<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>New
podcast: Interview with Chris Dercon</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Chris
Dercon, current director of the Tate Modern in London, talks about museums in times of
crisis, the role of art in contemporary society, and new forms of collecting,
exhibiting and engaging with the market.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Link: <a href="http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/chris-dercon/capsula">http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/chris-dercon/capsula</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">‘When we
talk about culture, we're not talking about goods but about values’, says Chris
Dercon (Lier, Belgium, 1958). And cultural values have a direct effect on our
bodies and our minds, he continues. They are essentially a form of
emancipation; a form of biopolitics. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In his role
as director of the Tate Modern in London – where he landed in April 2011 as
Vicent Todolí’s successor – Dercon is at the helm of a project that focuses on
redefining the essence of the contemporary art museum as a gathering place and
a space for conversation, an agora for sharing and producing knowledge. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dercon
studied art history, theatre and film theory in Amsterdam
and Leiden. He
has worked as a documentary maker, independent curator and cultural producer.
Before joining the Tate, he was co-founding director of Witte de With in Rotterdam (1990–95), and director of the Museum Boijmans
van Beuningen in the same city (1996–2003), and of Haus der Kunst in Munich (2003–11). He is
also an advisor to the Generali Foundation of Vienna and MACBA. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Enjoy!</span></p></div>