Talks
Selected talks, panel discussions, and public conversations on contemporary art, the art market, digital culture, and sustainability. For speaking engagements and panel moderation, please get in touch.
Recent and upcoming
Correcting the Code - Chapter 1: Before the Canon
Zurich University of the Arts, 1 October 2026. A conversation on feminist and gender-marginalised artists working with computation since the 1960s, with Lynn Hershman Leeson, Rebecca Allen and Sabine Himmelsbach. Moderator: Jeni Fulton. Part of Correcting the Code (HEK Basel / IfCAR ZHdK, supported by Pro Helvetia). Chapter 2, From Statement to Strategy, follows at HEK Basel on 3 December 2026. Watch here
The Art Market: What the Data Shows
Lecture, ART x LAW INTENSIVE, Center for Art Law Switzerland, Zurich University of the Arts, 1 September 2026. On the structural shifts in the art market revealed by a decade of market data, for an international cohort of art law students, curators, gallerists and collectors.
Conferences and panels
Legal Matters
Panel, Digital Art Market Today, Executive Master in Art Market Studies (EMAMS), University of Zurich, 13 June 2024. A discussion of the legal frameworks shaping the digital art market, with Dr Karin Lorez and Prof. Rolf H. Weber. Moderator: Jeni Fulton. Video courtesy of ArtMeta. Watch here
Gold or Lead? The Alchemy of Crypto Art and its Markets
Panel, Crypto Art Conference, Executive Master in Art Market Studies (EMAMS), University of Zurich, 8 June 2023. Jeni Fulton joined Annette Doms and Kenny Schachter on a panel moderated by Nicolas Galley and Zenya Kwan. Conference chairs: Christian Schwarzenegger and Rolf Weber; other speakers included Lana Swartz, Claudio Tessone and Rachel O'Dwyer. Watch here
The Art Market
A series of conversations on the forces shaping the contemporary art market, conceived and moderated by Dr Jeni Fulton for Art Basel. From the blurring line between galleries and institutions to alternative models of value, the rise of digital sales, and practical guidance for collectors. Watch here
Art and Technology
A series of conversations on the fast-evolving relationship between art and technology, conceived and moderated by Dr Jeni Fulton for Art Basel. From algorithms and social media to AI creativity, biohacking, and computational ecosystems. Watch here
Artists speak out: Climate Change
Climate change and art. In his sculptures, installations and paintings Olaf Holzapfel studies the perception of the urban space. Together with German Federal Minister of the Environment Barbara Hendricks and art-critic Jeni Fulton he discusses the relevance of the interaction between art and politics for natural habitats and climate issues.
Dr. Barbara Hendricks (German Federal Minister of the Environment)
Olaf Holzapfel (artist)
Moderator: Jeni Fulton (art critic)
Panel discussion, Fashion Open Studio, 2021, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
A conversation on art, fashion and systemic change, moderated by Alec Leach. Jeni Fulton joined fellow panellists in a wide-ranging discussion on how culture and the creative industries can drive progress toward sustainability and justice: the limits of reform, the need to decentralise power and resources, and what a more inclusive, less travel-dependent art world might look like after the pandemic.
Jeni Fulton (then Executive Editor, Art Basel)
Céline Semaan Vernon (Founder and director The Slow Factory)
Max Gilgenmann (Founder and CEO of Studio MM04)
Host: Alec Leach (@future__dust)