Overview
One of the most common questions we are asked at Christie’s Education is, “how can I learn about emerging artists?” This course is our answer to that question. We’ve asked professionals from all areas of the art world to share with participants those emerging artists working today that have captured their attention. An art dealer, an art historian, an auction specialist and others will each present 5 emerging artists of their choice, providing the context for each artist’s work and the artist’s career trajectory. Join us for an exciting program that will introduce you to a variety of art that defines our contemporary culture.
Schedule:
May 2: Barbara Pollack and Anne Verhallan (Co-Founders of Art at a Time Like This)
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Barbara Pollack is the co-founder and co-director of Art at a Time Like This Inc., a platform for free expression for artists at times of crises. Launched on March 17th, 2020, ATLT has over 200,000 views in over 100 countries with worldwide press coverage. Pollack is an award-winning journalist, art critic, and curator who is one of the world's leading authorities on contemporary Chinese art. Pollack's writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Washington Post, Village Voice, Departures, ARTnews, Art and Auction, and Art in America, among many others. She has also written several ground-breaking monographs on young Chinese artists, including the first published artist profile of Ai Weiwei for ARTnews in 2005. She lectures regularly across the United States and Asia. |
May 9: Lilly Robicsek (Program Director, Silver Arts Projects)
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Lisa Slominski is an American curator, writer, and cultural producer based in London. She advocates for neurodiversity in the current contemporary art discourse and actively examines the historical framework of artists considered ‘self-taught’ or ‘outsiders’. Academically she lectures on the effects of artists assigned as ‘Outsiders’ including for Queen Mary University of London. Recent articles include “Ron’s Place: The Theatre or (personal) Power” in the peer-reviewed journal for Cambridge University Press and “Season One: for an inclusive and accessible contemporary art world” for Art UK. In 2020, she co-founded the inclusive international curatorial platform Art et al. which focuses on international commissions and collaboration between arts professionals with and without disability. Previously, she curated public art commissions on Chicago’s mass-transit system with the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs, and for Tenderpixel, London. Her book, Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists was published by Yale University Press in 2022 and presents an international history of artists often identified as ‘self-taught’ advocating for a nuanced understanding of modern and contemporary art often challenged by the establishment. |
May 16: Lisa Slominksi (Curator, Writer and Cultural Producer)
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Lisa Slominski is an American curator, writer, and cultural producer based in London. She advocates for neurodiversity in the current contemporary art discourse and actively examines the historical framework of artists considered ‘self-taught’ or ‘outsiders’. Academically she lectures on the effects of artists assigned as ‘Outsiders’ including for Queen Mary University of London. Recent articles include “Ron’s Place: The Theatre or (personal) Power” in the peer-reviewed journal for Cambridge University Press and “Season One: for an inclusive and accessible contemporary art world” for Art UK. In 2020, she co-founded the inclusive international curatorial platform Art et al. which focuses on international commissions and collaboration between arts professionals with and without disability. Previously, she curated public art commissions on Chicago’s mass-transit system with the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs, and for Tenderpixel, London. Her book, Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists was published by Yale University Press in 2022 and presents an international history of artists often identified as ‘self-taught’ advocating for a nuanced understanding of modern and contemporary art often challenged by the establishment. |
May 24: Raina Mehler (Director, Pace Gallery)
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Raina Mehler currently serves as a Director at Pace Gallery, and is part of Pace Verso, the gallery’s Web3 hub. Mehler has worked at Pace for over a decade and previously served as the Director of Media Arts at Pace, founding this new department dedicated to developing best practices for exhibiting analog and digital artworks, as well as works on Web3 projects. She is also a writer and independent curator, producing exhibitions in both physical and digital spaces. |
May 30: Rachel Ng (Postwar and Contemporary Art, Christie’s)
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Rachel Ng is a Junior Specialist at Christie’s New York. She began her career at Christie’s in August 2017 as a researcher for the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale. Prior to returning to Christie's in April 2019, she worked as the gallery manager at The Hole, an art gallery in the Lower East Side that represents emerging contemporary artists from around the world. At Christie’s, Ms. Ng has been directly involved in a diverse range of specialized auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art across sales channels, including the groundbreaking July 2020 ONE Global Sale, the inaugural May 2021 20th / 21st Century Art Evening Sales, and ADAM: Works from the Collection of Adam Lindemann dedicated evening sale. In the summer of 2022, she organized "At the Table," a charitable private-selling exhibition at Christie's featuring thirty API artists, with proceeds donated to Heart of Dinner. Ms. Ng is co-founder of scroll nyc, a New York-based curatorial project focused on fostering community and uplifting the voices of emerging and overlooked artists. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture with a Concentration in Art History from Columbia University. In addition to Christie’s and The Hole, she has worked Regen Projects, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pei Partnership Architects, Gehry Partners, and Kelly Wearstler; she has also volunteered for the Shanghai Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. |
Academic Profile
Dr. Sara Weintraub, Program Director, New York
Dr. Sara Weintraub is the Program Director of Christie’s Education New York. She designs and implements continuing education and bespoke programs in the Americas. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on modern and contemporary art at Christie’s Education, Macaulay Honors College, and the City University of New York. She received her PhD in Art History from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where she was awarded research and teaching fellowships for work on contemporary public art. She also holds her MFA and MPhil from CUNY, MA from Christie’s Education, BA in Philosophy from Tufts University, and BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Her areas of specialization include contemporary and public art.
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Image:
Flame of the Forest (2022)
Sagarika Sundaram
117 x 92 x 8 in
Wool, Bamboo silk
"Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today," January 13 -May 13, 2023. Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, Houston, Texas. Photo by Sean Fleming.
