Paul Mellon Centre hosts "What is Research Now?" festival

The "What is Research Now?" July festival will take place at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art from July 2-4, 2025, offering free tickets for online and in-person attendance. The festival will feature lectures, performances, and workshops exploring themes of artificial futures, artists' research practices, and the act of seeing, with speakers including artists, writers, and scholars. The event aims to encourage critical thinking about the arts. The program includes conversations and presentations by figures like Ekow Eshun, Alberta Whittle, and Nick Mirzoeff, with specific sessions addressing topics such as AI ethics and colonial legacies.