White Cube / Black Box: The Universal Museum and the Digital Age, Session 4

Join artists, researchers, and art professionals for a symposium that uses the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property as a starting point to challenge the concept of the universal museum—a place to see the whole world under one roof—and its relationship to material and digital cultural heritage.

Join artists, researchers, and art professionals for a symposium that uses the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property as a starting point to challenge the concept of the universal museum—a place to see the whole world under one roof—and its relationship to material and digital cultural heritage.

Session 4: Closing Conversation The artist and curators of Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property join the symposium organizers for a conversation that considers the symposium as both part of and an outgrowth of the exhibition.

Speakers
Kim Benzel, Curator in Charge, Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Met
Clare Davies, Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Met
Rayyane Tabet, artist
Saima Akhtar, independent scholar
Kristine Khouri, independent researcher
Andrea Wallace, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter

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