CONTEMPORARY PAINTING  - PERSPECTIVES OF NOW at Arnolfini

A event held at Arnolfini on Thursday 16th January. The event starts at 12:00.


An informal panel discussion looking at the current health and future perspectives of international painting activity.

The event is facilitated by UWE Bristol’s BA (Hons) Drawing and Print programme, and brings together a range of artists, researchers and curators. It runs parallel with the exhibition Signals at Centre Space, which features paintings by staff and students at UWE Bristol, The Slade, LUCA Ghent, and the Sokei Academy Tokyo.

Chair – Gary Topp, Director, Arnolfini.

Richard Davey – Writer, Critic, Curator, and Fellow at Nottingham Trent University.

Jan-Phillipp Fruehsorge – Gallerist, Curator, and Director, Berlin Drawing Hub.

Selma Parlour – Painter.

Andrew Stahl – Professor of Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.

Patrick Verlaak - Head of Painting and Drawing at Ghent School of Fine Arts

Entry requirements:

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