Conference

Hawai‘i Contemporary Art Summit 2021

February 10 – February 13, 2021

The inaugural Hawaiʻi Contemporary Art Summit 2021 is a multi-day event that brings together renowned keynote speakers, artists, curators, and thinkers from Hawai‘i and around the world for educational programming focused on art and ideas.

A thematic precursor to the Hawai‘i Triennial 2022 (HT22), Art Summit 2021 is a series of insightful and compelling talks, performances, film screenings, and workshops that situates Hawai‘i at the center of high-caliber, global discourse around contemporary art and ideas to local and international audiences.

Art Summit 2021 will premiere online February 10–13 and will be available to registered viewers for on-demand viewing (limited time). This program is FREE to the public. Registration is required.

The program schedule is available here. See list of participants here featuring artists Ai Weiwei and Theaster Gates, as well as Scholar Homi K. Bhabha.