On Wednesday, 3 September at 6 pm join us in the CAC Reading Room for a lecture by Fatoş Üstek, The Future is a Shared Space: Co-Creating Tomorrow’s Art Institution.
In an era shaped by overlapping crises – spanning technology, society, ecology, and institutions – the question is no longer if art institutions need to evolve, but how profoundly they can reimagine their role.
Building on ideas explored in her 2024 publication, The Art Institution of Tomorrow, Reinventing the Model, this discussion reimagines cultural spaces as collaborative hubs that move beyond gatekeeping, replacing rigid hierarchies with dynamic ecosystems and shifting from authority to humility. It delves into transformative shifts that blur the lines between artist and audience, object and experience, local and global.
Together, we will examine how institutions can embrace an evolutionary purpose and explore how the art world might change when we view the future not as a distant goal but as a shared space we are already shaping today.
This lecture will take place in English; attendance is free of charge.
FATOŞ ÜSTEK is a curator, writer, and cultural leader currently in the process of establishing a pioneering new institution inspired by her highly acclaimed book, The Art Institution of Tomorrow, Reinventing the Model (2024). She is the former director of two prominent UK art institutions and the co-founder and Managing Director of FRANK Fair Artist Pay. Üstek has also curated Frieze Sculpture in London.
Her extensive experience includes serving on prestigious international juries (such as the Turner Prize 2020, the Scottish Pavilion 2022, and the Netherlands Pavilion 2022 & 2024 in Venice) and on advisory boards (Urbane Kunstre Ruhr, Extra Extra Magazine) and panels (Istanbul Modern Collection, Fourth Plinth, Jarman Award). Additionally, she mentors both artists (Chanel Next Art Prize) and curators.
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