Independent Contemporary Art Curator & Consultant

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.

‘Truth: Women, Creativity and Memory of Slavery’ – Symposium organized  by the UN at Fordham University, New York This month I participated in this event, organized by the United Nations in the framework of ‘Remember Slavery Program’. A panel of scholars and artists presented their contributions on the remarkable roles that women played during the times of slavery in the Americas. Among other papers, Dr Deborah Willis (NYU) presented an ensemble of stunning photographs that document the lives of African Americans during and after slavery. I focused my presentation on Afro Brazilian artist Rosana Paulino’s work... Read The Rest →

Since April 2015 I have been contributing to the research leading to the exhibition project ‘Contested Freedom: Pop Art in the Americas, 1965-1975’, conducted by the Global Brazil Lab of the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University (NC), USA. During that month I  visited the university to take part in a graduate seminar on Argentine Pop, focusing on the Instituto Di Tella activities and on Leon Ferrari’s work. I also gave a talk about my curatorial work as part of the panel discussion ‘The Contemporary Black Atlantic: Interchanges between Brazil and Africa’... Read The Rest →

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  Interview with Leon Ferrari in his Buenos Aires home, made by Ricardo Pons and produced by University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (UECLAA), July 2002. Entrevista a Leon Ferrari en su casa en Buenos Aires,  realizado por Ricardo Pons y producido por University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (UECLAA), julio 2002.   http://youtu.be/tmpsFlq6OaA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txb6NWWZoZs

Hoy se ha ido de este mundo León Ferrari, uno de los más significativos artistas del siglo XX, pensador y activista incansable, amigo y colaborador como pocos. Tuve el enorme privilegio de trabajar con León en varias ocasiones, siendo recibida en su casa y sus diversos estudios en cada una de mis visitas a Argentina. En esos espacios fascinantes, atestados de objetos imposibles e imágenes transgresoras, pude ser testigo de su labor infatigable y compartir conversaciones aderezadas de humor e ironía. En ese mundo mágico poblado de floras y faunas... Read The Rest →

An online exhibition I have recently curated  for ArtAfrica, an initiative of Fundação Gulbenkian and the Centro de Estudos Comparatistas, Faculdade de Letras, Lisboa. Check out the works and my interview with Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro http://www.artafrica.info/html/expovirtual/expovirtual.php?ide=26