Begin your day with a conversation featuring curators Kitty Scott and Douglas Fogle with artists Lisa Anne Auerbach and Althea Thauberger at the North American launch of Creamier: Contemporary Art in Culture, the latest addition to Phaidon’s world-renowned Cream series. The series regularly gathers 10 top curators to choose 100 of the international scene’s strongest emerging artists, creating a set of invaluable art-world guides. Scott and Fogle are two of the curators contributing to Creamier, which focuses on a hot topic—the global recession and how it has impacted art markets and artist creativity. Auerbach and Thauberger are two of the artists featured in the new book, with practices that range from collaborative performance to community activism.

Kitty Scott is Director of Visual Arts at the Walter Phillips Gallery and the Banff International Curatorial Institute at the Banff Centre. She was previously Chief Curator at the Serpentine Gallery in London and Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada.

Douglas Fogle is Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Fogle was formerly Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and Curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Lisa Anne Auerbach is a Los Angeles artist who works in textiles, photography, performance and publications. She is the recipient of a 2007 California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists and a 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Her work is represented by Gavlak Gallery in Palm Beach.

Althea Thauberger is a Vancouver artist who works in photography, film, video and performance. She recently travelled to Afghanistan as part of the Canadian Forces Artist Program. Thauberger’s exhibitions include BAK in Utrecht, Manifesta 7 in Trento, the Guangzhou Triennial and the 17th Biennale of Sydney. Her work is currently featured on the cover of Canadian Art.

FREE GALLERY TOURS AND TALKS
1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Various locations across Vancouver

In the afternoon, take in free tours and talks by art-world experts who will explore and illuminate a broad selection of exhibitions throughout the city. For complete information on tour and talk times and locations, go to canadianart.ca/vancouverhop/talks.

Complete your day with a special screening of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, Tamra Davis’ feature documentary about the legendary artist. Though Basquiat started out in graffiti, he quickly rose to fame in 1980s New York, creating distinctive paintings and befriending icons such as Andy Warhol and Deborah Harry. However, trouble soon took hold, and the artist died suddenly at 27. In this definitive documentary distributed by New York’s Arthouse Films, Davis pays tribute to her friend Basquiat while acknowledging his difficulties. Interviews with Larry Gagosian, Annina Nosei, Julian Schnabel and others uncover the mystique of Basquiat as both artist and man. This acclaimed film will screen from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Afterwards, enjoy a wrap-up reception with fellow art lovers.