. Privat gesammelt–Öffentlich präsentiert. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 30 September 2014. Publication
2013
Different Institutions/Asymmetrical Economies I: Dance in Theaters, Museums, und Galleries Panel. Symposium Dancing with the Art World. UCLA Department of Art und Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 26–27 April 2013.
Curating Performance. Lecture/Panel with Ralph Lemon, Bruce Altshuler, moderated by André Lepecki. New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, 26 March 2013.
“Lea Lublin” Lecture. Symposium Directions in Latin American Art: The Mid-Twentieth Century, Columbia University, Barnard College, New York, 1 March 2013.
“Mining the Archives for a Feminist Pre-History” Conversation with Andrea Geyer, Annual CAA Conference and „The Feminist Art Project,” Brooklyn Museum, New York, 16 February 2013.
2012
“VALIE EXPORT: Retrospective in Dialogue” Präsentation zum Clark-Mellon Colloquium: Feminism after the Waves. Hosted von The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 4.–5. Mai 2012.
“Performances without Curators–Art and the Public Sphere” Keynote at the symposium Making Time, Arts Research Center, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, 19–21 April 2012.
“Media Bichos and Other Interdisciplinary Displays at the Art Museum” Lecture at The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium, University of California Berkeley, 16 April 2012.
“Performance as a Collective Practice Without Curator” Lecture at the symposium Timing–On the Temporal Dimension of Exhibiting, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, 19–21 January 2012.
2011–2012
Numerous presentations and discussions in the frame of the series “Modern Mondays” with artists such as Kader Attia, Harun Farocki, Andrea Fraser, Andrea Geyer, Dan Graham, Martha Rosler etc., The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2011
The Museum and The City. CIMAM Annual Conference. Ljubljana and Zagreb, 14–15 November 2011.
Presentations and discussion on the work of John Knight, with Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Anne Rorimer, and André Rottmann, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School for Design, New York, 9 April 2011.
11th Annual Contemporary Curators’ Conference, Philadelphia.
2010
Panel “In the Aftermath of the White Cube: Museums and other spaces” with Eungie Joo, Daniel Brine, Michael Rush, moderated by Adele Tan, Asia Art Archive, Hongkong Art Fair, Hongkong, 27 May 2010.
“From Female Creativity to Practices of Feminism–Several Women Initiatives in Austria” Lecture. Response to session “Gendered Spaces” with Vasco Araujo and Kader Attia. Puntos ciegos–Blind Spots. SITAC VIII. (Simposio internacional de teoría sobre arte contemporáneo), Mexico City, 4–6 February 2010.
2009
Which Life? Panel with Ute Meta Bauer and Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen. Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
Is a Museum a Factory? Round table on “video art in institutions” with Thomas Elsaesser, Hito Steyerl, moderated by Bert Rebhandl, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k., Berlin, 1 October 2009.
Sammlerinnen (women collectors). Panel with Beatrix Ruf and Daniela Zyman, moderated by Sabeth Buchmann, Depot, Vienna, June 2009.
“Occupying Spaces: The Politics of Curating Exhibitions and Directing Institutions” Lecture at The Place(s) of Criticism. International Symposium. Universidad Pública de Navarre, Pamplona, 26–27 May 2009; and and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (MNCARS), Madrid, 28–29 May 2009.
How far removed have museums become from the original significance of a museum? Panel at the conference The Next Step. Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, 8–9 May 2008.
Panel “What are the Responsibilities of a Curator?” at the conference The Curators. Witte de With, Rotterdam, 5–7 March 2009.
2008
Lecture at Trade Secrets: Education/Collection History. Banff International Curatorial Institute. The Banff Centre, Banff, 12–14 November 2008.
Conversation with Gustav Metzger, in the series “Which Freedom” Vienna Secession, Vienna, 27 October 2008.
“Die Geister die ich rief… – Kunstinstitutionen im Zeitalter des Neoliberalismus” ecm – educating/curating/managing Masterprogram, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Vienna, 17 May 2008.
“The Politics of Collecting” Conference organized by Tranzit.hu and Erste Bank Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaúváros, 6 May 2008.
“RE-PLAY. Early media art in Austria: a history” Lecture at Active Archive. Symposium, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 25–26 April 2008.
“Between Documentation and Narration. The Films by Dorit Margreiter” Lecture and Screening at Offscreen Onscreen, lectures and film screening series, University of Cologne, 3 April 2008.
Screening of films and discussion with VALIE EXPORT. Film club and Museion, Bolzano, 13 March 2008.
2007
“Artists Projects in a Corporate Context” Lecture at Between Culture & Capital Symposium. Courtauld Institute, London, 10–11 October 2007.
“Edward Krasiński: Les mises en scène“ Lecture at Avant-garde in the block. Oeuvre and studio of Henryk Stazewski (1894–1988) and Edward Krasiñski (1925–2004). Symposion. Warsaw, 5–6 October 2007.
The Public in Question: The Politics of Artistic Practices. Symposium organized by Chantal Mouffe, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, May 2007.
2006
Destination. New Museum. Building. Symposium. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, June 2006.
2004
From Object to Context. Introduction and moderator of artist’s talks by Hans Haacke and Thomas Schütte. Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, October 2004.
Re:Place. On the local/global connection in contemporary art practice. Lecture at symposium, Liverpool, March 2004.
“Art in a Corporate Context. Andrea Fraser and Hans Haacke: Commissions by the Generali Foundation” Lecture at tranzit, Prague, April 2004.
Film. Geschichte. Schreiben/Writing Film History. Symposium. Andere Kanons, andere (Kunst-)Geschichten. Panel with Roger Buergel and Alexander Horwath. Austrian Filmmuseum, Vienna, 1 April 2004.
“Die Generali Foundation. Eine Kunstinstitution im Spannungsfeld eines Wirtschaftsunternehmens und des Kunstbetriebs” Lecture at Museion and Freie Universität Bozen, Bolzano, February 2004.
2003
Lecture at Populist Politics and its Consequences for Cultural Production and Display. Culture Incorporated. Symposium. Danish Contemporary Arts Society, Kopenhagen, 2003.
2002
Art & Economy. Panel. Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2002.
“Acting between Public und Private Expectations: The Museum as a Provocateur Pole” Lecture at The museum as a statement? The erosion of the public role of the museum. CIMAM Annual Conference. Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2002.
2001
The Art of Collecting Art and The New Media Collection Forum. Panels, ARCO, Madrid, February 2001.
“The Function of Art for a Corporation. A Report on the Generali Foundation” Lecture at the symposium Building, a therapy for museums. Museums: a new ‘brand’. De Singel, Antwerpen, 26 February 2001.
2000
“Immer Ärger mit Medienkunst” (Always troubles with media art). Lecture. Graz, June 2000.
Symposium. Akademie der Schönen Künste, Berlin, May 2000.
Corporate Art Collection Management. Symposium. The Cost and Rewards of Owning an Art Collection. Lecture. London, March 2000.
1999
Kunst in der Ereignisgesellschaft. Symposium organized by Christa Steinle and Peter Weibel. Lecture. Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, May 1999.
World Wide Video Festival. Lecture. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, September 1999.
“Das Museum als Produzent” (The museum as producer). Lecture. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, November 1999.
1998
“Das Museum als Produzent” (The museum as producer). Lecture. Colloquium at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, January 1998.
1996
“Corporate Money? The Generali Foundation–A Model of a Contemporary Art Association” Lecture. Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City/Mexico.
“Corporate Money? The Generali Foundation–A Model of a Contemporary Art Association” Lecture. V. FITAC, forum for art theory. Symposium organized by Osvaldo Sanchez, Guadalajara/Mexico.
International exhibition management. Seminar and Lecture, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and KulturKontakt/Vienna, Vilnius/Lithuania.
1994
Museum models. Symposium organized by Peter Weibel, Neue Galerie, Graz, Publication
1993
Sammlungen (collections). Symposium organized by Peter Pakesch, Kunstverein Graz, Graz
Formen und Auswirkungen staatlicher Kunstförderung. Ein internationaler Vergleich. Panel, IKUS, Vienna. Publication
