Taming Y/Our Passion Aichi Triennale 2019 August 1–October 14, 2019 Aichi Triennale—an international contemporary art festival that occurs once every three years and is one of the largest of its …
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Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung appointed artistic director of sonsbeek 2020
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung (1977, Yaoundé, Cameroon) has been appointed artistic director of sonsbeek 2020. The 12th edition will take place in and around Arnhem from June 5 to September …
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Contour Biennale 9 launches with a singular format
Contour Biennale is one of the most easily recognizable, large-scale exhibition platforms in Belgium: a unique initiative engaging with local and international artists who focus on the moving image and …
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Aichi Triennale 2019 unveils the list of participating artists
Aichi Triennale 2019 Taming Y/Our Passion August 1–October 14, 2019 Launched by Aichi Prefecture in 2010, Aichi Triennale is counted among Japan’s largest international festivals of contemporary art. Aichi Triennale …
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Toronto Biennial of Art appoints the curatorial team for its first edition in 2019
The Toronto Biennial of Art today announced three new appointments to guide its curatorial program. For the inaugural, city-wide art event taking place next fall from September through December 2019, …
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Ingrid Schaffner, Curator, Carnegie International, 57th Edition, 2018
Ingrid Schaffner on 57th Carnegie International
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Getting INto Dak’Art 2018
by Kara Blackmore
The 13th edition of the Dak’Art Biennial explores the contingencies of exhibition-as-novel, the curatorial approach taken by its Artistic Director Simon Njami. Known as one of the luminaries of the contemporary African arts and the founder of Revue Noir, Njami often positions himself as a writer, aspiring to emphasize a narrative thread and literary rhythm of the exhibitions he undertakes…
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11th Rencontres de Bamako – African Biennale of Photography Announces Prize Winners
Samuel Sidibé, managing director of Les Rencontres de Bamako, together with Stephan Kutniak, Director of artistic exchanges and cooperation at the Institut français and Marie-Ann Yemsi, curator, today announced the …
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The Art of the Possible: With and Against documenta 14
by Andrew Stefan Weiner
The obvious reason that some critics have cast Szymczyk and his team as morally superior “social justice warriors” is that it is much easier to fling stereotypes than it is to work through the complex implications of the fundamental message that this documenta means to communicate. At the core of this sprawling, wildly ambitious, sometimes incoherent, but certainly worthwhile exhibition lies a deceptively simple proposition: that art can and should serve the cause of justice, but not always in the ways we might expect.
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Dak’Art 2018: call for submissions is now open
The 13th edition of the Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain Dak’Art / Biennial of Contemporary African Art Dak’art will be held May–June 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. The International Exhibition of …
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Prospect New Orleans welcomes Jennifer M. Williams as Deputy Director for the public experience
Prospect New Orleans is thrilled to announce Jennifer M. Williams as Deputy Director for the Public Experience. Jennifer most recently served as the Executive Director of the McKenna Museum of …
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Vive l’Indépendance de l’Eau
Vive l’Indépendance de l’Eau Sharjah Biennial 13 off-site project 8-9 January 2017 Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Senegal Taking place at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, Vive …
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