Archive for the ‘News’ Category

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  President Sall pledges more support for Dak Art Biennial

  May 25, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 204

    By John Owoo In Dakar – Senegal Courtesy – Royal Air Maroc The Senegalese President H/E Macky Sall has promised to...

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  Dak Art 2018 dilates on innovative funding for the arts

  May 25, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 184

  By John Owoo Dakar – Senegal Courtesy – Royal Air Maroc The question of funding once again became a focal point at the...

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  Dak Art: Artists Rights & Repatriation of African Cultural Properties

  May 20, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 191

  By John Owoo In Dakar – Senegal Courtesy – Royal Air Maroc The repatriation of African cultural properties currently housed...

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  Dak Art 2018: Creating Value for African Contemporary Art

  May 16, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 203

  By John Owoo In Dakar – Senegal Courtesy – Royal Air Maroc Simon Njami, curator of the 2018 edition of the Dakar Art...

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  Contemporary African Art on Display in Dakar

  May 15, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 252

  By John Owoo In Dakar – Senegal Courtesy – Royal Air Maroc The 2018 edition of Dak Art Biennial, which is currently ongoing...

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  National workshop in Ghana on artistic freedom

  May 1, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 202

  Within the framework of the re-designed Aschberg programme for artists and cultural professionals, UNESCO will on May 3th and...

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  Wiz Kudowor – forty years of distinction

  April 2, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 268

  By John Owoo (In Accra – Ghana) Communicative paintings by the Osaka Triennial award winning artist Wiz Kudowor that span a...

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  Eerie, expressive and voluptuous bodies at Gallery 1957

  March 31, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 228

  By John Owoo (In Accra – Ghana) The walls of Gallery 1957 provide an imperturbable sense of belonging – indeed the...

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  MASA 2018 – Solo dancers show class

  March 21, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 250

  By John Owoo (In Abidjan – La Côte d’Ivoire) It was a cool evening at the Salle Kodjo Ebouclé, one of the theatres located...

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  Blakk Rasta, Fatau Keita charm audience in Côte d’Ivoire

  March 17, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 222

  By John Owoo (Abidjan – La Côte d’Ivoire) Ghanaian reggae star / radio presenter Blakk Rasta last Thursday became a beaming...