Where does contemporary Indian art presently stand, and in what direction will it travel? Julia Peyton-Jones, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Gunnar B. Kvaran, co-curators of the groundbreaking exhibition, Indian Highway, discuss the themes, environment, and relationships between works in this rapidly evolving field. What can Indian Highway tell us about social change, growing market economies, global reach, and caste systems, when exhibited in a Chinese context?

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Guests: “Indian Highway” Co-curators:
Julia Peyton-Jones (director, Serpentine Gallery)
Hans Ulrich Obrist (director, international projects, Serpentine Gallery)

Julia Peyton-Jones became Director of the Serpentine Gallery in 1991, where she is responsible for commissioning and showcasing the groundbreaking Exhibition, Education and Public Programmes as well as the annual architecture commission, the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Under the patronage of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Serpentine completed a £4 million renovation in 1998. Since then, visitor numbers have increased to between 800,000 and 1.2 million in any one year. In 2010, the Serpentine won the License for an additional Gallery in Kensington Gardens, The Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by Pritzker Prizewinning architect Zaha Hadid. Julia is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art (RCA), the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and is an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Hans Ulrich Obrist is Co-director of the Serpentine Gallery in London. Prior to this, he was Curator of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris. Obrist has co-curated over 250 exhibitions since his first exhibition, the Kitchen show (World Soup) in 1991. He has contributed to over 200 book projects; his recent publications include A Brief History of Curating, Project Japan: Metabolism Talks with Rem Koolhaas, Ai Wei Wei Speaks, along with two volumes of his selected interviews.
In 2011, Obrist was awarded both the Bard College Award for Curatorial Excellence and the Swiss Institute Honoree Award.

Coordinator: Philip Tinari (UCCA director)

Sponsor: Mercedes-Benz Smart