AT CONNECT | Laura Bardier

Image: Laura Bardier

In response to our current state of distance, ArtTable is shifting programming online where we can. This event will take place as a live conversation! Registration is open to members only. Suggested donation of $15.00. We hope to see you there!

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ArtTable CONNECT virtual lunch breaks

ArtTable is expanding its CONNECT program to intimate online discussions open to members nationally across chapters. Originally designed to further encourage one-to-one networking amongst its members in DC, CONNECT transitioned to a virtual lunch hour conversation series designed to allow members to ask questions outside their day-to-day areas of expertise.

During this session we will hear from Laura Bardier, Executive Director of the James Howell Foundation (New York) and Founding Director of ESTE ARTE Art Fair (Punta del Este). 

Laura Bardier (1976, Montevideo) is Executive Director of the James Howell Foundation (New York) and Founding Director of ESTE ARTE Art Fair (Punta del Este). 

In 2002 she collaborates with the Municipality of Naples, to create the first contemporary art center of the city: PAN. From 2004 to 2008, she served as curator at PAN, where she oversaw the exhibitions programming and initiated the museum’s media art collection. 

From 2008 to 2010, she was the collection manager for the J.P. Carroll Private Collection (New York / London).  From 2010 to 2014, she was the collection manager for the well-respected collector and philanthropist Estrellita B. Brodsky.

In 2015, she founded ESTE ARTE, the International Art Fair in Uruguay. The fair is brought forth by my commitment and passion for the arts and making it accessible to the widest audience possible. Its goal is the professionalization of the visual arts in the region and the advancement of private and public collections. Presenting 140 international exhibitors, throughout the first six editions the fair has welcomed 25,000 visitors, among the most renowned international collectors and art supporters. Laura Bardier shaped and led the organization’s strategy to grow relationships with private and public donors, collectors, and art dealers to implement the most international art fair in South America. 

In 2017, she was appointed to create the James Howell Foundation in New York, for which she is now Executive Director. As an artist-endowed foundation, the James Howell Foundation supports education programs, exhibitions, and scholarships. 

She has written on contemporary art in publications such as Domus Magazine, Arte al Día, Review, Infonegocios and has curated several exhibitions including Robots, Los Impolíticos, and Richard Garet: Espacios no-Euclídeos, and The Birdwatchers. She has also organized international conferences including1st Forum on Documentation, 2nd Forum on New Media Art, and Art and the New Media Art series for the MoMA-PS1 radio at the 52nd Venice Biennale. 

She is member of the National Committee of Visual Arts of Uruguay, and has been a jury in several awards, such as the Cezanne Prize of the French Embassy in Uruguay and the Parsons School of Design. Laura Bardier received her master’s degree in Curatorial Studies, focusing in new media, from the Donau Universität, Austria.