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African Artists “Making Worlds”
Thoughts on the African presence at the 53rd Venice Biennale “Perhaps new worlds emerge where worlds meet.” Daniel Birnbaum When questioned by Frieze website Editor Sam Thorne about “the controversy surrounding the African Pavilion in 2007”, Daniel Birnbaum, Artistic Director of the 53rd Venice Biennale, stated that he would be “working with artists…
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Africa’s ‘first official pavilion’ at the 52nd Venice Biennale
Africa’s ‘first official pavilion’ at the 52nd Venice Biennale 19 April 2015 The 52nd Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art opened to the public on 10th June. A 112-year-old institution, one of the most important events in the international art calendar, the Biennale showed signs of engagement with a fast changing twenty-first century art scene. ‘Think…
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April Newsletter
Last month was marked by the visit of acclaimed South African LGBTI visual activist Zanele Muholi who gave a lecture at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, as part of the Making Histories Visible project and Distinguished Visitor Programme. The event led to a number of interesting encounters and hopefully the beginning of fruitful conversations…
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