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NEWS (4 October 2010)

Symposium results now available via this website. Videos of the plenary lectures can be viewed, 600 photographs browsed and summaries of many of the parallel sessions downloaded. If you have photographs you would like to add to this website please send them (in jpeg and web format) to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Your feedback is still very much welcome. It is possible to leave a general message or comments on each part of the programme. For more information see: http://www.incca.org/cawc-feedback

 

NEWS (28 June 2010)

Symposium come and gone but not forgotten.

The long awaited international symposium Contemporary Art: Who Cares? has come and gone, but will not be forgotten. For three days the Royal Tropical Institute (Dutch acronym KIT) in Amsterdam was a buzz with over 550 professionals from 32 countries. Participants were inspired by the plenary lectures, joined discussions on topical issues, worked together in practical workshops, gained new knowledge at the poster exhibition and, last but not at least, forged new professional relationships. Many found themselves in familiar surroundings as the KIT was also the location of the 1997 symposium Modern Art: Who Cares?

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NEWS (31 May 2010)

New additions to this website. See the menu on the left for details on:

Book sale: Archetype Publications wil be selling books with discount for symposium participants.

Installations on display: Participants are welcome to view two works of art especially installed by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam during the lunch break. For those who have more time, visit the Olafur Eliasson installation at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

DOKU.ARTS film festival: Participants of Contemporary Art: Who Cares? may wish to spend their evenings at the DOKU.ARTS film festival which takes place in the same week.

NEWS (21 April 2010)

Tickets to the symposium are completely sold out. It is also no longer possible to add you your name to the waiting list.

NEWS (15 March 2010)

Tickets to the symposium are currently sold out. It is possible to put your name on a waiting list. Send an email with your name to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with subject line: 'professional waiting list' .

Please note: the student places on the waiting list are no longer available. Only professionals (ticket price €290) can try for a place on the waiting list.

NEWS (3 March 2010)

All tickets to the symposium are currently sold out. It is possible to put your name on a waiting list. Send an email with your name to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with subject line: 'professional waiting list' or if you are a student 'student waiting list'.

For those who have already registered but not yet paid, you will need to do so to secure your place. Please make you payment before March 12th.  Questions? Contact Maartje Swinkels via

NEWS (1 March 2010)

Student tickets are sold out! If you are a student you can put your name on the student waiting list. Send an email with your name to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with subject line 'student waiting list.'  Or, to be sure of a place at the symposium students can of course register as a professional for the normal price of €290.

NEWS (February 2010)

Important news for students wanting to attend Contemporary Art: Who Cares? There are only 25 student places left! Register as soon as possible to avoid dissappointment. Student tickets cost €160; a saving of €130 on a normal ticket which costs €290.

NEWS (November 2009)
The working title of this international symposium (Modern Art: Who Cares? II) has now been made definite. The definite title of this symposium is: Contemporary Art: Who Cares?

REGISTRATION HAS STARTED!
Contemporay Art: Who Cares? will take place at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam from 9 - 11 June 2010.  Participants are also welcome at the pre-symposium reception on the evening of the 8th of June.

Tickets to the three-day international symposium will cost:
€ 290 and € 160 for students
Included in the price of the ticket is a copy of the book Inside Installations (working title), which is due for launch in March 2011.

The programme is being created in collaboration by a group of experts from 34 organisations who are working together under the umbrella project PRACTICs. Most of these individuals worked together during the EU project Inside Installations (2004-2007). For more information about PRACTICs follow this link.

Co-organisers of the symposium would like to point out that there will be no call for papers, but there will be a call for posters. This is expected to be sent out in November 2009.

CA:WC? will feature plenary lectures as well as a choice of circa 10 parallel sessions per day; discussions, workshops and site visits. There will also be time allocated to poster presentations and networking sessions. The themes for the congress are as follows:
Day 1: ARTISTIC PRODUCTION AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Day 2: CARE & CONSERVATION
Day 3: ACCESS, PRESENTATION & THE PUBLIC

If you have any questions about the Contemporary Art: Who Cares? symposium please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it