SMU Meadows School of the Arts and the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin are proud to present two conversations between Charles Esche and Franklin Sirmans.

Charles Esche was the curator of the 31st São Paulo Biennial, along with with Galit Eilat, Pablo Lafuente, Nuria Enguita Mayo and Oren Sagiv, and is also the Director of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Franklin Sirmans is the Artistic Director of Prospect.3 in New Orleans and is also Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The conversations will compare the approaches that each of them took on their respective biennials, paying close attention to the intersection of local and global contexts.

Monday, April 13, 6:30pm

O’Donnell Hall, 2.2130
Owen Arts Center
SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX 

Moderated by Noah Simblist, Chair and Associate Professor of Art

Wednesday, April 15, 5:30pm

Avaya Auditorium, Room 2.302
Peter O’Donnell Jr. Building
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 

Moderated by George Flaherty, Assistant Professor of Art History and Associate Director of the Center for Latin American Visual Studies

For more information, contact 

Rosa Reifsnyder, SMU Meadows School of the Arts: rreifsnyde@smu.edu
T +1 214 768 2698

Thao Votang, The University of Texas at Austin: utaah@austin.utexas.edu
T + 1 512 471 1852

Image: Left: Franklin Sirmans. Photo: Kirsten de Graaf. Right: Charles Esche. Photo: Ton Dog. Courtesy SMU Meadows School of the Arts.