From Restitution to Contemporary Creation⁣

The African Art in Venice Forum (AAVF) is a public and free discursive event presented every other year in Venice, Italy during the opening week of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte di Venezia. The project provides new opportunities of exchange and visibility for contemporary art from Africa and its diasporas in the cultural, professional, and infrastructural context of the Venice Biennale.The second edition of the Forum is presented on 7-8-9 May 2019 at the Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal. It has been designed as a highly interactive experience featuring talks, workshops, readings, and more, with an expanded format spanning across three full days.#AAVF2019 #inclusivedialoguematters #africanartdialogues

African Art in Venice Forum

This panel brings together administrators, curators, and artists to explore the creative and generative potential of object restitution

Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal

African Art in Venice Forum 2022

The African Art in Venice Forum (AAVF) is a public and free discursive event presented every other year in Venice, Italy during the opening week of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte di Venezia.

From Restitution to Contemporary Creation⁣The current debate on restitution is often focused on the transfer of objects and the infrastructure of repatriation. This panel brings together administrators, curators, and artists to explore the creative and generative potential of object restitution and the impact of history on contemporary art.⁣With:⁣Georges Adeagbo, artistAlicia Knock, Curator for Contemporary Art and Research, Centre Pompidou, ParisYassine Lassissi, Artistic and Commercial Director, Galerie Nationale du BeninColine Toumson-Venite, Head of the Mission of Culture and Arts of Benin’s Republic PresidentModerated by Silvia Forni, Senior Curator of Global Africa, Royal Ontario Museum Presented in collaboration with Kulturforum Sud-Nord

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From Restitution to Contemporary Creation⁣

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