Inside the Library

Inside the Library of AWARE in Paris. Photo: Keren Lasme.

Inside the Library

AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions)

In this series, C& explores special book collections. This time, Keren Lasme shares her top five books from the queer-feminist space AWARE in Paris.

AWU Library. Photo: Keren Lasme.

Inside the Library

AWU Library

C& regularly takes a look into book collections holding rare publications. Keren Lasme chooses five books from the feminist library AWU in Dakar.

1st Circular Library, Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana, Accra. Photo: Abbey IT-A

Inside the Library

The Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana: 1st Circular Library, Accra

Adwoa Amoah, artist, curator, and co-director of FCA Ghana, asked regular visitors of the library to pick their favorite book.

Bushman Café, Abidjan

Inside the Library

Bushman Café, Abidjan

C& regularly takes a look into book collections holding rare publications. This time, Keren Lasme introduces five books she found in Abidjan.

1949 Library. Photo: Keren Lasme.

Inside the Library

1949, Abidjan

Keren Lasme introduces five books from 1949, Abidjan’s only library of women writers.

C& Office and Reading Room, Nairobi. Photo: C&

Inside the Library

C& Reading Room, Nairobi

V for 5 introduces five books from our C& Reading Room, that are rarer and often forgotten publications but nonetheless essential to the discourse.

Sa Sa Reading room. Photo: Serine Mekoun

Inside the Library

Sa Sa Art Projects Reading Room, Phnom Penh

Featured this time in connection with the project #weavingnetworks with documenta fifteen: Sa Sa Art Projects' reading room in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Diasporic Library. Photo: Serine Mekoun

Inside the Library

The Diasporic Library, Brussels

Take a look into libraries and collections holding some of the rarer and often forgotten publications - this time: The Diasporic Library, Brussels.

Sylvia Arthur in her Library in Accra. Photo: Serine Mekoun

Inside the Library

Library of Africa and the African Diaspora, Accra

C& regularly takes a look into rare book collections. This time, Serine Mekoun features the Library of Africa and African Diaspora in Accra.

Book of Dreams; photo: Serine Mekoun

Inside the Library

Café Congo, Brussels

Take a look into libraries and book collections holding some of the rarer…

Book page of Made in Mali. Photo: Luciane Ramos-Silva

Inside the Library

Acervo Àfrica, São Paulo

C& regularly takes a look into rare book collections. Luciane Ramos-Silva went to the the library of the Africa Collection in São Paulo.

The Outpost – Issue 7: The Possibility of Finding Home, 2017. Magazine. Courtesy of Townhouse Gallery

Inside the Library

Townhouse Gallery, Cairo

Take a look into libraries and book collections holding some of the rarer…


All content © 2025 Contemporary And. All Rights Reserved. Website by SHIFT