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Wangechi Mutu, A Palace in Pieces, 2024. Installation view at 15th Dakar Biennale. Courtesy of DakArtNews.

Dak'Art 2024

Still a Powerful Platform for Critical Dialogue around Art, Ecology, and History

Haja Fanta takes a look at the important biennial, questioning its conceptual coherence while admiring its composition.

La Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain Dak’Art 2024

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La Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain Dak’Art 2024

From November 7 to December 7, 2024, the 15th Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar will be held under the theme “The Wake – L’Éveil.”

Artist Agnès Brezephin from the Martinique island is presented the Léopold Sédar Senghor by Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye Présidence Sénégal

Dak’art 2024

Agnès Brezephin Awarded the Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor at This Year’s Dakar Biennale

Six prestigious prizes are being awarded among the 58 artists selected for the official international lineup.

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Dak'Art 2024

Odur Ronald: ‘Why is it easier for raw cotton to reach European capitals than for Ugandan people to travel anywhere?’

Ahead of the rescheduled Dakar Biennale, we spoke with Odur Ronald, whose distinctive works explore themes of power, mobility, and identity.

Still from Dahomey by Matt Diop.

Restitution

Tracing the Then and Now of Restitution Through Mati Diop’s Documentary Fantasy Dahomey

Can the French restitution of some of Benin’s royal treasures constitute a new beginning? Mati Diop’s new film, Dahomey, delves this question.

Curatorial team for the 36th São Paulo Biennial, from left to right: Keyna Eleison, Alya Sebti, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Henriette Gallus, Anna Roberta Goetz, and Thiago de Paula Souza.
©João Medeiros / Fundacão Bienal de São Paolo.

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36th Bienal de São Paulo Reveals Title, Concept, Partnerships, and Visual Identity

"Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice“ will take place as of September 2025 at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in São Paolo, Brazil

Installation view of ’60 Years: the NCAI Collection’ at the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Kenya.

Letter from Nairobi

An Exhibition Aims at Accessibility Against a Backdrop of Protest in Kenya’s Capital

Mūhunyo Maina reviews a pertinent exhibition at NCAI, following protests against the 2024 Finance Bill, exploring ways to democratize art viewing.

Fred Ebami, Kaper Jesse Legacy (Detail), 2024. Presented by Galerie Mam.

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ART X Lagos 2024 Reveals Theme, Gallery List and Program

The 9th edition explores future visions of Africa and its diasporas taking place from October 31st to November 3rd at The Federal Palace in Lagos.

(left) Gaëlle Choisne. Photo credit: Hugues Lawson-Body. (right) Ruche – Creole Garden in Normandie, 2024. In the background Safe Space for a passing history – Ère du Verseau 99999, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Romainville, Grand Paris © Adagp, Paris, 2024

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Gaëlle Choisne is the Winner of Prix Marcel Duchamp 2024

Recognized for her delicate multidisciplinary installations, Gaëlle Choisne has been named the winner of France's most prestigious art award.

Portrait of Nkule Mabaso. Photo: Jacob Sweep

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Fotogalleriet Announces Nkule Mabaso as Director from 2024 to 2028

Nkule Mabaso’s strong interest in networks and their potential for institutions and artists will elevate Norway’s only kunsthalle for photography.

Elolo Bosoka: What he saw sees when he went goes strolling

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Elolo Bosoka: What he saw sees when he went goes strolling

Elolo Bosoka blends painting, sculpture, and digital media, offering a unique interpretation of everyday life through visual compositions.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It Will End in
Tears
It Will End In Tears, SCENE 16, 2024
Courtesy Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum and
Goodman Gallery
Photo: Alexander Edwards

In Conversation

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: A Dramatic Painted Mystery Investigates Ideas about Women’s Power

The painter discusses It Will All End in Tears, her site-specific installation at London’s Barbican Center, made with architect Remco Osório Lobato.

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C& and C&AL invited organizations, artists, and activists from Black and Indigenous perspectives to discuss, contextualize, and reflect on the relationship between neocolonial structures and the climate crisis in their local contexts.

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