Tag: Simon Njami
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54th Venice Biennale 2011
54th Venice Biennale 2011: ILLUMInations 4th June > 27th November 2011 The 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale was directed in 2011 by Bice Curiger. Bice Curiger is an art historian, critic and curator of international exhibitions. Her curatorial activity at Kunsthaus Zurich parallels her important work in the publishing sector. In 1984,…
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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…