Independent Contemporary Art Curator & Consultant

Walking and boating through tourists-saturated Venice to catch as much as possible of the Biennale exhibitions, openings and parties is a tall order. The feeling of having missed too much despite the effort is overwhelming, as the event seems to be growing exponentially with each edition. As any large exhibition, the current Biennale shows an array of very good works. Remarkably so, it also proposes the affirmative inclusion of prominent senior artists, which reveals much needed due respect to essential contributions to contemporary art languages. However, the central exhibition curated by Centre Pompidou curator Christine Macel seems to reenact... Read The Rest →

‘Crosswords’ exhibition at Hangar, Lisbon Participating artists: Augusto de Campos Detanico e Lain León Ferrari Fernanda Fragateiro Milumbe Haimbe Alfredo Jaar Kiluanji Kia Henda Reynier Leyva Novo Paulo Nazareth Zineb Sedira              

Works by Demián Flores Cortés, Ayrson Heráclito and Eddy Kamuanga

Under the artistic directorship of Bisi Silva and a curatorial team formed by herself,  Yves Chatap and Antwan Byrd, the 10th edition of the Biennale – reborn after a 4 year gap due to the armed conflict – examines the concept of time through lens media production in Africa and the diaspora   The central exhibition at the National Museum of Mali, ‘Telling Time’ approaches past present and future in photographs and videos by 39 selected artists from an open call.             Exhibitions around the city... Read The Rest →

Artists, curators and other Londoners flocked in to catch the magic of Kentridge’s first show in London for over a decade in its last day. Mesmerised viewers immersed themselves  in the panoramic 40 m long video installation ‘More Sweetly Play the Dance’.     Possibly one of the best shows in town.