Fragments of Interlaced Dialogues

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

The talk revolves around recent research by artist Sammy Baloji in relation to objects of the collection of the Uffizi Galleries

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.

Fragments of Interlaced DialoguesThe talk revolves around recent research by artist Sammy Baloji in relation to objects of the collection of the Uffizi Galleries engaging in a critical discussion about the construction of African art in the Italian context with a nod to the 1922 Venice Biennial which for the first time hosted, and African art exhibit.With:Sammy Baloji, artistLucrezia Cippitelli, curator and researcherEike Schmidt, Director, Uffizi GalleriesModerated by Justin Randolph Thompson, Founder, The Recovery PlanPresented in collaboration with The Recovery Plan

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