Lewis Biggs will speak about his work on big projects like the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art and Tate Liverpool, show how art can interact with urban planning and how various art practices can be useful for the development of public spaces.
The acclaimed curator will share his experience of launching a biennial of contemporary art, curating Folkstone Triennial, and opening Tate Liverpool, as well as planning programs for Liverpool in 2008, when the city was designated the European Capital of Culture.
He will speak of the problems and challenges he had to face while working on each of the projects, comment on their effects on the cityscape and the image of the city, and discuss the role of art in the emergence of new public spaces and the phenomenon of cultural tourism.
The lecture is a part of the series “Theories and practices of cultural leadership” organized by Garage Museum of Contemporary Art together with the British Council.