Tate Modern's Chris Dercon and the Serpentine's Hans Ulrich Obrist lead stellar discussions lineup at this years Art Basel Miami.

Since its inauguration in 2002, Art Basel Conversations has offered the show's public a chance to see dynamic dialogs between prominent members of the international artworld, each offering their unique, first-hand perspective on producing, collecting, and exhibiting art. This year's Art Basel Conversation program, curated by Maike Cruse, will open on Thursday with the Premiere Artist Talk presenting American artist Richard Tuttle in conversation with Tate Modern Director Chris Dercon.

Walead Beshty, Angela Bulloch, Rodney Graham, Alex Israel, Jesper Just, Ragnar Kjartansson, Adam Pendleton, Jim Shaw, Richard Tuttle and Bill Viola will be among the artists joining leading museum directors, collectors, curators and many other cultural players on this year’s panels for Art Basel Conversations and Art Salon. Art Basel’s renowned talks program takes place every public day of the show.

Complementing the Art Basel Conversations program, Art Salon serves as a platform for shorter, more freestyle presentations, including artist talks, panel discussions, lectures and book launches. Presenting a range of speakers, this year's program will feature a number of stimulating talks focusing on a global range of topics from the art world today, including a Latin American art-market panel 'Challenges and Opportunities in Brazil and Mexico' and the 'Biennial of the Americas' talk. A talk on 'Street Art in the Middle East' and another looking at 'New Perspectives from the Edge of Arabia' will direct focus toward current perspectives in the Middle East.

Thursday, December 6 to Sunday, December 9

10–11am | Panel Discussion

11–11.30am | Meet the Panelists

Location | Miami Beach Convention Centre, auditorium adjacent to Info Zone D

Admission is free. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Thursday | December 6 | Premiere | Artist Talk | Richard Tuttle

Richard Tuttle, Artist, New York/New Mexico

In conversation with Chris Dercon, Director of Tate Modern, London

Friday | December 7 | Public/Private | Rethinking the Encyclopedic Museum

Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

Moderator | András Szántó, Author and Consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York

Saturday | December 8 | Asia Focus | Why Japanese Post-War Art Matters Now

Doryun Chong, Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Allan Schwartzman, Chief Curator, Inhotim, Minas Gerais; Director, Rachofsky Collection, Dallas

Mika Yoshitake, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

Moderator | Alexandra Munroe, Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Sunday | December 9 | Artistic Practice | The Artist as Musician

Angela Bulloch, Artist, London/Berlin

Rodney Graham, Artist, Vancouver

Ragnar Kjartansson, Artist, Reykjavík

Ari Benjamin Meyers, Artist, New York/Berlin

Jim Shaw, Artist, Los Angeles

Moderator | Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery, London