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Collections with Purpose

Thursday 23 November 2023, 10:30 am — 1:30 pm

— A series presented by Amira Solh (Curator)

Collections with Purpose
Speakers
Amira Solh, Dorith Galuz and Jean-Phillippe Vernes
Venues
Almanac Barcelona
Date and hours
Thursday 23 November 2023, 10:30 am — 1:30 pm Add to calendar
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A series presented by Amira Solh (Curator) with Dorith Galuz (Collector) and Jean Phillipe Vernes (Collector)

While Art has metamorphosed into an industry of fairs, auctions, galleries and museums, we take a moment to step off the hamster wheel and refocus on the work of art through the eyes of collectors with purpose.  More than ever, the philosophy and psychology of behind art collections are of intriguing interest.  How do you cultivate the collection?  How does the connection between the work and the collector inform a pathway to collecting? Are there new considerations in collecting today that are different than they were from the inception of the collection? How have the thematics of the type of collecting evolved over time?  And what is the best way of giving access to the art collection?

Amira Solh

Participant
Amira Solh

Amira Solh is a cultural heritage and urban planning consultant.   She studied Sociology at the American University of Beirut before earning a Masters of Regional Planning from Cornell University. Amira Solh headed the Urban Planning Department at Solidere, the Lebanese company for the Development and Reconstruction of the Beirut Central District, until 2018. She is a founding Board Member of the Arab Center for Architecture in Beirut. She was a Fellow with the New Museum’s IdeasCity program in Arles, France. Amira Solh is on the board of the Beirut Art Center in Lebanon.  She is also advising the Sursock Museum in Beirut, Lebanon. As part of LOOP Salon, she curated the Beirut Focus in 2020 following the explosion in Beirut.  She currently lives between Beirut and Barcelona.

Dorith Galuz

Dorith Galuz

Dorith Galuz and her husband have been collectors since the 1990s. They have built up their collection, including video and digital media, by listening to emerging creations and stablishing a dialogue with young and emerging artists. Established in the 1990s, their collection has evolved to reflect their background in psychoanalysis through an interest in human encounters, communication, and fiction, most recently within video and digital practices.

Jean-Phillippe Vernes

Participant, Speaker
Jean-Phillippe Vernes

Collector