Curators Bala Starr and Melanie Pocock will be leading our upcoming Chapters course, The Language of Contemporary Art, on 25 September. Bala is currently the director of La Trobe Art Institute in Victoria, Australia, while Melanie is a curator at Ikon in Birmingham, UK. We speak to Melanie about her practice, how she sees public engagement in terms of contemporary art, and what we can expect from the upcoming course.

Art Ambassador and Patron Benedicta M. Badia de Nordenstahl shares about her ethos and unique approach to collecting as a social practice.

Metis’ Co-Founder Christina J. Chua speaks on her background as an arts professional and expounds her vision as creator and instructor at the upcoming event The Tetrad.

Anmari van Nieuwenhove talks about how her experiences with Singapore Art Museum and Telok Ayer Arts Club shape the way she approaches her clients’ collections in this new chapter of her career as a Metis Consultant for Singapore.

Metis’ Co-Founder Cliff Hartono speaks about the formation of Metis Art and how he began his own journey of collecting coming from a finance background.

Vladislav Sludskiy, our Senior Consultant for Central Asia, speaks about his experience prior to joining Metis, how the Central Asian market is rapidly evolving, and what it means to begin a collection in a nascent art ecosystem.

Our Senior Consultant for Australasia, Vanessa Trento, answers a few questions about her previous projects in China, building bridges from East Asia to the South Pacific, and how education can pave the way for the increasingly global art scene in Australia.