Expanded Archives Network | Hauser & Wirth Institute

The Expanded Archives Network (EAN) connects freelance and institution-based archivists, curators, and other memory workers through a shared interest in artists’ archives, legacies, and futures. Founded as the Archives Network by ART360 Foundation (ART360) in 2019, the Expanded Archives Network is a collaboration between ART360 Foundation and Hauser & Wirth Institute (HWI) that seeks to build and foster a cross-cultural network for resource-sharing and innovation in the expanded field of artists’ archives.

Some of the goals of the EAN include:

Provide supportive spaces for connection, knowledge exchange and activism in the archival field for aspiring and established archivists, curators and other memory workers
Create platforms for new approaches to preserving cultural heritage produced by artists, including of artistic legacies, with a focus on marginalized communities
Provide opportunities, training and practical tools to support archival workers and artist communities
Foster new connections that transcend borders and help expand and redefine notions of cultural heritage and archival practice to align with contemporary perspectives