Art Criticism from a French Perspective

Elisabeth Lebovici is one of the most significant voices on the French art scene today. As an art historian, curator, and critic, she has had a decisive influence on the contemporary discussion about art. The Swedish Art Critics Association (Svenska Konstkritikersamfundet) has invited Elisabeth Lebovici to give a lecture in Stockholm, which is entitled Art Criticism from a French Perspective

Location: IASPIS, Project Studio (Projektateljén), Maria Skolgata 83, Stockholm. Underground/Subway stop: Mariatorget
Date: Thursday, the 27th of March, 6:00 p.m.
Language: English

Admission free

The talk is organized by the Swedish Art Critics Association together with IASPIS, the French embassy, and the Department of Art History at Södertörn University College.

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Elisabeth Lebovici, art historian and critic, has for a long time been a cultural journalist at the daily newspaper Libération (1990-2005). Previously, she was the editor of Beaux-Arts Magazine and A. Les aventures de l’art.
She has written extensively for the art press, for catalogues, and artists’ books; among her last contributions: ”Manifeste post-feministe” (FRAC Lorraine, 2008), ”Temporalités Féministes” (Multitudes, 2008), Louise Bourgeois (Tate Modern and Centre Pompidou, 2007-8), Zoe Leonard (2007 and 1998), ”Passage du temps” (2007), ”Gender Battle” (2007) and ”Global Feminisms” (2007).
She recently published the results of 8 years of research: a book co-written with Catherine Gonnard, entitled Femmes artistes/Artistes femmes, Paris de 1880 à nos jours (Hazan, 2007).
Together with Patricia Falguières, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Natasa Petresin Bachelez, she holds a weekly seminar at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
She is currently working on ”L’Argent”, an exhibition with Caroline Bourgeois at Le Plateau/FRAC Ile de France, opening on June 15th.

Craftet Form Texts

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The expanding design field’s need of the written word

Venue: Nationalmuseum Stockholm (Auditorium)
Date: Friday 23 November at 1 pm.
Languages: English and Swedish

Introductory lectures will be given by:

Anders Emilson, Critic, author and lecturer in design theory, Malmö University
Catharina Gabrielsson, Architect and theorist, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Johanna Rosenqvist, Art historian, Lund University
Irina Sandomirskaja, Professor of cultural studies, Södertörn University College
Marjan Unger, Art historian, design critic, head of the Applied Arts Department of Sandberg Institute 1995–2006, Amsterdam

Constructive Craft & Dialogue
ZANDRA AHL & PÄIVI ERNKVIST

In collaboration with Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
and the Swedish Association of Art Critics

Supported by Framtidens kultur
and the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation