The OFF is ON! Find here are some impressions of the exciting exhibitions, talks and performances happening in Dakar right now!
The OFF is ON!
The institutional part of the Dakar Biennale has been postponed to the autumn by the Ministry of Culture of Senegal, but a number of galleries, independent art venues and artists have joined forces and decided to show their planned program already now. Here are some impressions of the exciting exhibitions, talks and performances!
Scrolling Instagram, under the hashtag #thenonOFFisON you’ll find around 200 reasons to join the OFF Biennale in Dakar between mid-May and mid-June (at least).
Installation view of « Pères et Filles » at Musée de la Femme Henriette Bathily. Photo: Khady | Senegalese Twisted
„Sunset Talk“ at Vlisco House at the Third with Wutangu, Art KCISS and Chef Tamsir Ndir. Photo: Khady | Senegalese Twisted
Installation view of „Manel Ndoye: Female Heroines » at Loman Art House. Photo: Khady | Senegalese Twisted
Stefania Gesualdo. Installation view of « Dem Dikk/ Via Vai“ exhibition at l’Institut culturel italien de Dakar. Photo: Khady | Senegalese Twisted
Djibril Dramé. Installation view of « Dem Dikk/ Via Vai“ exhibition at l’Institut culturel italien de Dakar. Photo: Khady | Senegalese Twisted
Moses Hamborg. Installation view of « Moses Hamburg & Tobi Onabolu: All The Lives Imagined“ at Galerie Ourrouss. Photo: Khady | Senegalese Twisted
Moses Hamborg. Installation view of « Moses Hamburg & Tobi Onabolu: All The Lives Imagined“ at Galerie Ourrouss. Photo: Khady | Senegalese Twisted
Artist talk „Shaping contemporary African identity through the history of textiles“ at Raw Material with Zohra Opoku, Aissa Dione, and Nunu Design. Moderated by Devin Hentz. Photo: Keren Lasme
Installation View of „Zohra Opoku: With Every Fibre Of (My) Being“ at Raw Material Company. Photo: Marie Hélène Pereira.
Installation View of „Zohra Opoku: With Every Fibre Of (My) Being“ at Raw Material Company. Photo: Marie Hélène Pereira.
Installation View of „Zohra Opoku: With Every Fibre Of (My) Being“ at Raw Material Company. Photo: Marie Hélène Pereira.
Installation View of „Zohra Opoku: With Every Fibre Of (My) Being“ at Raw Material Company. Photo: Marie Hélène Pereira.
Installation view of „Jang Ban: Apprendre de la terre“ at Centre de Formation Artisanale de Dakar. Photo: Keren Lasme
Installation view of „Jang Ban: Apprendre de la terre“ at Centre de Formation Artisanale de Dakar. Photo: Keren Lasme
Hamedine Kane. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Marie Hélène Pereira.
Hamedine Kane. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Marie Hélène Pereira.
Hamedine Kane. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Marie Hélène Pereira.
Hamedine Kane. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Marie Hélène Pereira.
Mbaye Diop. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Morel Donou. Courtesy of Selebe Yoon.
Mbaye Diop. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Morel Donou. Courtesy of Selebe Yoon.
Mbaye Diop. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Morel Donou. Courtesy of Selebe Yoon.
Younes Baba-Ali. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Morel Donou. Courtesy of Selebe Yoon.
Installation view of « Na Chainkua Reindorf: Strange Flesh“ at Gallery Cecile Fakhoury. Photo: Keren Lasme
Savanna Morgan performing at Hotel Du Phare les Mamelles during Cassette Head Sessions. Photo: Keren Lasme
Installation view of « Salu Iwadi Studio, Water Basin Totem – A Matter of love“ at Résidence Les Viviers. Photo: Keren Lasme
Installation view of « Salu Iwadi Studio, Water Basin Totem – A Matter of love“ at Résidence Les Viviers. Photo: Keren Lasme
Installation view of « SAMA JABOOT MOY SAMA MELOKAAN / MA FAMILLE: MON IDENTITÉ“ with works by Naëtt Mbaye, Pape Diouf et Wutangu at the Beach House Virage. Photo: Keren Lasme.
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![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-320x200.png)
![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-480x300.png)
