Portfolio:

“21st Century feminism and the arts” mapping new feminist narratives across the African continent and beyond

Moderated by: Molly Taylor, Author and Communication Manager, Elephant Magazine 

With: Peju Alatise (in the photo), artist, Lagos, RITA GT, artist, Lisboa, Tony Gum, artist, Cape Town 

Where: Artists Auditorium

Useful information:

The African Art in Venice Forum is held in two Auditoriums in the same venue, Hotel Monaco, Piazza San Marco 1332, 30124 Venezia. Entrance from Calle del Ridotto.

The Institutional Auditorium, “Corte” room, and the Artists Auditorium, “Vallaresso” room, are accessible from two different staircases. The African Art in Venice Team, will be waiting for you at the entrance of the Venue.

The program of the two Auditoriums is organized in sections that look at how the African art scene relates to the world, to itself, and to the cross-border tool of the web. The program of the Artists Auditorium will look at how artists interact with their communities and the broader African and global art scene, and will also highlight the current rise of performance practices, new feminist narratives, as well as activism amongst young creatives on the continent.

“Outlook” section
Africa outside of Africa, how the African art scene relates to the global one

“Within & Without” section
The diversity of art ecosystems in the African continent, organizations, events and artists

“.org” section
Digital platforms for the promotion of the arts in Africa. Not for profit organizations, art education and social development.

“Rebranding African Art in Western Museums”

How curators working in African art museums in western countries are reinventing the ways African art is acquired, exhibited and promoted. 

Moderated by: Mark Rappolt, editor-in-chief Art Review

With: Karen Milbourne, curator at the National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution in Washington, Silvia Forni, curator at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and president of ACASA Triennial in Accra, Reem Fadda, curator of Marrakech Biennale 2016, Zoe Whitley, curator for International Art at Tate Modern in London, Alicia Knock, curator for African Art at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Where: Institutional Auditorium 

Useful information:

The African Art in Venice Forum is held in two Auditoriums in the same venue, Hotel
Monaco, Piazza San Marco 1332, 30124 Venezia. Entrance from Calle del Ridotto.

The Institutional Auditorium, “Corte” room, and the Artists Auditorium, “Vallaresso” room, are accessible from two different staircases. The African Art in Venice Team, will be waiting for you at the entrance of the Venue.

The program of the two Auditoriums is organized in sections that look at how the African art scene relates to the world, to itself, and to the cross-border tool of the web. The program of the Artists Auditorium will look at how artists interact with their communities and the broader African and global art scene, and will also highlight the current rise of performance practices, new feminist narratives, as well as activism amongst young creatives on the continent.

“Outlook” section
Africa outside of Africa, how African art scene relates to the global one

“Within & Without” section
The diversity of art ecosystems in the African continent, organizations, events and artists

“.org” section
Digital platforms for the promotion of the arts in Africa. Not for profit organizations, art education and social development.

“Public art on Prejudice: Any Given Sunday”

A series of anonymous and random public artistic interventions intended to reflect on Cape Town’s social, economic and political tensions in the city’s racially segregated spaces. The creations of participating visual artists—Buhlebezwe Siwani, Zanele Muholi, Gabrielle Goliath, Gerald Machona, Sethembile Msezane, Burning Museum, Hasan and Husain Essop—poet Koleka Putuma and veteran musician Madosini, all centered, in various ways, on questions of prejudice, be theystructural, institutional or personal.

With: Riason Naidoo, curator at Any Given Sunday, Renaud Proch, Executive Director at Independent Curators International (ICI)

Where: Artists Auditorium

Useful information:

The African Art in Venice Forum is held in two Auditoriums in the same venue, Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, Piazza San Marco 1332, 30124 Venezia. Entrance from Calle del Ridotto.

The Institutional Auditorium, “Corte” room, and the Artists Auditorium, “Vallaresso” room, are accessible from two different staircases. The African Art in Venice Team, will be waiting for you at the entrance of the Venue.

The program of the two Auditoriums is organized in sections that look at how the African art scene relates to the world, to itself, and to the cross-border tool of the web. The program of the Artists Auditorium will look at how artists interact with their communities and the broader African and global art scene, and will also highlight the current rise of performance practices, new feminist narratives, as well as activism amongst young creatives on the continent.

“Outlook” section 

Africa outside of Africa, how African art scene relates to the global one

“Within & Without” section
The diversity of art ecosystems in the African continent, organizations, events and artists

“.org” section
Digital platforms for the promotion of the arts in Africa. Not for profit organizations, art education and social development.

“Artists Projects Beyond Their Practice”

With: Emmanuel Iduma, writer and co-curator of the Nigerian Pavillion at the 57th Venice Biennale, Nigeria, Victor Ehikhamenor, artist, Nigeria 

Where: Artists Auditorium

Useful information:

The African Art in Venice Forum is held in two Auditoriums in the same venue, Hotel
Monaco, Piazza San Marco 1332, 30124 Venezia. Entrance from Calle del Ridotto.

The Institutional Auditorium, “Corte” room, and the Artists Auditorium, “Vallaresso” room, are accessible from two different staircases. The African Art in Venice Team, will be waiting for you at the entrance of the Venue.

The program of the two Auditoriums is organized in sections that look at how the African art scene relates to the world, to itself, and to the cross-border tool of the web. The program of the Artists Auditorium will look at how artists interact with their communities and the broader African and global art scene, and will also highlight the current rise of performance practices, new feminist narratives, as well as activism amongst young creatives on the continent.

“Outlook” section
Africa outside of Africa, how African art scene relates to the global one

“Within & Without” section
The diversity of art ecosystems in the African continent, organizations, events and artists

“.org” section
Digital platforms for the promotion of the arts in Africa. Not for profit organizations, art education and social development.

“IRRESISTABLE TIES: CURATORIAL TURN”

Curated by: Cape Town Art Fair
Moderated by: Tumelo Mosaka, curator at Cape Town Art Fair
With: Raphael Chikukwa, curator Zimbabwe Pavilion, Lucy MacGarry, curator South African Pavilion, Adenrele Sonariwo (in the photo by Anuel Modebe), curator Nigerian Pavilion
Where: Institutional Auditorium

Useful information:

The African Art in Venice Forum is held in two Auditoriums in the same venue, Hotel
Monaco, Piazza San Marco 1332, 30124 Venezia. Entrance from Calle del Ridotto.

The Institutional Auditorium, “Corte” room, and the Artists Auditorium, “Vallaresso” room, are accessible from two different staircases. The African Art in Venice Team, will be waiting for you at the entrance of the Venue.

The program of the two Auditoriums is organized in sections that look at how the African art scene relates to the world, to itself, and to the cross-border tool of the web. The program of the Artists Auditorium will look at how artists interact with their communities and the broader African and global art scene, and will also highlight the current rise of performance practices, new feminist narratives, as well as activism amongst young creatives on the continent.

“Outlook” section
Africa outside of Africa, how African art scene relates to the global one

“Within & Without” section
The diversity of art ecosystems in the African continent, organizations, events and artists

“.org” section
Digital platforms for the promotion of the arts in Africa. Not for profit organizations, art education and social development.

“Young Voices in Africa’s Creative Community: the Intersection of Art and Activism”

Moderated by: The African Art in Venice Team
With: Longinos Nagila, (in the photo) artist, Kenya
Where: Artists Auditorium

Useful information:

The African Art in Venice Forum is held in two Auditoriums in the same venue, Hotel
Monaco, Piazza San Marco 1332, 30124 Venezia. Entrance from Calle del Ridotto.

The Institutional Auditorium, “Corte” room, and the Artists Auditorium, “Vallaresso” room, are accessible from two different staircases. The African Art in Venice Team, will be waiting for you at the entrance of the Venue.

The program of the two Auditoriums is organized in sections that look at how the African art scene relates to the world, to itself, and to the cross-border tool of the web. The program of the Artists Auditorium will look at how artists interact with their communities and the broader African and global art scene, and will also highlight the current rise of performance practices, new feminist narratives, as well as activism amongst young creatives on the continent.

“Outlook” section
Africa outside of Africa, how African art scene relates to the global one

“Within & Without” section
The diversity of art ecosystems in the African continent, organizations, events and artists

“.org” section
Digital platforms for the promotion of the arts in Africa. Not for profit organizations, art education and social development.

“First do no harm: accidental intentions in contemporary African photography”

Curated by: African Artists Foundation
With: Azu Nwagbogu founder of Lagos Photo Festival and African Artists Foundation and Maria Pia Bernardoni, Curator International Projects for Lagos Photo Festival and African Artists Foundation
Where: Institutional Auditorium

Useful information:

The African Art in Venice Forum is held in two Auditoriums in the same venue, Hotel
Monaco, Piazza San Marco 1332, 30124 Venezia. Entrance from Calle del Ridotto.

The Institutional Auditorium, “Corte” room, and the Artists Auditorium, “Vallaresso” room, are accessible from two different staircases. The African Art in Venice Team, will be waiting for you at the entrance of the Venue.

The program of the two Auditoriums is organized in sections that look at how the African art scene relates to the world, to itself, and to the cross-border tool of the web. The program of the Artists Auditorium will look at how artists interact with their communities and the broader African and global art scene, and will also highlight the current rise of performance practices, new feminist narratives, as well as activism amongst young creatives on the continent.

“Outlook” section
Africa outside of Africa, how African art scene relates to the global one

“Within & Without” section
The diversity of art ecosystems in the African continent, organizations, events and artists

“.org” section
Digital platforms for the promotion of the arts in Africa. Not for profit organizations, art education and social development.