Often in the work of Rirkrit Tiravanija, what interests the artist is not the art in itself, but the life that unfolds around and out of it. Karl Holmqvist, whose work spans performance, poetry and fine art, is filmed as an example of a single life.

This screening presents videos and slide works alongside discussion about Magdy’s fascination with the future and the anxious imaginary with which we construct it.

The films of Lucile Desamory (born 1977, Brussels) draw on cinematic conventions that evoke the early experiments of genre film, with images humorously juxtaposed and characters slightly removed from reality.

In the context of his major retrospective at Tate Modern, bringing together works from across more than five decades of his international career, El-Salahi is joined in conversation by Salah M Hassan, director of the Institute for Comparative Modernities

Join us for a unique opportunity to hear the artist Meschac Gaba talk to Tate Modern’s Director, Chris Dercon about this work, the significance of its display at the Tate Modern and where it fits within his practice more broadly.

This panel examines the effect of recent changes on the photographic practice, their effect on the curatorial practices and, more broadly, photography as a form of contemporary art.

A film programme and discussion curated by Paul Goodwin as part of Refugee Week.

Melanie Smith, Professor Dawn Ades and Tanya Barson are in conversation about Smith’s film installation Xilitla, Edward James’s extraordinary Surrealist garden at Xilitla in Mexico, and the relationship between modernism, the ruin and contemporary art.

In the context of Ellen Gallagher’s work, speakers will explore and complicate readings of Afrofuturism and its influence on contemporary artists’ practices, creating an intricate understanding of the genre and its evolutions.

Join us for a rare opportunity to hear philosopher Jacques Rancière in conversation with art historian Claire Bishop.