1-54 Fair Panel discussion: The Cinematic eye of West African photographer Paul Kodjo
Please join the panel discussion At 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The Cinematic eye of West African photographer Paul Kodjo: The Ivorian Miracle in the 1970’s Saturday May 4, 2019, 6:30 – 7:30pm Forum Room/1-54 at Industria, 775 Washington Street, New York City Panelists: Ananias Leki Dago (photographer and founder of Les Rencontres du […]
Abidjan in the 1970’s: Paul Kodjo photographs the Ivorian Miracle.
For the first time in the last 14 years a year has elapsed since I have set foot on the African continent. Health issues got in the way of my travels, however my engagement with African art has not waned. Indeed during the past year I have been discovering the 1970’s photographic work of Paul […]
ARTAFRICA magazine reports on the first ACASA triennial 2017 on African soil.
Article from ARTAFRICA : Continental Shift and Generational Drift. Arts Council of African Studies Association ( ACASA) update on its latest triennial in 2017 in Ghana. Valerie Kabov writes: “While in the global spotlight at present African contemporary art is still in the territory of achieving some ‘firsts’. This past August, Arts Council for African […]
“Afriques Capitales” at Parc de la Villette in Paris
My next stop was the exhibition Afriques Capitales curated by Simon Njami at the Parc de La Villette in Paris running from March 29, 2017 to May 28, 2017. The selection was very much based on Simon’s selection from last year Biennale de Dakar . For those who had not seen it it was a […]
Kuona trust: A collective model to teaching art in Nairobi
A collective approach to teaching art in Nairobi, Kenya. After my meeting with at ARTLabAFrica with artist Beatrice Wanjiku and David Thuku, I went with David to check out Kuona Trust which I had heard so much about and where David had a studio space. Set in a green part of town the artists’ studios […]
African art at the Philadelphia Museum
African photography, textiles, fashion, architecture, sculpture and more in Philadelphia Between the rehearsal dinner and the wedding of the son of a dear friend of mine whom I have known since he was a baby I drove into Philly just a short hour away from West Chester where we were staying . My friend who […]
LIONESSES OF AFRICA
Read about the LIONESSES OF AFRICA. It is a community passionate about women entrepreneurship in Africa and supports the start up dreams of all women on the continent.
Zina Saro-Wiwa’s Mangrove Banquet at the Blaffer Museum
. Creativity, fecundity and the magical: Zina celebrates the women from the Niger Delta. Barely back from Lagos I turn around and fly to Houston not too thrilled about being on a plane again but very much looking forward to attending Zina Saro-Wiwa’s Mangrove Banquet at the Blaffer Museum where she is having her […]
African Design at the Vitra Design Museum
Breaking new ground: Contemporary Design from Africa. Life has changed a bit recently and I am reconnecting with my French past. I now spend some time during the summer months in a cute little bergerie nestled on a hill at the foot of the Luberon mountains. Surrounded by olive trees growing on terraces and with […]
INCORRUPTIBLE: A Documentary on the 2012 election in Senegal
The promise of African Youth: Y’en a Marre holds the government accountable by getting thousands of young people to register to vote. Produced by Edward Tyler Nahem and directed and co-produced by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, the film INCORRUPTIBLE documents the controversial presidential elections held in Senegal in 2012. Senegal was pitched into crisis when then sitting […]
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