A one-day symposium exploring the specific problems posed to curators and art historians by language-centred artworks and language-led modes of art making.

Taking their firsthand curatorial experiences with modern and contemporary art as a starting point, three renowned art historians will reflect upon and discuss the theme:

Professor Christa-Marian Lerm Hayes, University of Amsterdam.

Dr Luke Skrebowski, University of Cambridge.

Professor Sarah Wilson, Courtauld Institute of Art.

The event is a public seminar geared at developing thoughtful conversations between academic and non-academic researchers and makers interested in the practices, criticisms, theories and recent histories of contemporary art.

All are welcome. Tea and coffee will be served. Booking is essential here and optional preparatory reading will be sent digitally to all those who book a place.

‘Curating Language Acts’ is organised by Simon Lewandowski, Chris Taylor and Nick Thurston, and it marks the launch of the Artists’ Writings and Publications Research Centre in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. The AWP website and programme will be published in 2016.

Speakers from Left to right: Professor Christa-Marian Lerm Hayes; Dr Luke Skrebowski; Professor Sarah Wilson.

In association with: University of Leeds