Celebrating the opening of Yayoi Kusama, NGV curators speak with University of Melbourne experts in art history to unpack Kusama’s indelible contribution to contemporary art.
From her early beginnings in Matsumoto, Japan through to her time spent in New York in the 1960s and her transition to global art icon in the twenty-first century, join us to spend the afternoon discovering the astonishing breadth of Kusama’s multidisciplinary practice.
PROGRAM
12pm: Introduction to Yayoi Kusama
Moderator
Meg Slater, Curator, International Exhibition Projects, NGV
Speakers
Wayne Crothers, Senior Curator, Asian Art, NGV
Dr Miranda Wallace, Senior Curator, International Exhibition Projects, NGV
12:30pm: Yayoi Kusama’s Early Years in Japan
Moderator
Coral Guan, Curatorial Project Officer, International Exhibition, NGV
Speakers
Dr Jane Eckett, Lecturer in Art History and Curatorship, The University of Melbourne
Wayne Crothers, Senior Curator, Asian Art, NGV
1:00pm: Yayoi Kusama in the 1960s and 70s
Moderator
Dr Miranda Wallace, Senior Curator, International Exhibition Projects, NGV
Speakers
Dr Anthony White, Associate Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
Meg Slater, Curator, International Exhibition, NGV
1:30pm: Yayoi Kusama in the Global Art World – 1990s to Now
Moderator
Meg Slater, Curator, International Exhibition Projects, NGV
Speakers
Dr Anthony White, Associate Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
Dr Mimi Kelly, Lecturer in Art History & Curatorship, The University of Melbourne
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