Cecilia Vicuña in conversation with Elena Filipovic
Artist talk at Art Basel, 10 Messeplatz, Basel, Switzerland
20 June 2025, 12—12:30 pm
What can artists teach us about the world we live in? How do they not only imagine new realities, but bring them into being? Art Basel Awards Summit kicks off with an intimate conversation between the Chilean poet, activist, and visual artist Cecilia Vicuña and Elena Filipovic, Director of Kunstmuseum Basel. They explore Vicuña’s prescient sculptural and literary practice, as well as her deep commitment to ecofeminism and ancestral knowledge. Marked by radical poetics and political struggle, Vicuña’s life has also been profoundly shaped by exile. In this panel, she discusses the role art and artists can play in a moment of crisis and how they might help chart a new path.

The Art Basel Awards Summit takes place in the Auditorium, Hall 1, ground floor. It is free and open to the public, booking is recommended.