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The African Art in Venice Forum (AAVF) is a public and free discursive event presented every other year in Venice, Italy during the opening week of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte di Venezia. The project provides …
African Art in Venice Forum 2024 announces programme Read Article
Unit presents an exhibition that celebrates the radical Black imagination during the 60th Venice Biennale Romare Bearden, Seance, 1984-86. Watercolour and gouache on paper, 74.3 x 54.93cm. Courtesy of Unit. During the 60th Venice Biennale …
60th Venice Biennale Collateral Event: In Praise of Black Errantry Read Article
The European Cultural Centre (ECC) presents the seventh edition of ‘Personal Structures’ which will open in Venice, Italy, on the 20th of April and run until the 24th of November, 2024. Lunita-July Dorn, Occhio, Malocchio, …
‘Madang: Where We Become Us’, Gwangju Biennale Foundation’s 30th-anniversary special archive exhibition, highlights the Biennale’s role in the contemporary art scene as an open forum dedicated to the values of democracy, human rights, and community. …
LAS Art Foundation announced a major new commission by artist, performer and writer Josèfa Ntjam. Josèfa Ntjam, swell of spæc(i)es, 2024. Film render. Commissioned by LAS Art Foundation. Courtesy the artist; LAS Art Foundation; Galerie …
60th Venice Biennale Collateral Event: swell of spæc(i)es Read Article
Cristin Tierney Gallery has announced Dread Scott’s conceptual artwork, the All African People’s Consulate, as a Collateral Event of the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Dread Scott, All African People’s Consulate (detail of passport …
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The four artists who will occupy the four mirrored “imaginary rooms” within the location of the “Fabbrica del Vedere” – already a syncretic place of encounter between stories, arts, people, and cultures – will interpret, …
The United Republic of Tanzania at the 60th Venice Biennale Read Article
The Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA, Lagos), founded by Bisi Silva – is pleased to announce ‘Passengers in Transit’, an exhibition bringing together five Afrodescent female artists from Africa, the Caribbean and the USA, …
Venice Collateral Exhibition: Passengers in Transit Read Article
The Alexandrian-born artist Wael Shawky (b. 1971) will represent Egypt at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Wael Shawky, 2022. © Lien Wevers for M Leuven. Courtesy of Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Lisson …
Wael Shawky to represent Egypt at the 60th Venice Biennale Read Article
Contemporary artist Tesfaye Urgessa will represent Ethiopia at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2024, marking the country’s inaugural participation. Award-winning author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay OBE FRSL has been …
