Learn with the Design Museum Lunch & Learn

Design Curating and the Pandemic

A panel exploring the impact of Covid-19 on design museums.

What to expect

Speakers discuss the value of museums during this period and explore how exhibitions, public programmes and collecting practices can be adapted to meet the growing demands of digital audiences.

speakers

Paola Antonelli

Paola Antonelli is Senior Curator at The Museum of Modern Art in the Department of Architecture & Design, as well as MoMA’s founding Director of Research & Development.

Beatrice Leanza

Beatrice Leanza is a curator and critic. She is the co-founder of The Global School, the first independent institute for design and creative research established in China. She is the executive director of the MAAT museum in Lisbon.

Kieran Long

Kieran Long is the director of ArkDes, Sweden’s national museum of architecture and design, located in Stockholm. He has been a critic, teacher and curator of architecture and design for 20 years.

CHAIR

Justin McGuirk

Justin McGuirk is a writer and curator based in London. He is the chief curator at the Design Museum and a tutor on the Design Curating & Writing Masters at Design Academy Eindhoven.