60th Venice Biennale

Tesfaye Urgessa, detail  from on of his works of the series

60th Venice Biennale

Breaking New Ground with an Ethiopian Pavilion

For Dagmawit Abebaw Hunz the inaugural pavilion of Ethiopia shines, but also brings up colonial wounds and art-world inequalities.

Karimah Ashadu, Installation view Venice Biennale Machine Boys, 2024. Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri.

60th Venice Biennale

Ancestors and Liberation at Pedrosa’s Foreigners Everywhere

Vibrant and challenging complexities of decolonial thinking, intimacy, resistance, and joy are displayed in Venice, writes María Inés Plaza Lazo.

60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions of Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire

Installation View

60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions of Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire

Find some impressions of the pavilions curated by Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa, Aindrea Emelife and Simon Njami.

60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions of Benin, South Africa, Senegal and Ethiopia

Installation View

60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions of Benin, South Africa, Senegal and Ethiopia

Here are some impressions of the pavilions spread across the city. Benin and Ethiopia make their first appearance at the Venice Biennale.

60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions of Canada, France, USA, UK and Hãhãwpuá (Brazil)

Installation View

60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions of Canada, France, USA, UK and Hãhãwpuá (Brazil)

Here are impressions of some of the National Pavilions at Giardini.

Karimah Ashadu; Installation View at 60th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&; Film Still. Courtesy of Venice Biennale.

60the Venice Biennale

Silver Lion Goes to Karimah Ashadu

Multimedia artist Karimah Ashadu is awarded with the Silver Lion for a Promising Young Artist in the International Exhibition.

60th Venice Biennale: Foreigners Everywhere

Installation View

60th Venice Biennale: Foreigners Everywhere

Find here some first impressions of the exhibition curated by Adriano Pedrosa.

(Clockwise) Dalton Paula (Brasilia, Brazil, 1982), Maria Firmina dos Reis, 2022. Gold leaf and oil on canvas, 61 x 45 cm. Photo: Paulo Rezende; Abel Rodriguez. Courtesy of the artist; Karimah Ashadu, Film still – “Plateau”, Detail, 2021. Courtesy of the artist; Uche Okeke, Okpaladike and his Obu, Detail, 1961. Credit Courtesy of the artist and Skoto Gallery - New York Times; Kiluanji Kia Henda, A City Called Mirage, 2013–2017, one of fifty black and white photographs. Courtesy of the artist; Gladys Mgudlandlu, Three men in blue, not dated. Detail, body colour. Courtesy Johannesburg Art Gallery

60th Venice Biennale

A Venice Guide to Art from Africa and the Global Diaspora

The 60th Venice Biennale is about to open its doors to the public and here you will find an overview of all African and diasporic perspectives.

Tesfaye Urgessa representing Ethiopia's firs National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024. Photo: Photography by Kameron Cooper. Courtesy Tesfaye Urgessa and Saatchi Yates

2024 Venice Biennale

These Pavilions have Announced African Perspectives so far

18 National Pavilions present artists from Africa and the global diaspora at the 60th Venice Biennale, including four debutants.

Julien Creuzet. Photo: Cristian Baena.

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Un voyage dans l’esprit et l’œuvre de Julien Creuzet

Deux rédacteurs de C&AL reviennent sur leur récent voyage de presse en Martinique aux côtés de l'artiste et des conservateurs du Pavillon français.

Chloe Quenum, Epopée, 2023. ©Arthur Pequin.

60th Venice Biennale

Azu Nwagbogu: “Restitution is not restricted to objects but includes knowledge systems”

We spoke to the curator of Benin’s first national pavilion – none other than Azu Nwagbogu – about the concept, the artists, and the biennale.

Venice Reveals Theme and Artist List

Venice Biennale 2024

Venice Reveals Theme and Artist List

Curated by Adriano Pedrosa 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere', brings together 331 artists and collectives - mainly from the Global South.