Public Programming
FIELD NOTES
Fostering learning and networks for aspiring curators
Through February-March, 2025
We are excited to announce ‘Field Notes’, a programme series for aspiring curators and arts professionals in London. The series is designed to introduce participants to a wide range of curatorial expertise, offering unique opportunities to learn from and engage with established curators in the field.
In its inaugural season, the series will present exhibition walkthroughs, studio visits, sharing of career insights, and more, with facilitators Alvin Li, Erin Li, Hammad Nasar, and Lydia Yee.
Prioritising individuals working outside of cultural institutions and for whom access to mentoring opportunities with established curators is less common, ‘Field Notes’ is open to the public and aims to foster new connections and vibrant exchanges.
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
III: How to Studio Visit with Lydia Yee: Jasleen Kaur
12-1.30PM, 08.03.2025, Somerset House Studios
Capacity: 8 pax
Intimate studio visit with 2024 Turner Prize Winner Jasleen Kaur, led by Lydia Yee, esteemed Curator, Art Historian, and a member of the 2024 Turner Prize jury, to gain firsthand insight into how to conduct a studio visit.
HOW TO REGISTER
Session III is limited to 8 pax to ensure an open and productive studio visit. Kindly note that to attend the session, participants also need to commit to a briefing on 12.30PM - 1PM, 05.03.2025, conducted over Zoom.
To register, email info@asymmetryart.org with a 100-word introduction outlining your background and motivations for attending. Your attendance will be confirmed only upon receiving an email from us. Registrations are confirmed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to sign up early to secure your spot!
UPCOMING
IV: Insights with Hammad Nasar
6-7.30PM, 19.03.2025, Asymmetry HQ
Capacity: 40 pax
Registration will be available early March, please check our Instagram for updates
Gain invaluable insights from Hammad Nasar, renowned Curator, Writer and Strategist, as he reflects on his illustrious career, from founding initiatives like Green Cardamom (London) to leading global institutions such as Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong)
PAST
I: Curator in Situ with Alvin Li
6-7.30PM, 13.02.2025, Tate Modern
Capacity: 15 pax
Exclusive guided walkthrough of the ‘Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee: Open Wound’ at the iconic Turbine Hall, followed by a behind-the-scenes look at the curatorial process with Alvin Li, Curator, International Art, supported by Asymmetry, Tate Modern.
II: Curator in Situ with Erin Li
6-7.30PM, 19.02.2025, Delfina Foundation
Capacity: 15 pax
Insider’s look at the renowned Delfina Foundation with a house tour, followed by a presentation by Erin Li, Curator, Delfina Foundation, on curating residencies and collaborating with artists over the long term.
BIOGRAPHY
Alvin Jiahuan Li is a curator and writer based in London, who is currently Curator, International Art, supported by Asymmetry, at Tate Modern. He previously worked as an Adjunct Curator at Tate, a contributing editor to frieze magazine and an artistic advisor to the 59th Venice Biennale. He has curated projects in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and London, and is a frequent contributor to art periodicals and monographs including frieze, Artforum, e-flux Architecture, Mousse, Art Agenda, Spike Art Quarterly, and ArtReview Asia. He has also contributed to publications by the New Museum in New York, Lafayette Anticipations in Paris, Dancing Foxes Press, Sternberg Press, and more. As a writer, he has hosted readings at Cell Project Space in London, CURRENT: LA Public Art Triennial, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Alvin is currently Curator, International Art, supported by Asymmetry, at Tate Modern.
Erin Li is Curator at Delfina Foundation, leading on the delivery of residencies, exhibitions, and public programmes. Her recent curatorial practice centres around liveness, from street dance and live art, live culture in fermentation, to transforming everyday relations, processes and vulnerabilities into interdisciplinary art projects. Before relocating to London, she was Associate Curator at Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong, where she realised numerous exhibitions, including curating Sipping Dreams (2023), emo gym (2022), and co-curating trust & confusion: Tino Sehgal (2021). She also worked as Art Manager at Duddell’s (Hong Kong and London) and Project Researcher and Development Coordinator at Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong). Erin Li was 2022 Asymmetry Curatorial Fellow at Whitechapel Gallery.
Lydia Yee is a London-based curator and art historian. She is currently Senior Curatorial Advisor to YDP (Yan Du Projects) and a member of the external faculty for New Curators. Yee has previously held curatorial positions in London and New York, including Chief Curator, Whitechapel Gallery; Curator, Barbican Art Gallery and Senior Curator at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. A recipient of the Asian Cultural Council Individual Fellowship (2024–25) and a member of the Turner Prize jury (2024), Yee was also co-curator of Frieze Talks (2018–19) and British Art Show 8 (2015–17).
Hammad Nasar is a curator, writer and strategist based in London. Nasar co-founded Green Cardamom (London); was Head of Research & Programmes at Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong), and co-led the ‘London, Asia’ project at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. His recent curatorial projects include: Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia & Friends (2023–24); Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now (2023–24); British Art Show 9 (2021–22); Turner Prize (2021); Rock, Paper, Scissors: Positions in Play – the UAE’s national pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017), and Lines of Control: Partition as a Productive Space (2005–14).