Mudam Akademie. Representing in the Age of New Media: Fiction, Image, and Screen Culture | FR

An invitation to dive into the world of modern and contemporary creation.

The Mudam Akademie aims to introduce modern and contemporary art by showing how artists of yesterday and today invent aesthetic worlds while also acting as catalysts and interpreters of the major societal issues of our time.

In direct resonance with Mudam’s exhibitions and its extensive programme, this lecture series demonstrates the museum’s ambition to be a place open to the world and its transformations. Accessible to newcomers as well as to more knowledgeable audiences, the Mudam Akademie seeks to make art history accessible to everyone.

The Mudam Akademie is organised in collaboration with the Ministry of National Education, Children and Youth.

A cycle conceived and delivered by Fanny Weinquin.

Session 6 – 11.03.2026 – Single session. In conversation with Vincent Crapon (FR)
Representing in the Age of New Media: Fiction, Image and Screen Culture
In resonance with the exhibition Simon Fujiwara: A Whole New World 

Contemporary art absorbs the codes of image culture, entertainment and social media, playing with their staging and artifices. This session explores how artists adopt, divert and transform these visual languages to question representation and rethink the construction of cultural identities in a world saturated with images and digital stimuli.

Biography:

Fanny Weinquin is a Belgian-Luxembourgish art historian and independent curator whose practice unfolds at the intersection of heritage, contemporary creation and societal issues. Trained in Brussels and Bologna, she has worked in Belgium, France, Estonia and Luxembourg, where she will join the curatorial team of the Villa Vauban in 2025. Shaped by a hybrid cultural identity and a cross-border perspective, her curatorial approach explores the connections between memory, sensitive ecologies and contexts of presentation.

Vincent Crapon is co-founder and curator of Elektron, a platform exploring the relationships between art, digital technologies, science andsocietal issues. He served as Head of the Exhibition Programme for Esch2022 – European Capital of Culture and as curator and assistant curator at Mudam Luxembourg as well as at the Museum of Contemporary Art Lyon. He has organised exhibitions and special projects with artists Joey Holder, Alice Bucknell, Ziyang Wu + Mark Ramos, Roberto Fassone, Jutta Koether and Nairy Baghramian. He has also collaborated with several museums and institutions, including ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, HEK Basel, Ars Electronica (Linz), Museum Brandhorst (Munich) and the Musée des Arts et Métiers (Paris). He regularly contributes to publications and gives lectures and presentations on digital art and digital culture.