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AAVF is a platform presented during the Venice Biennale expanding dialogue on contemporary art from Africa & its diasporas.
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Looking back on a memorable few days at the @aavforum and the opening of the 61st addition of @labiennale this past May. I was grateful for the opportunity to connect with artists, curators, collectors, writers, and fellow creatives from across Africa and the diaspora. The conversations were thoughtful, inspiring, and a powerful reminder that art is shaped as much by dialogue and collaboration as it is by individual practice. Thank you to everyone who made the Forum such a meaningful experience. I’m carrying many of those conversations forward as exciting new projects take shape. Until next time, Venice. #Venice #AfricanArt #CreativeCommunity #ArtDialogue #Artists
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The 61st Venice Biennale. ISE-DA was honoured to be invited to the pre-opening week of the 61st Venice Biennale — the most significant contemporary art stage in the industry. This year's edition, In Minor Keys— Koyo Kouoh's curatorial vision, realized posthumously by her dedicated team — invited visitors to shift to a slower gear and tune in to quieter, more intimate frequencies. An incredibly strong edition, with particularly powerful showings from African and diasporic artists in the curated exhibitions, national pavilions, and compelling work in satellite shows from artists including Paulo Nazareth, Lorna Simpson, and Michael Armitage throughout. Our founder @adefolakunmi led a delegation of patrons and board members of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art @smithsonian_africanart through the curated exhibition, Giardini and Arsenale, and additionally joined the Lineage and Leadership: Women Building Cultural Futures panel for @womenartleaders, highlighting the work @iseda.co and @temperaturecheck.co are doing to grow and document Black art patronage and production across the diaspora. We will be highlighting some of our favourite artworks and pavilions in the coming weeks — including Brazilian pavilions and artists, in keeping with our Temperature Check focus. - #venicebiennale #blackart #smithsonian #artcollector #iseda
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Retour en images sur notre passage à la 61e Biennale de Venise (@labiennale). Au fil des rencontres, des expositions et des échanges, nous avons dialogué avec des acteur·rice·s clés de la scène artistique mondiale et approfondi notre réflexion sur les dynamiques qui façonnent aujourd’hui les écosystèmes artistiques. Une expérience riche, porteuse et profondément inspirante.
 Merci à Dominique Fontaine (@dofontaine) notre marraine, et au Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (@LeCALQ) , dont le soutien a rendu cette mission possible. —— Through encounters, exhibitions, and exchanges, we connected with key voices of the global art scene and deepened our reflection on the dynamics shaping today’s artistic ecosystems. A rich, meaningful, and deeply inspiring experience. Thank you to Dominique Fontaine (@dofontaine), our mentor, and to the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (@LeCALQ), whose support made this mission poss 1- Devant le Pavillon de la France, avec l’artiste Yto Barrada (@ytobarrada), Véronique Fontaine, présidente-directrice générale du CALQ, et la délégation 2 - African Art in Venice Forum 3 - Détails d’une œuvre de Kaloki Nyamai (@kalokinyamaistudio), Arsenale 4 - Rodney Saint-Éloi, Performance de la Caravane poétique 5 - Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons (@maria_magdalena_campos_pons), Anatomy of the Magnolia Tree for Koyo Kouoh (@madamekoyo) and Toni Morrison 6 -Nigra Iuventa’s Aperitivo 7- Nigra Iuventa’s Aperitivo 8 - Nick Cave (@nickcaveofficial), Arsenale 9 - Rajni Perera (@rajniperera) à Arsenale 10 - La Palestine, toujours  11 - Diane Gistal (@dianegistal) et Mallory Lowe Mpoka (@lowemallory) 12 - L’équipe du Pavillon de la Barbade 13 - Pavillon de la Barbade 14 - Gabrielle Goliath (@gabriellegoliath), Elegy 15- Rencontre avec Yala Kisukidi (@nadia_yala_kisukidi), commissaire de l’incroyable premier Pavillon de la RDC 16- Avec  Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikun (@bonaventurendikung) et Rodney Saint-Eloi  17- Ouverture du Pavillon du Cameroun #BiennaleDeVenise #ArtContemporain #ArtAfricainContemporain #ArtDiasporique #NigraIuventa
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We stand here today on the shoulders of giants. We give thanks to our newly ascended ancestor, @madamekoyo Kouoh, whose spirit continues to guide us. It was a profound honour to have been invited to moderate a panel discussion within the context of In Minor Keys, the 61st Venice Biennale, curated by Koyo Kouoh, an extraordinary human being, the first African woman and the first Black woman to be appointed curator of the Biennale. I am deeply grateful to the @aavforum for the invitation to moderate Africa in Minor Keys – Conditions of Visibility, in conversation with @kemangwalehulere , In Minor Keys artist, South Africa; @theawakonate , curator, art consultant, and founder of Culture Art Society, Denmark/Côte d’Ivoire; @beyagillegacha , artist and Cameroon Pavilion curator, France/Cameroon; and @mylesigwe , designer, researcher and curator, US/Nigeria. Grounded in the context of the Biennale’s main exhibition and national pavilions, the conversation reflected on the frameworks that shape visibility. It asked not only who is seen, but how narratives are constructed, histories are written, and meanings are framed. Together, we considered how visibility can open new possibilities, while also questioning the structures it might continue to reinforce. The panel was presented by @strauss_and_co, African Art Dialogues with the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. With gratitude, Ntshepe Tsekere Bopape @mo_laudi Artist, Curator, DJ and Writer South Africa/France . @labiennale #venice #biennale #koyokouoh
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@labiennale in Venice was a vibe! Thank you @neneperei and @larryosseimensah for the gentle push 🫶🏿 I will be back for seconds
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Wonderful to see this week’s recognition for the African Art in Venice Forum and the expanding international dialogue around contemporary African art. Congrats to @aavforum, @topalsal , @nerigram, @azzasatti, @kddumouchelle, @katherinenealfellens! The work being done by artists, curators, collectors, institutions, and cultural organizers across Venice and beyond continues to reshape how these practices are being engaged globally, and it is incredibly rewarding to see so many friends, collaborators, and longtime supporters of the field reflected in that momentum. It also feels especially meaningful alongside the remarkable exhibition currently on view at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, which brings together a dynamic group of artists including Marc Standing (@marcstanding) and Athi-Patra Ruga (@athipatra), among many others whose work we have long admired, championed, and been fortunate to support through exhibitions, placements, and ongoing conversations over the years. A powerful reminder that the ecosystem surrounding contemporary African art today is being built collectively — across museums, biennials, residencies, galleries, artists, patrons, and communities — and that its influence continues to deepen internationally.
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1922 Revisited: Live Arts Program Presented by @thirdspaceartfoundation In collaboration with @aavf and @ecc_italy Program Curator: @janinesytsma Curatorial Producer: @lehuntnouveau Program partners: @fca_ghana @NEWMEDIA @uarkart @uark.arthistory @ccalagos @theafricacenter Venice Biennale | May 5–9 Wednesday, May 6 ESCAPE THE BOXES Zora Snake and Wilfried Nakeu Zora Snake and Wilfried Nakeu draw on the subversive narrative of 1922 Revisited to propose a performative trio involving a visual artist, a choreographer, and audience participation within a transformed space, where silence awakens the stories obscured by the hierarchical display of artworks. The performative act reimagines a reclaiming of original memories that have been stripped of their authentic function. For the artists this becomes a way to recontextualize the sacredness of works connected to the living, in relation to perspectives of repair and healing from the “fragments of history.” 📷: @lordkubolsstudio Follow for more reflections on 1922 Revisited and announcements about future programs Additional information on the foundation and programs → www.thirdspaceartfoundation.org #1922revisited #VeniceBiennale @zorasnake @wilfriednakeu
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1922 Revisited: Live Arts Program Presented by @thirdspaceartfoundation In collaboration with @aavf and @ecc_italy Program Curator: @janinesytsma Curatorial Producer: @lehuntnouveau Program partners: @fca_ghana @NEWMEDIA @uarkart @uark.arthistory @ccalagos @theafricacenter Venice Biennale | May 5–9 Wednesday, May 6 The Dash Wura-Natasha Ogunji and ruby onyinyechi amanze The Dash is a performance of two runners who race in slow motion for exactly one hour. The performance may be staged within an interior or exterior space: the fixed space of a room; an open plaza; tight city corridors; or from a start line to the finish. The spectators play an important role in this staged competition. As vocal timekeepers, they collectively signal the start time, the half-way mark, and crossing of the finish line. In their embodiment of restraint and reverberation, collectivity and calm, the performers incorporate facial expressions, hand signals and other gestures as critical choreography and necessary glitch. This movement-language references and riffs from the archive and research of the African sculptures of the 1922 Venice Biennale; track and field competitions; and the languages of drawing shared by amanze and Ogunji. The title of the performance–with its multiple meanings–offers an additional layer of poetic possibility to this endeavor. A dash is a quick run, a punctuation mark, and in Nigeria, a gift, or a bribe. Turning to the grammatical dash, the race could be conceptualized as break or interruption. Inviting separation from the usual rushing of time, the performance might also be read as the belaboured writing of a long run-on sentence. 📷: @francescabottazzin_ph Follow @thirdspaceartfoundation for more reflections on 1922 Revisited and announcements about future programs Additional information on the foundation and programs → www.thirdspaceartfoundation.org #1922revisited #venicebiennale @wuraogunji @ruby_onyinyechi_draws
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Caught some terrific performances in Venice… @wuraogunji @ruby_onyinyechi_draws 🩷🏃🏾‍♀️🩷 @vickolors @benjoonam 👚🩳👒 Courtesy @thirdspaceartfoundation @aavforum Also Minor Music at the End of the World @sweatvariant @hartwigartfoundation💧
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1922 Revisited: Live Arts Program Presented by @thirdspaceartfoundation In collaboration with @aavf and @ecc_italy Program Curator: @janinesytsma Curatorial Producer: @lehuntnouveau Program partners: @fca_ghana @NEWMEDIA @uarkart @uark.arthistory @ccalagos @theafricacenter Venice Biennale | May 5–9 Tuesday, May 5 Openings and Meanderings: Supplications for More Accessible Futures Bernard-Akoi Jackson in the stead of Jelili Atiku 📷: @francescabottazzin_ph @lordkubolsstudio Follow @thirdspaceartfoundation for more reflections on 1922 Revisited and announcements about future programs Additional information on the foundation and programs → www.thirdspaceartfoundation.org #1922revisited #venicebiennale @benjoonam @blaxtarlines @janinesytsma
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Venice Biennale Edition 61 This year I was free of commissioner duties at the British pavilion. I was left in an open structure to wander in wonder with the magic of ideas, contexts and aesthetics in the shimmering city of dreams… to renew and reboot with good friends in the business of Arts! There were so many inspirational moments and surprises be that the late Koyo’s curation in the main exhibition spaces in the Arsenale and Giardini, experience exceptional pavilions of the Bahamas or India led by NGMA @ngma_delhi and Serendipity @serendipityartsfestival - feel the depth of strong memories etched permanently by epic art works and exhibitions such as Michael Armitage, Lorna Simpson and Amar Kanwar at the Pinault Collection or the incredible dialogue of ideas between Arthur Jafa @anamibia and Richard Prince’s exhibition at Prada Foundation @fondazioneprada Moments of joy, seeing friends like Faiza Butt @faizaaugust7 launch a national Pavilion - Pakistan’s second, reconnect with good friends especially unscheduled reflections and pauses with Smoking Dogs Films, Ekow Eshun, Justine Simons, Julie Lomax, Zahra Khan, Joseph and Meneesha, Deep and Nav, Sally Tallant and Tamsin, Alex Farquarson, Sarah Carrington, Neri Torcello, Osman Yousefzada, Ibrahim Mahama to name a few. Seeing the Kochi-Muziris family (led by @jitishkallat @shwetalashvinpatel ) announce Kader Attia as their future curator, KNMA’s @knmaindia epic projections of Nalani Malini, celebrating Kiran Nadar’s 75th birthday - making new plans and collaborations, but also see the passion of protest by those that care about humanity and equality reminded me of the power of culture and how important the Venice platform is.
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