Past Events

Nengi Omuku, Eden, 2022
30 March 2023 Curator's CPD Programme

CPD Gallery Walk

Please join us for an evening of gallery exhibitions Details of the exhibitions: The Healing Pavilion is a new art commission by British-Kenyan visual artist Grace Ndiritu. The Twin Tapestries’…

Ten Siblings (2021), Mohammed Sami, courtesy of Modern Art and Camden Art Centre
18 March 2023 Talks & Events

CAStour: North London

The Contemporary Art Society tour (CASt) is London’s first and most popular gallery bus tour, taking place throughout the year and offering an inspirational insight into the city’s most exciting…

CPD Craft Day
2 March 2023 Curator's CPD Programme

CPD Visit: VIP Tour of Collect Fair

Join us for a VIP Tour of Collect Fair. We will be touring the fair with Sarah Griffin, curator and craft expert. Collect Fair will showcase work made in the…

11 February 2023 Talks & Events

Artist Talk: Nicole Wermers in conversation with Penelope Curtis followed by Gallery Walking Tour, East London

We are thrilled to invite you to join us for a breakfast talk by artist Nicole Wermers in conversation with art historian and curator Penelope Curtis at Herald St. Their…

The Madonna of the Cat, after Barocci (2022) by Ali Cherri. Photo credit - Garry Jones Photography for Culture Coventry
12 December 2022 Curator's CPD Programme

Artists and Collections: Expanding Practices

Histories of Trauma: On the Representation of Violence in Collections Timings: 13.00- 13.10 Welcome by Ilaria Puri Purini, Contemporary Art Society, Martin Roberts, Herbert Art Gallery, Daniel Herrmann, Curator of…

Image courtesy of Jeremy Deller
29 November 2022 Annual Fundraiser, The Artist's Table

The Artist’s Table with Jeremy Deller

The Contemporary Art Society was pleased to present The Artist’s Table hosted by Jeremy Deller with Emma Goltz, Soo Hitchin, Harinder Hundle, Suling Mead, Adam Prideaux & Sophie Stuart This bespoke…

South London Gallery
26 November 2022 Talks & Events

CASTour: South London

The Contemporary Art Society tour (CASt) is London’s first and most popular gallery bus tour, taking place throughout the year and offering an inspirational insight into the city’s most exciting…

14 October 2022

Frieze London Curators Day

CPD Visual Arts Curators Our Frieze Day will include tickets to the Frieze and Frieze Masters fair, a guided tour of the emerging section to the Frieze Art fair and…

dcumenta2020
20 Jun 2022—23 Jun 2022 Curator's CPD Programme

CPD International Trip: documenta, Kassel

Monday 20 June – Thursday 23 June Please join us for a trip to documenta 15 in Kassel. The documenta 15 is under the artistic direction of ruangrupa, a collective of…

Joy Gregory the Sweetest Thing
26 May 2022 Curator's CPD Programme, Talks & Events

Hosting Artists 2, Museums Residencies

The seminar CPD Hosting Artists 2: Museums Residencies is a collaboration between the Contemporary Art Society and Delfina Foundation. Together with museum professionals working with collections we ask what it…

gasworks
11 May 2022 Curator's CPD Programme

CPD in London

Wednesday 11 May 2022 14.00 – 18.30 CPD in London  Join us for a field trip to London to visit international artists. Starting in October Gallery with a presentation of…

24 March 2022 Curator's CPD Programme

CPD: Hosting Artists 1

Contemporary Art Society is collaborating with FRANK on the first session of its “Hosting” series. FRANK stands for fair practice in the arts and fair pay for artists. FRANK, at…

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