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'Day', Jacob Epstein, 1929.
PUBLIC ART: AESTHETICS IN THE PUBLIC REALM
15 November 2024
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​Conference timings
9.00 am Registration and coffee served​
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10.00 am Dr Nicola Stacey, Director, Heritage of London Trust
Breaking the barrier between heritage and art
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10.20 am Prof Jason Gaiger, Professor of Aesthetics and Art Theory, University of Oxford
Sculpture and the Haptic imagination
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10.40 am Godfrey Worsdale OBE, Director of the Henry Moore Foundation
Henry Moore – Art + Public
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11.00 am Dr Dawn Pereira, art historian
Post-War Civic Ideals: The Art Patronage Legacy of the London County Council (1957-65)
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11.20 am Q&A
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11.30 am Tea and coffee served
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Midday session – Chaired by Honor Fishburn
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11.50 am Richard Upton, Founder, Are You? and Commissioner of Historic England
Heritage, Art and an Immediate Start
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12.05 pm Kirsten Dunne, Senior Manager, Space for Culture, Mayor of London’s Office
Public Art in Dialogue
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12.20 pm George Kekatos, Cultural Director, Future City
What makes a place? Creative districts and public art
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12.35 pm Stella Ioannou, Founding Director at Lacuna, Public Art Curator at Paddington Square and Artistic Director of Sculpture in the City
Activating public space through engaging and engaged public art programmes
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12.50 pm Lisa Anderson, Director, Black Cultural Archives
Sculpting Change: Public Art as a Tool for Social Justice
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13.05 pm Q&A
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13.20 pm Lunch served
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Afternoon session – Chaired by Louisa Buck
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2.10 pm Hew Locke OBE RA, artist, Anya Gallaccio, artist, Giles Smith, Assemble, presentations
2.25 pm ‘In Conversation’ chaired by Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper
3.05 pm Q&A
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3.25 pm Tea and coffee served
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Final session – Chaired by Sir Laurie Magnus CBE
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3.50 pm Sir Laurie Magnus CBE, Chairman, Heritage of London Trust
3.55 pm KEYNOTE SPEECH:
Thomas Heatherwick CBE, Designer
Humanising Our Cities
4.30 pm Q&A
4.50 pm Sir Laurie Magnus CBE, Chairman, Heritage of London Trust, wrap up
4.55 pm Dr Nicola Stacey, Director, Heritage of London Trust
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5.00 pm Conference close
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'Day', Jacob Epstein, 1929.