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Lecture series: Theories and practices of cultural leadership

The lecture series begins from 15 October 2018 to 13 March 2019 at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, New Holland Pavilion.

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Theories and practices of cultural leadership

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art resumes the lecture series focusing on the role of cultural leadership in the contemporary world, this year developed in partnership with the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy.

Following the original lecture series, the new programme features ten important British cultural leaders from various fields who will share their professional experience and detail the internal and external challenges they face in working for their respective organisations. They will also explain how a particular figure or cultural institution can change not only the status quo in their field, but also play a crucial role in the development of a city or a country.

This year’s audiences will encounter creative directors of major UK art venues, heads of leading British museums and galleries and curators of international festival programmes, all of whom will reveal the nuances of their practice and speak about their favorite projects and critical contenporary issues with which they are dealing on a daily basis.

The goal of the programme is to show that the concept of “cultural leadership” allows the generation of new ideas, meanings and products which influence the world and the people in it. Today people from completely different backgrounds can become cultural leaders, from statesmen and heads of major institutions to curators and producers, entrepreneurs and independent artists.

The inaugural lecture series was developed by Garage and the British Council in 2017. The second cycle has been developed by Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in partnership with the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy.

In St Petersburg the lectures will be repeated at New Holland.

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Schedule

[Marcus Davey The Roundhouse) «Culture 360: Transforming society through the arts»

Monday 15 October, 19:30–21:00 Garage Education Center Read more

Tuesday 16 October, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Louise Jeffreys (The Barbican Centre)

Tuesday 13 November, 19:30–21:00 Garage Education Center Read more

Wednesday 14 November, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Martin Green (Hull City of Culture 2017)

Tuesday 27 November, 19:30–21:00 Garage Auditorium Read more

Friday 30 November, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Shona McCarthy (Edinburgh Fringe)

Sunday 18 November, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Monday 19 November, 19:30–21:00 Garage Auditorium Read more

David Pickard (BBC Proms)

Thursday 17 January, 19:30–21:00 Garage Auditorium Read more

Friday 18 January, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Jo Verrent (Unlimited festival)

Wednesday 23 January, 19:30–21:00 Garage Auditorium Read more

Friday 25 January, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Maria Lisogorskaya (Assemble studio)

Tuesday 29 January, 19:30–21:00 Garage Auditorium Read more

Wednesday 30 January, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Tristram Hunt (Victoria & Albert museum)

Tuesday 5 February, 19:30–21:00 Garage Education Center Read more

Wednesday 6 February, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Nick Barley (Edinburgh International Book festival)

Tuesday 26 February, 19:30–21:00 Garage Auditorium Read more

Wednesday 27 February, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Sarah Munro (BALTIC art centre)

Tuesday 12 March, 19:30–21:00 Garage Auditorium Read more

Wednesday 13 March, 19:30–21:00 New Holland Pavilion Read more

Admission

Free admission with advance registration. The lectures will be held in English with interpretation into Russian. In Moscow they will be accessible for deaf and hard of hearing visitors and will be interpreted into Russian sign language.

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Published 28 September 2018