Over the course of six months, Witte de With has been presenting a program of three symposia, titled Rotterdam Dialogues: Critics, Curators, Artists. These symposia are structured to establish a lively platform for debate and exchange, creating space for a range of voices and opinions. The program itself is comprised of a variety of formats: lectures, panel discussions, interviews and dialogues, all designed to encourage lively audience participation. The symposia explore the practice of three of the central protagonists of the contemporary art world: the critic, the curator and the artist. The Critics was the first symposium, held in October 2008, followed by The Curators in early March 2009. The series will now be concluded with The Artists on 16, 17, 18 April 2009.

The speakers include:

Yael Bartana, Bik van der Pol, Guillaume Bijl, Monica Bonvicini, Spartacus Chetwynd, Simon Denny, Thierry Geoffroy, Liam Gillick, Piero Golia, Nicoline van Harskamp, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Carsten Höller, Richard Hutten, Runa Islam, Luis Jacob, Henrik Plenge Jacobsen, Gabriel Kuri, Tim Lee, Erik van Lieshout, Goshka Macuga, Josephine Meckseper, Sarah Morris, Olaf Nicolai,  Phillipe Parreno,  Martha Rosler, Santiago Sierra, Frances Stark, Superflex, An Te Liu, Luc Tuymans, Barbara Visser, Jeff Wall, Christopher Williams

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