Carnegie International 1999/2000 Conference on Contemporary Art 

The conference is free. Registration is requested by calling 412/622-3288.

Support for the Carnegie International 1999/2000 Conference is generously provided by The Peter Norton Family Foundation.

Friday, February 11, 1:00-5:00 pm 
Session I: The International Exhibition

Welcome
   Richard Armstrong, The Henry J. Heinz II Director, Carnegie Museum of Art
Moderator
   Madeleine Grynsztejn, Curator of Contemporary Art, Carnegie Museum of Art
Presenters
   Lynne Cooke, Curator, Dia Center for the Arts, New York
   Okwui Enwezor, Artistic Director, Documenta XI, Kassel, Germany
   Paolo Colombo, Director, Center for Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland
Carnegie International galleries will remain open until 8:00 pm.

Saturday, February 12, 9:15 am-12:15 pm
Session II: Reality and Fiction

Moderator
   Judith Russi Kirshner, Dean, College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago
Presenters
   Slavoj Zizek, Senior Researcher, Institute for Social Sciences, University. of Ljubljana, Slovenia
   Charity Scribner, Independent Curator and Lecturer, Columbia University, New York
   Celeste Olalquiaga, Independent Scholar, Paris, France

12:15-1:30 pm Lunch on own

Saturday, February 12, 1:30-5:30 pm
Session III: "New Internationalism"

Presenters
   Jean Fisher, Research Associate in Visual Culture, Middlesex University, England
   Shirin Neshat, Artist, New York
   Break

 
Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology, The University of Chicago
   Kendell Geers, Artist, Johannesburg, South Africa