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Elvira Dyangani Ose Steps Down Early as Director of MACBA

02/25/2026

Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of MACBA, will step down at the beginning of April, ahead of her contract’s original expiration date in late July. The move concludes a tense dialogue with the MACBA Consortium, which had ruled that her appointment …

Метки : музейсовременное искусствоотставкабарселонакураторафрика

Seyni Awa Camara Dead: Senegalese Sculptor Has Died

01/26/2026

Seyni Awa Camara, a sculptor whose clay creations made in a remote Senegalese town captured the European art world’s attention in the late ’80s and gained a vast following in the decades afterward, has died. DakArt News reported Camara’s death …

Метки : сейни ава камараискусствоафрикаскульптурахудожникумерла

African Art Masterpieces Head to Tate, Courtesy Jorge, Darlene Pérez

11/04/2025

Jorge M. and Darlene Pérez have gifted Tate 36 works by artists from Africa and its diaspora. It’s the second time the married collectors have made a high-profile donation to the museum network in the past year, having previously given …

Метки : искусствоафрикадиаспоратейтсовременное искусствопожертвования

Koyo Kouoh (1967-2025)

05/13/2025

Koyo Kouoh (1967-2025) Cameroon-born curatorKoyo Kouoh, the first African woman chosen to curate the Venice Biennale, died on May 10 in a hospital in Basel. She was fifty-seven. News of her death, which came just days before she was set …

Метки : кураторискусствоафрикаэтнографиябиеннале#культура

Open Restitution Africa Aims to Change Conversations on Restitution

05/12/2025

Since British colonial officers confiscated the Ngadji drum in 1902, the Pokomo people in southeastern Kenya have witnessed a significant percentage of their community convert to Christianity or Islam. They can no longer perform certain traditional ceremonies. Prior to British …

Метки : репатриациякультурное наследиеафрикапокамобританский музейngadji

Koyo Kouoh Dead: 2026 Venice Biennale Curator Dies at 57

05/11/2025

Koyo Kouoh, the celebrated Cameroonian-born curator behind some of the most significant exhibitions of African contemporary art in recent decades, has died unexpectedly at the age of 57. Kouoh’s death comes just months after being appointed curator of the 2026 …

Метки : искусствокураторафрикавыставкасовременное искусствовенецианская биеннале

Pace African & Oceanic Art Shutters, But Continues Under New Leader

12/15/2024

Pace African & Oceanic Art announced via social media that it will officially close its doors on Friday, December 13. The news of the closure was confirmed by ARTnews with director Carlo Bella. Pace African & Oceanic Art is owned …

Метки : искусствогалереяафрикаокеания#культуранью-йорк

Imani Roach to Lead PMA’s New Center for African and African Diasporic Art

05/03/2024

The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) has announced Imani Roach as the inaugural director of itsnewly establishedBrind Center for African and African Diasporic Art. Made possible by an endowment from trustee Ira Brind, a financier, the center focuses on the …

Метки : имани роучцентр искусстваафрикаафриканская диаспорамузей искусствфилад