Talks
Sydney Contemporary’s Talks program brings together more than 30 artists, designers, collectors and creative thinkers for thought-provoking conversations across all four days of the Fair.
Discover the ideas shaping contemporary art, architecture, design, collecting, technology, materials and the environment, and hear directly from the people leading them.
Curated by author and Curator, Vivid Minds, at Vivid Sydney, Mitchell Oakley Smith, each session runs for approximately 45 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Q&A.
Admission to Talks is included with all Fair tickets. No booking required.
About The Curator: Mitchell Oakley Smith
Mitchell Oakley Smith is a curator, creative director and author.
His writing has been published in Architectural Digest, Art & Australia, Art Monthly, Belle, CNN Style, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Interview, The Australian, The Local Project, Wish, Vault and Vogue Living.
He has worked with Melbourne Art Fair, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Month Sydney, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, The Future Laboratory and Semi Permanent.
He is the author of five Thames & Hudson books on art, fashion and design, and the publisher of four more. He was also the founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of Manuscript magazine, and more recently the editor-in-chief of Esquire Singapore.
Mitchell is currently the Curator of Vivid Minds as part of Vivid Sydney, the most-attended cross-art festival in the world, managed and produced by Destination New South Wales. Here, he has programmed international creative talent including filmmaker Chloé Zhao, art critic Jerry Saltz, author Roxane Gay, and chef Yotam Ottolenghi.
