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OTOBONG NKANGA b. 1974, Nigeria
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Patti Smith Performs a Sonic Prayer in Venice
News / Diary Patti Smith Performs a ‘Sonic Prayer’ in Venice Louise Benson The New York musician and “punk poet laureate” performed new songs in a 17th‑century church to inaugurate the Holy See pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.
Antwerps Museum of Contemporary Art Fights to Stay Open
News Antwerp’s Museum of Contemporary Art Fights to Stay Open Rachel Kubrick A proposal to reorganise Flanders’ museum system and redistribute the city’s contemporary art collection will be considered by the regional government today.
Otobong Nkanga to Capture Lifes Rhythms at MoMA
News Otobong Nkanga to Capture Life’s Rhythms at MoMA Elaine YJ Zheng The veteran artist says her upcoming presentation will reflect ‘the cadences of life, formed by turbulence and hope’.
Otobong Nkanga Wins Nasher Prize for Sculpture
News Otobong Nkanga Wins Nasher Prize for Sculpture Michael Irwin Nkanga received the U.S. $100,000 award for a practice the jury said ‘maps urgent global problems but does so in subtle, enigmatic, and probing ways’.
Busan Biennale 2022 We on the Rising Wave
Spotlight / Photolog Busan Biennale 2022: We, on the Rising Wave This year’s Busan Biennale represents 26 countries, 64 artists and art collectives. Taking the title, We, on the Rising Wave, the participating artists establish real‑world connections with stories from Busan’s history and its changing urban framework
Parallel Projects in Venice Exhibition Highlights
Spotlight Parallel Projects in Venice: Exhibition Highlights Stephanie Bailey and Mohammad Salemy Ocula Magazine was in Venice to review some of the exhibitions taking place parallel to the 59th Venice Biennale.
Frieze 2021 Lowdown Exhibitions to See in London
Spotlight Frieze 2021 Lowdown: Exhibitions to See in London Elaine YJ Zheng We compile a definitive guide of must‑see exhibitions taking place alongside London’s autumn art fairs.
March Meeting Unfolds Okwui Enwezors Postcolonial Constellations
Spotlight March Meeting Unfolds Okwui Enwezor’s ‘Postcolonial Constellations’ Stephanie Bailey At the 2021 March Meeting, a series of roundtables traced the Sharjah Biennial’s 30‑year history, unfolding the past into the present.
Gallery Weekend Berlin Shows to See in 2020
Spotlight Gallery Weekend Berlin: Shows to See in 2020 Tessa Moldan First launched in 2012, Gallery Weekend Berlin returns this year between 11 and 13 September 2020.
In a Rebuke to Power Lists Collecteurs Announces Substance 100
News In a Rebuke to Power Lists, Collecteurs Announces Substance 100 Sam Gaskin Digital Museum Collecteurs has announced its list of the top 100 artists and activists making global change.
Diana Campbell Betancourt
Conversation Diana Campbell Betancourt Mirela Baciak Diana Campbell Betancourt, artistic director of the Samdani Foundation and chief curator of the Dhaka Art Summit, discusses her curatorial practice, including her curated group show Fabric(ated) Fractures, currently on view at Alserkal Avenue in Dubai.
Otobong Nkanga
Conversation Otobong Nkanga Stephanie Bailey I can enter a place of thinking from the perspective of my own ancestral family and spiritual land, and I can totally collapse it, layer it over, and think of it in relation to things that look the same but are not.
documenta 14 the view from Athens
Spotlight documenta 14: the view from Athens Maria Nicolacopoulou documenta 14’s mammoth effort to include 40 something venues and over 160 artists in its exhibition in Athens is a testimony of the institution’s struggle to infiltrate a city with a weighted ancient and modern past, a turbulent present, and an uncertain future.
Polyphonic Worlds Contour Biennale 8
Spotlight 'Polyphonic Worlds': Contour Biennale 8 Federica Bueti Central to the Biennale’s investigation is a consideration of justice as a medium for artistic intervention.
Maria Lind and Margarida Mendes
Conversation Maria Lind and Margarida Mendes Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi The ‘eighth climate’ is a title rather than a theme, a title which indicates an inter‑world which has a number of similarities with how contemporary art is functioning.
Six top shows to see in Shanghai this September
Spotlight Six top shows to see in Shanghai this September Sam Gaskin With the West Bund Art & Design Fair, Photo Shanghai and Art in the City all taking place this month, it’s a great time to visit Shanghai.
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