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Alioune Diagne, XALÉ TEY – Enfants d’aujourd’hui, 2021. Courtesy of the artist and The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize.

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Alioune Diagne Wins Public Vote Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2023

The painter receives the Public Vote Price endowed with R25,000 for their work ‘XALÉ TEY – Enfants d’aujourd’hui (2021)’.

Curators of HWK.

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Haus der Kulturen der Welt Reveals Team Members and Programmes

HKW Berlin announces conceptual lines, practices, and programmes for 2023 and beyond, and presents its team headed by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung.

Aindrea Emelife (left) and Chika Okeke-Agulu (right). Courtesy of EMOWAA.

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EMOWAA Appoints Chike Okeke-Agulu and Aindrea Emelife

To strengthen the focus on Modern and Contemporary Art, the museum appoints Chike Okeke-Agulu as senior advisor and Aindrea Emelife as curator.

Famakan Magassa, La Ballade Noctambule. Acrylic on canvas, 145 x 149 x 3cm. IMAGE courtesy of the artist.

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2023 Norval Sovereign African Art Prize Goes to Famakan Magassa

In its second edition, the award recognizes Magassa's work with R500,000 and a solo exhibition at the Norval Foundation.

(left) Kapwani Kiwanga. © Bertille Chéret; (right) Installation view at Venice Biennale 2022. Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia.

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Kapwani Kiwanga to Represent Canada at 2024 Venice Biennale

With her insightful multidisciplinary work on power asymmetries, Kiwanga is recognized as one of the country’s most acclaimed contemporary artists.

(left) John Akomfrah at his London studio, 2016. © Jack Hems; (right) John Akomfrah, exhibition view at Secession, Vienna, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Secession Vienna

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John Akomfrah RA Will Represent UK at 2024 Venice Biennale

The artist and filmmaker has been selected for his quality in-depth art films and video installations on colonial legacies and climate issues.

Tawanda Appiah. Photo credit: Santiago Mostyn

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Skånes konstförening Appoints Tawanda Appiah as New Curator

Independent curator, researcher and writer Tawanda Appiah returns to the Malmö art hub and will take up his new position for three years.

(left) N'Goné Fall; (right) Hou Hanru

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Dekoloniale Berlin and C& Announce Jury Presidents for Residency 2023

For this years' Dekoloniale Berlin Residency (open to apply) writer and curator Hou Hanru and curator N'Goné Fall are the presidents of the jury.

(left) Michelle Commander. Photo: Smithsonian NMAAHC; (right) Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Photo: Smithsonian NMAAHC

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The Smithsonian NMAAHC Announced Michelle Commander As Deputy Director

Commander is succeeding the outgoing and founding deputy director, Kinshasha Holman Conwill, and takes up her new role on 30 January.

C& Special Print Issue #Artofcritique, 2023. Photo: C&

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New C& Special Print Issue #artofcritique Featuring our Mentees’ Texts

A celebration of the work that has been produced in the frame of the C& Critical Writing Workshops and the C& Mentoring Program since 2016.

Courtesy of Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre

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The Lusaka Contemporary Art Center Opened as Zambia’s First Contemporary Art Hub

Founded by Victor Mutelekesha, the LuCAC is dedicated to contemporary Zambian artists and research into Zambian arts.

Julien Creuzet. Photo: Viginie Ribaut

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Julien Creuzet Will Represent France at the Venice Biennale 2024

The French-Caribbean visual artist and poet will propose a totally new project for the French Pavilion.


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