Beatrice von Bismarck and Rike Frank present ‘Of(f) Our Times’

Please join us to hear the editors of a new anthology on ‘curatorial anachronics’ present their publication, Of(f) Our times, at Central Saint Martins. Beatrice von Bismarck and Rike Frank will discuss how their project rethinks the artistic, curatorial and writerly possibilities of exhibition histories for art, with a response to the book from Lucy Steeds.

Of(f) Our times: Curatorial Anachronics is published by Sternberg Press.

Beatrice von Bismarck is Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) / Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.

Rike Frank is a freelance curator and writer living and working in Berlin.

Lucy Steeds is a Series Editor for Afterall’s Exhibition Histories books and a Reader in Art Theory and Exhibition Histories at University of the Arts London.

Beatrice von Bismarck and Rike Frank present ‘Of(f) Our Times’
Monday 10 February 2020, 17:30–19:30
LVMH Lecture Theatre
Central Saint Martins
University of the Arts London
Granary Building
1 Granary Square
London N1C 4AA

This event is free of charge and all are welcome. Space is limited, however, and RSVP essential: please email contact@afterall.org to reserve your place.

Copies of Of(f) Our Times: Curatorial Anachronics will be available to purchase afterwards, as will copies of Exhibition, Design, Participation: ‘an Exhibit’ 1957 and Related Projects, which is the basis for reflection in the contribution by Lucy Steeds to Of(f) Our Times.

This event is presented in conjunction with the BA Fine Art programme, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, as a part of the Monday Guest Lecture Series.

Image credit: Of(f) Our times: Curatorial Anachronics, 2019