The Future of Museums
Chris Dercon, Director
Tate Modern
Friday 13 February 2015, 19.00
İstanbul Modern
Tate Modern is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group. It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world and the second most popular tourist attraction in the UK with 5.5 million visitors in 2013.
Chris Dercon is an art historian, a documentary filmmaker and cultural producer. Since he was appointed Director of Tate Modern in London in 2011, he has been leading the museum’s groundbreaking programs and its unmatchable expansion project. In his talk, he will question the future of museums of art, which have always been places in a constant state of disruption and transformation. Presenting a unique platform for human encounters, he will consider the museums’ potential to become a new type of public space, one for social play and innovation, facilitating new forms of art, creativity and thinking, where people will look and interact with art as well with each other.