Ralph Rugoff

Professional, amateur or genius? This is the title of our lecture series to reflect on the relation between professional artists and amateurs, that has remained anchored in the history of the Summer Academy since its founding by Oskar Kokoschka in 1953.
Ralph Rugoff, director of the Hayward Gallery in London is going to talk about the Return of the Amateurs on 20 August. His exhibition Alternative Guide to the Universe is on view at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London right now, dealing exactly with our overall topic of the amateur.
Photo: Javier Téllez, Oedipus Marshal, 2006, video still. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich.