SIGHTINGS 42
Conversation between Pedro Barbáchano and Abigail E. Celis
Tuesday, February 11, 5:30 PM
In English
Free, at the Gallery
Join artist Pedro Barbáchano and Assistant Professor of Art History and Decolonial Museology at the Université de Montréal, Abigail E. Celis, for a conversation on the project approximately 760 kg of public property, on view in the SIGHTINGS cube. From the restitution of artifacts with contested ownership to broader questions about displacement of, access to, and global circulation of artworks and heritage, the discussion will serve as a gateway for reflections on law, ethics, language, and value.
The event will take place during the final week of Barbáchano’s installation, on view in the Hall Building until February 16.
Read moreAbigail E. Celis is an assistant professor in Art History and Museum Studies at the Université de Montréal. Her research focuses on the afterlives of colonialism and decolonial imaginaries as witnessed through contemporary visual culture, artistic practice and museum norms in the French-speaking world, with a focus on France, Francophone Africa, and the work of Afro-diasporic artists. Her most recent articles on visual artist Mame-Diarra Niang and on photographer Omar Victor Diop appear in African Arts and Contemporary French Civilization. From November 29, 2024-March 1, 2025, the next installment of The Catalogue of Speculative Translations, her research-creation project with visual artist Cosmo Whyte on the exhibition and restitution of French collections of African art, will be on view at la Galerie de l’Université de Montréal.
CloseSIGHTINGS 42
This public program is part of SIGHTINGS 42, presented from November 18 to February 16, 2025 on the ground floor of the Hall Building of Concordia University: 1455, blvd. De Maisonneuve West, accessible weekdays and weekends from 7 am to 11 pm.