Museo delle Culture (MUDEC), Milan

May 7–8, 2024

Co-organized with MUDEC

HYBRID: Attend online or in-person

A symposium exploring issues related to public art in all its forms and multi-vocality

three story high exterior mural depicting 30 passport covers from around the world

I Trenta (detail), 2023, Flavio Favelli. Comune di Milano

Photo: Andrea Scuratti, Comune di Milano

Public art is a reflection of our cultures with diverse meanings for the communities that interact with it. In all its forms, public art provokes reactions from the public. Conserving it is a complex process that involves different actors, with local communities playing a significant role in creating, assigning values, advocating for what needs to be preserved and, in some cases, conserving what is valued. Also important is the relationship between public art and museums.

"Public Art Inside and Out", which will take place in a hybrid form, aims to include a wide variety of professionals to exchange ideas—from practitioners to researchers and academics, artists, art historians, curators, conservators, architects, city planners, policy makers, collectors, benefactors and institutions procuring public art.

Symposium Program

View the schedule which includes keynotes speeches, themed sessions, and an artist panel.

Papers will be presented in a dynamic format based on short presentations and panel discussions to allow maximum exchange of ideas between the speakers and the audience.

Symposium Language

The symposium will be held in English.

Registration (Online or In-person)

Registration is now open and available via the online form on the conference website.

Registration closes April 30, 2024.

Organizing Committee

  • Romi Crawford, Art Institute of Chicago
  • Stavroula Golfomitsou, Getty Conservation Institute
  • Tom Learner, Getty Conservation Institute
  • Austin Nevin, Courtauld Institute of Art
  • Marina Pugliese, MUDEC
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