Nancy Holt's exhibition at Bildmuseet with Locators

Conference: Nancy Holt / Inside Outside on October 7, 2022

Bildmuseet is hosting a conference on Friday, October 7th with conversations and lectures on the work of Nancy Holt to accompany the major solo-exhibition at the museum: Nancy Holt / Inside Outside.

Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
Friday October 7, 2022
10:00 AM -- 4 PM

The event will feature conversations and lectures from Milou Allerholm, writer and art historian, Stockholm; Karen Di Franco, curator and writer, London; Teresa Grandas, curator at MACBA, Barcelona; Ingo Vetter, artist and professor, University of the Arts Bremen; Bridget Crone, senior lecturer at the Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London; Ben Tufnell, co-founder and director of Parafin, London; and the curators of the exhibition Nancy Holt / Inside Outside: Lisa Le Feuvre, director of Holt/Smithson Foundation, Santa Fe; and Katarina Pierre, director of Bildmuseet, Umeå University. Lecture language: English.

Learn more about the full program here.

The conference is free of charge, but pre-registration no later than 3 October is required due to a limited number of seats. Coffee and a light lunch will be provided. Link to register here. 

Installation view: Nancy Holt / Inside Outside, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden, 2022
Courtesy of Bildmuseet
Photograph: Mikael Lundgren
Artwork © Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

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