UPCOMING PROGRAM

In connection with the Ai Weiwei exhibition Magasin 3 is organizing a series of events in collaboration with ABF, Bio Rio, Goethe-Institut, Moderna Museet and Swedish PEN/Kulturhuset, Hotade ord with the generous support of Kulturrådet and Svenska PostkodLotteriet. Special thanks to Culture Without Borders Foundation.

Tuesday February 21

Ai Weiwei’s Artistry

A conversation between Ulrich Wilmes, chief curator at Haus der Kunst, Munich and curator for the Ai Weiwei exhibition So Sorry in 2009/2010, and Tessa Praun, curator at Magasin 3 for the Ai Weiwei exhibition.

Venue: Bio Rio, Hornstulls Strand, 6 pm. In English.

Tuesday March 13

The Power of the Microblogs – What is the Significance of Ai Weiwei and other Net Activists for Freedom of Speech in China?

Michael Anti (Zhao Jing), Chinese journalist, blogger and net acitivist currently at Harvard University.
Marina Svensson, Sinologist and China expert at Lund University with focus on human rights, justice and the Chinese media.
Christian Christensen, Professor at the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Uppsala University.
Moderator: Ulrika K. Engström, Swedish PEN and Enact consulting firm, where she works with sustainable strategies for business development with focus on China and human rights.

Venue: Kulturhuset/Hotade ord, Café Panorama, Sergels Torg, 7 pm.
In collaboration with Swedish PEN. In English.

Tuesday March 27

Freedom of Speech, Democracy, Human Rights – China in Relation to the Rest of the World

Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, New York, teaching and research interests include Chinese politics and foreign policy and human rights.
Moderator: Dominic Ziegler, London-based Asia editor of The Economist and the magazine’s former China correspondent. He has written a number of investigative reporting on topics such China’s rise and impact on the rest of the world.

Venue: ABF, Zetasalen, Sveavägen 41, 6 pm. In English

Thursday April 26

Authoritarian Regimes and the Arts – In Europe Over the Past 50 Years

Folker Skulima, legendary Berlin gallerist and writer.
Biljana Srbljanoviç, Serbian playwright and politician.
Moderator: Berit Schuck, playwright and independent curator based in Berlin.

Venue: Goethe-Institut, Bryggargatan 12 A, 6 pm. In English

Tuesday May 8

Preconditions for Contemporary Art in China

Lars Nittve, Museum Director, M+, Hong Kong.
Jérôme Sans, independent curator, former director of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
Uli Sigg, collector of Chinese contemporary art.
Karen Smith, curator and art historian, Beijing.
Moderator: David Neuman, Museum Director at Magasin 3.

Venue: Moderna Museet, The Auditorium, Skeppsholmen, 6 pm. In English