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Simone Leigh will represent the United States at the 2022 Venice Biennale
Chosen to represent the United States at the 59th Venice Biennal (23 April to 27 November 2022), US artist Simone Leigh will be the first Black woman ever to do so. The announcem..
The 8th edition of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is almost here
Over 30 exhibitors from 17 countries will participate in a new blended online and offline model for the upcoming 1-54 London fair. Among them, 27 exhibitors will display physical..
Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin | Orientations, energy and new grammars in Գիշեր | gisher
Գիշեր | gisher is the new video performance of the artist, independent researcher and queer agitator of Armenian descent Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin, on stage on 8 and 9 September a..
In conversation with Enfant Précoce | From Parisian museums, to dance, to tatoo art
He was 24 years old when he started painting. His name is Francis Essoua Kalu, but people shall probably remember him as Enfant Précoce. He’s the nephew of the Cameroonian plasti..
‘Dancing at Dusk’ | 38 dancers from 14 African countries restage Pina Bausch’s ‘The Rite of Spring’
A beach of white sand. The light bleaching from the sky. A girl lying on a red cloth. An eerie bassoon piercing the silence. This is the way in which audiences get their first gl..
Browncoffeemoka celebrates ‘Moindo eza kitoko’
Black is beautiful, in Lingala Moindo eza kitoko. A few words which are music to our ears. And yet, they bear the suffering of peoples from all around the world who are still per..
Delphine Diallo | ‘I’ve become a better person, believing in women’
The Covid pandemic has forced many of us to be confined at home and take stock of our life. The dos and the don’ts, the many questions we ask ourselves are taking different shape..
The representation of Afro-descendants in Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku’s paintings
A few weeks ago the news of the event-piece Salvini Nero (Black Salvini) by Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku, one of the first Afro-descendants Italian artists in the Italian con..
Coronavirus | What is the challenge ahead? We don’t know, but we are ready
Social media gave us the opportunity to be everywhere. GRIOT’s founder, editors and partners are based in Italy, the UK and Germany. But GRIOT was founded in Rome, Italy. Most of..
Biennials and Triennials to visit in 2020
It’s time for biennials, triennials and art fairs. Here is our selection of art events to keep an eye on—and to put in your diary.
The Stellenbosch Triennale, 11 February – 30..