Antonia Blocker is a London-based curator predominantly concerned with how audiences engage with artistic practices beyond the exhibition format. She is currently Curator: Public Programme, at Zabludowicz Collection in London, where she leads on education, events and performance programming. She was previously Curator: Public Programmes at Whitechapel Gallery, London, where she has organised projects with numerous artists and performers including Cally Spooner, Daniel Buren, Oliver Coates, and Heather Phillipson, among many others. Antonia previously worked at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and Serpentine Galleries, both in London, as Associate Curator – Talks and Assistant Curator, Public Programmes respectively. In a freelance capacity, she has organised exhibitions and events at Flat Time House; Gasworks; The Showroom – all in London; and at LOOP, Barcelona. She is on the board of trustees at Lighthouse, Brighton, UK.

Prof. Egbert Dommering has been a Professor of Information Law (0,4 Fte) at the University of Amsterdam since 1988 (Director of the Institute for Information Law (IViR). During that period, he continued to work as an advocate. After retirement, he holds the Chair of “Theory of Information Law” at IViR and remained off-counsel at the Amsterdam based Brinkhof law firm, specializing in IP and media. He was member of the Dutch Copyright Commission, the Advisory Board of the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the Commission on human rights. He was the main author of the advise to the Dutch government on internet freedom in 2015, see . Along with his wife he collects modern art, with a focus on video art since 2001 and founded the Dommering Foundation, that supports the newest forms of visual arts, in particular video art.

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Ana Ara, PhD, is an art historian and curator based in Madrid. She has completed studies in various international institutions including the École du Louvre (Paris), the Università della Sapienza (Rome) and the Städelschule and the Goethe Universität (Frankfurt am Main). Her professional trajectory includes positions at Portikus in Frankfurt am Main, the Curatorial Department of dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel and the Exhibitions Department of the Museo Nacional Reina Sofía in Madrid. Her curatorial work includes the conceptual and organizational design of exhibitions such as Vergüenza [Shame] (La Casa Encendida, Madrid, 2013), Los cuerpos dóciles [Docile bodies] (La Conservera, Murcia, 2015) and Pessoa. Todo arte es una forma de literatura [Pessoa. All Art is a Form of Literature] (Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2017). In 2019 she will co-curate an exhibition showcasing
the work of Miriam Cahn at the Museo Reina Sofia. At present, Ana Ara is a curator at Matadero Madrid, where she develops, among other projects, “Profundidad de Campo” [Depth of Field], a programme that focuses on the production, screening and study of contemporary audiovisual practices.

Zena Khan is an independent curator and researcher who is specialising in Malaysian contemporary art and is invested in the formation of canons in emerging art markets, the evolving role of the artist residency and working with female artists. Additionally, she produces research and exhibitions for The Aliya and Farouk Khan Collection of Contemporary Malaysian Art, a seminal private collection of the first generation of Malaysian contemporary art. Her practice is delivered across several curatorial platforms, including the production of exhibitions, publication of books and a series of culture columns for art and luxury publications.

As an independent curator Khan has curated several exhibitions in Malaysia and London, including Past (Battersea Power Station, London, 2018) Marking The Time (Core Design Gallery/Artcube Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2018), Open House (Delfina Foundation as part of the Royal College of Art Graduate Projects, London, May 2017), Debunking the Myth (Core Design Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2016). Publications she has worked on include Aku… Dalam Mencari Rukun (2018, National Gallery Malaysia), Life Between The Dots (2017, Core Design Gallery, Kuala Lumpur) and Siri Rasa Bertuhan (2014, Pahang State Museum). She writes on a freelance basis as a cultural contributor for luxury magazines in Asia, and has had articles featured in The Artling, Buro 24/7 Malaysia, Harper’s Bazaar Malaysia and Harper’s Bazaar Taiwan. Khan received a Master’s degree in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art London in 2017.

Sharon Toval is a French-Israeli art scholar and curator located in Tel Aviv. He holds a Master’s degree in art theory and policy and has curated numerous group and solo exhibitions in prestigious Israeli and international galleries and museums. He is the owner of The Lab, an avant-garde and emerging artists’ experimental art venue. Sharon is also the head curator and collection manager for the Isrotel hotel chain, where he acquires art collections, curates temporary shows, and runs the well-known A.F.A.R. residency program in northern Israel.

Last updated: November 11th , 2022