Symposium 2025

Soul Song of a New Organisation
Date: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Time: 9am – 5.30pm
Location: School of the Arts (SOTA), Studio Theatre Level 3, 1 Zubir Said Drive, Singapore 227968
Admission: Registration to open in December 2024.

Tanoto Art Foundation will bring together leading international artists, art historians, curators, and institution builders, to collectively reflect on ideas of creativity, identity, and authenticity, and explore what it means to create and nurture an “organisation with a soul.” The Symposium will feature a keynote by scholar and art historian Joan Kee, Director and Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, performances by artists Melati Suryodarmo and Chang Yuchen, and international speakers including Joselina Cruz, Director and Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila, interdisciplinary artist Gala Porras-Kim, Brazilian curator and institution director Paulo Miyada, Manuela Moscoso, Executive and Artistic Director of CARA, Center for Art Research and Alliances in New York, and Thai artist Arin Rungjang.

Programme

AM SESSION

9.00AM Registration

9.30AM Welcome Remarks
Belinda Tanoto

Performance
Melati Suryodarmo

Keynote Presentation
Joan Kee

Presentations
Manuela Moscoso
Gala Porras-Kim

Roundtable Discussion
Moderated by Ute Meta Bauer

1.30PM Lunch