Arterritory Conversations with Collectors, No. 4 is introduced in Vienna
A photoreport from the public talk organized by Arterritory.com at viennacontemporary 2017
22/09/2017
Photo: Agnija Grigule
For the second year now, Arterritory.com has been presenting at the viennacontemporary art fair a public talk with a collector of Baltic art while, at the same time, introducing the team’s latest issue of the magazine Arterritory Conversations with Collectors, which is in its fourth edition by now.
Last year, contemporary art enthusiasts gathered to hear the public conversation between Irene M. Gludowacz, a Vienna-based curator and communications expert, and Riivo Anton, the Estonian art collector.
The main figure in this year’s public talk was the Lithuanian art collector Vilius Kavaliauskas; in conversation with a curator, he spoke about the most critical processes taking place in today’s Baltic art scene by focusing on the theme of “The collector’s role and influence in the region”. A point that the talk touched upon, as an example of a collector’s responsibility these days, is the founding of the Lewben Art Foundation, which Kavaliauskas was instrumental in the establishing of and now heads; the organization’s initial goal was the recognition of Lithuanian artists in the diaspora, collecting their works, studying them, and ultimately, bringing them back to Lithuania.
ISSUE: “Arterritory Conversations With Collectors Vol 4”
Leafing through the blue-covered magazine, guests at the Arterritory.com booth shared their thoughts and impressions of what they had just seen at the viennacontemporary art fair, as well as excitedly commented on the contents of the fourth issue of Arterritory Conversations with Collectors.
Among the guests of the public talk and magazine presentation were: