THE SUPREME REMAINS
If they took the floor, what would the African masks on display in the European "ethnographic" museums tell us? In the 1950s “Statues die too” movie, Chris Marker and Alain Renais asked this question which still resonates today - “Why is Negro Art at the Musée de...
EXHIBITION-343-OUSMANE-DIA
The 343 figure refers to a project to space sculptures devised by visual artist Ousmane Dia during the fourteenth edition of the Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art on the theme "Forger". This monumental sculptural installation will consist of 343 pieces...
TEG BËT GËSTU GI EXHIBITION
THEODORE MONOD MUSEUM, A LABORATORY OF NEW IMAGINARIES It is a highly meaningful curatorial project. In its proposal, Teg Bët Gëstu Gi stimulates the metamorphic life of objects. The museum, a rhizomatic and living organism, asserts its transformative potential, its...
DOXANTU
The Doxantu project was initiated as part of the Dakar Biennale to unveil the full potential and help clean up the space of Corniche Ouest (along the Western coastal highway). In Wolof language (one of Senegal's languages), Doxantu means stroll. Doxantu is a project...
INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSIONAL MEETING TOPICS
The AFRICAN ART MARKET The notion of African art market, as we know, is controversial. Palpable, stammering reality or fantasy? Opinions are divided among these standpoints like all the shades of grey between black and white. It is a sign that we are not faced with an...
INTRODUCTION AUX THÈMES DES RENCONTRES PROFESSIONNELLES
LE MARCHÉ DE L’ART AFRICAIN La notion du marché de l’art africain, on le sait, est controversée. Réalité palpable, balbutiante ou lubie de l’esprit ? Les opinions se distribuent entre ces points de vue à l’image de toutes les nuances de gris qui existent entre le noir...
DAKAR INTERNATIONAL ART MARKET – MIAD –
Alongside aesthetic concerns, those relating to the art economy, art trade, and art relationship to world economy will also be high on the Dakar Biennale's agenda. Furthermore, part of the Biennale is the first official edition of the Dakar International African Art...
MARCHÉ INTERNATIONAL DE L’ART DE DAKAR -MIAD –
A côté des préoccupations esthétiques, celles relatives à l’économie de l’art, à son commerce, à son rapport à l’économie mondiale seront aussi dans les préoccupations de la Biennale de Dakar. Aussi, partie prenante de celle-ci, sise sur le site du Monument de la...
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
CREATION, BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE AND CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART The exchange meetings are part of the general theme of Dak'art 2022 “Ĩ NDAFFA#/FORGER/OUT OF THE FIRE" - Ĩ NDAFFA is inspired by I NDAFFAH, which - in Serer language - invites to the forge. The term captures...
THE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART BIENNIAL / 14th EDITION
The fourteenth edition of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, originally slated for May 2020, has been postponed to 2022 with the same selection and a slightly revised program. Indeed, long before the Covid-19 crisis, the theme of this Biennale - Ĩ NDAFFA # -...