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Talk · Formare lo sguardo

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Formare lo sguardo:
Armin Linke

In conversation with Francesco Zanot

Date
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Time
6.30 pm
Venue
MAST.Auditorium
Series
Formare lo sguardo

Past event

Portrait of Formare lo sguardo: Armin Linke

The event

What role do art schools play today in training photographers and artists? Drawing on the legacy of Bernd and Hilla Becher and the Düsseldorf School, Armin Linke explores the relationship between teaching and artistic practice, reflecting on his own experience as an artist and lecturer.

During the talk he presents some of his most recent works and shows how photographic practice can now extend beyond mere representation, becoming a method of research and knowledge production.

In conversation with Francesco Zanot.

Formare lo sguardo is Fondazione MAST’s series of talks on the influence of Bernd and Hilla Becher and the Düsseldorf School on the training, research and language of contemporary photography.

Armin Linke

Born in Milan in 1966, he works with photography and film, questioning the medium, its technologies and its role within socio-political structures. He is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (AdBK) and a guest professor at ISIA Urbino.

Related exhibition

Bernd & Hilla Becher. History of a Method

Other events

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    Talk · Formare lo sguardoFormare lo sguardo: Clément LambeletIn conversation with Francesco ZanotMAST.Auditorium

    How has photography education changed? Clément Lambelet, head of the Master in Photography at ECAL in Lausanne, discusses it with Francesco Zanot: from Bernd and Hilla Becher’s teaching legacy to the questions raised by artificial intelligence.

    Event details The exhibition Bernd & Hilla Becher. History of a Method

  • 6.30 pm
    Talk · Formare lo sguardoFormare lo sguardo: Thomas StruthIn conversation with Urs Stahel and Michele SmargiassiMAST.Auditorium

    Thomas Struth, one of the leading figures of the Düsseldorf School and a student of Bernd and Hilla Becher, reflects on the legacy of their teaching in his own work and presents the research he has developed since Nature & Politics, his 2019 exhibition at MAST.

    Event details The exhibition Bernd & Hilla Becher. History of a Method