Archive for the ‘News’ Category

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  Documentary film provokes “Galamsey” debate

  June 8, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 2472

  By John Owoo (In Accra – Ghana) A panel discussion that followed the screening of “Galamsey – For a Fistful of Gold”,...

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  “Stretched Terrains” artists share experiences

  May 28, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 1705

  By John Owoo In Accra – Ghana A group of artists who participated in a Mobile Museum project that covered nearly 10,000...

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  President Sall pledges more support for Dak Art Biennial

  May 25, 2018 • FeaturedArticle, News • 1903

    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 • 1703

  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 • 2064

  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 • 1920

  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 • 2267

  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 • 1867

  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 • 2701

  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 • 1903

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