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LATEST 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'.
 
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