Globally Connected: A Conversation on Contemporary Art in Greece

Daphne Vitali is a young and emerging Curator at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens in Greece. Recently curated projects include “Deeper Than Silence,” a series of sound art commissions at the Roman Agora in Athens (2020); “When the Present is History” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki (2021), and “Everything is in a State of Change” in Athens (2021) which explored the relationship and interconnection between the human and the animal worlds. Daphne Vitali studied history of art and contemporary art theory at Goldsmiths College in London. She will be in conversation with Chrysa Tasioula, Senior in the Art History and Museum Professions (AHMP) Program at FIT.This year's Globally Connected program is a series of 45-minute virtual discussions led by students, faculty, and alumni to advance global education at FIT in our new world with limited mobility. The major themes will be fashion, art, sustainability, racial equity, and life during the pandemic around the world