In conversation
Wednesday 8 October from 6pm to 7pm
Join artistic director of the 25th Biennale of Sydney, Hoor Al Qasimi, and director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Maud Page, as they explore the themes, stories and artists at the heart of next year’s Biennale.
Taking place in 2026, this is your first opportunity to discover the exhibition, titled Rememory. A term first coined by the prominent author Toni Morrison, Rememory refers to the act of revisiting, reconstructing and reclaiming histories that have been erased or repressed. It signifies the intersection of memory and history, where recollection becomes an act of reassembling fragments of the past — whether personal, familial or collective.
Rememory will be a free festival of art and ideas, held at various venues across the city and Western Sydney, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales and White Bay Power Station. Featuring brand new commissions, the exhibition will showcase work from artists based in Australia and around the world.
Hoor Al Qasimi is President and Director of the Sharjah Art Foundation in the UAE, the independent public arts organisation she founded in 2009. She has been the Director of Sharjah Biennial since 2002 and is currently the Artistic Director of the Aichi Triennial in Japan. Al Qasimi has also co-curated exhibitions at leading institutions including the Serpentine Gallery in London and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. In 2024, she claimed the number one spot on ArtReview’s Power 100 list, which highlights the most influential figures in the global art world.
Maud Page joined the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2017 as its deputy director and director of collections, before becoming its tenth director in 2025. Under her deputy leadership, the Art Gallery expanded its curatorial ambitions, including the successful delivery of the Sydney Modern Project, which transformed the institution’s capacity for contemporary programming and public art commissions. She is dedicated to championing artists and expanding audiences for contemporary, First Nations and Asia-Pacific art.