Tackling themes in today’s artistic climate through lectures, portfolio reviews and panel discussions, Future Now: The Aesthetica Art Prize Symposium focuses on the arts ecosystem within a broader social context. The symposium is a place for an exchange of ideas, offering support, talent development and networking opportunities to those working in the sector. 

Future Now is an opportunity to meet the UK’s leading art organisations, publications and curators from Hepworth, Jerwood, Film London, Royal College of Art and 40 other institutions. Session topics include Talent Development and Responsibility; Funding and Commissions; The Impact of Art Prizes; Progression Routes; Digital and Moving Image; Video Art and Technology; Building the Artists’ Career, and the Permanence of Print amongst others.

Sophie Hall, Gallery Director at our Mayfair space, will speak at The Symbiotic Relationship Between the Public and the Private on Friday 27 May 16:45 – 18:00. This panel will identify the key differences between private and public galleries, and how they both compete and work together to build a healthy, diverse art market. This relationship is key in terms of how both institutions are fundamental in building artists’ careers. 

Future Now: The Aesthetica Art Prize Symposium, 26-27 May, York St John University. Book One-Day and Two-Day Passes at www.aestheticamagazine.com/symposium