Talk Beyond Borders: Art Institutions and Innov-art-ations
India Art Fair Talks Programme
Join us as some of the world’s most influential museum directors come together to discuss the role of arts institutions in catalysing change. The much-anticipated discussion will see Kamini Sawhney, Director of the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) Bengaluru, Klaus Biesenbach, Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie, Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Roobina Karode, Director and Chief Curator of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), and Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Director of the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, talk decolonisation, inclusivity, partnerships and more with moderator Deepanjana Klein, Director of Acquisitions and Development, KNMA.Klaus Biesenbach
Klaus Biesenbach is a German American curator and museum director. Since January 2022 Klaus Biesenbach is the Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie with Berggruen Museum and Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection, as well as the berlin modern under construction in Berlin. Previously, he had been serving as the director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), from 2018 to 2021. He is also a former Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City and former director of MoMA PS1. Biesenbach is also the founding director of Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art (KW) in Berlin, and the Berlin Biennale.
Klaus Biesenbach’s participation is supported By Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi.