In Pictures: See the Images from Dak’Art that have Captured the Art World
The Dakar Biennale (Dak’Art – Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain) is one of the most prominent events in the world…
Art & Culture
The #PARMArt Exhibition at the 2022 Dakar Biennale
Image Credit:- Aissatou Toure From June 1 to June 21, 2022, the PARM Art exhibition will be hosted in the…
Senegalese art sensation Omar Ba reflects on colonialism at Dakar Biennale
Image Source Senegalese painter Omar Ba begins to paint a five-meter-long canvas a deep, dark shade of black. This is…
How the global boom of African music is resonating with electronic artists in the diaspora
Image Source In the early 2000s, there was a small, unassuming stall on the second floor balcony of Kampala’s Bugolobi…
The legacy of Nigerian music star Orlando Julius must not be overlooked
Image Source If there is one musician as commonly associated as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti with the West African musical movements Afrobeat and Afrobeats (never mind Afro-Blues and…
MoMA celebrates a ground-breaking Ivorian artist who drew a new language
Image Source In 1948, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, a young Ivorian former colonial navy officer, living in Dakar, Senegal—then the capital…