“Unlike scientific enquiry... contemporary art practice is concerned with asking questions about the world around us, rather than offering up answers or solutions. Until we fully understand the questions that we are asking - in a profound, critical and self-reflexive way - we are unlikely to find the right answers.”

Events

 

 

The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon

Professor Sarat Maharaj and Gilane Tawadros in conversation at the Africa Institute, Sharjah (online), 19 May 2021

 
This discussion coincides with the publication of The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon: Global perspectives on Contemporary Art and Difference (Bloomsbury), an ...

Relocating the Remains

History and Representation: Keith Piper, Jo Stockholm and Gilane Tawadros, chaired by Bryan Biggs at the Bluecoat, Liverpool, November 2019

Living with Difference

Trevor Mathieson and Gary Stewart, chaired by Gilane Tawadros at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, June 2019

The fifth talk in the School of Fine Art's flagship lecture series with Gilane Tawadros & Luc Tuymans, Chaired by Giorgos Kontis. The theme of this talk is Cultural Identity, Europe & Authenticity.

Cultural Identity, Europe and Authenticity

Gilane Tawadros and Luc Tymans, chaired by Giorgos Kontis at the Royal College of Art, London, April 2017