1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is celebrating its 10th edition in London this year. Ahead of that milestone, the 1-54 team is currently busy organizing a second edition of their Paris fair. From 7-10 April 2022, 1-54 will welcome 23 international galleries at Christie’s in Paris. In light of the current restrictions and uncertainty surroundingContinue reading “Don’t Miss 1-54 At Christie’s in Paris Next Week”
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9/11 + 20
For those of us who were living, 20 years ago, in the Manhattan neighborhood now called Ground Zero, 9/11/21 was a very special day. It was a day of remembrance, renewal, and rebirth. Many of our fellow denizens fled after the attacks, but two decades later, some of us Financial District and TriBeCa people areContinue reading “9/11 + 20”
This Photo Exhibition is a Must-See
Although last year’s edition was cancelled because of the pandemic, the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles returned this year with a series of groundbreaking exhibitions. One of the world’s most established photo festivals, which runs from early July to late September, the Rencontres takes place in Arles, the city in Provence that is famed forContinue reading “This Photo Exhibition is a Must-See”
How This Contemporary Art Fair is Connecting the African Diaspora
For the past eight years, we’ve been watching the growth of PRIZM Art Fair. Similar to Touria El Glaoui’s 1-54 and Victoria Mann’s AKAA, PRIZM is led by an ambitious (and resilient) young female entrepreneur. In an email interview, Mikhaile Solomon, the founder of PRIZM said, “This is the most global fair we’ve had toContinue reading “How This Contemporary Art Fair is Connecting the African Diaspora”
This Year’s 1-54 London Art Fair Was All About Resilience and Innovation
With the 2020 FIAC International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris cancelled, there are few opportunities for those living in Paris and London to discover this season’s new artists, and the people behind the art that is set to shape our post-pandemic universe. To make matters worse, Americans are not allowed to travel to Europe atContinue reading “This Year’s 1-54 London Art Fair Was All About Resilience and Innovation”
This Senegalese Photographer is Showing Some of His Best Work in Japan
In this pandemic year, the KYOTOGRAPHIE international photo festival, which normally takes place in springtime Kyoto right around cherry blossom season, was rescheduled for September 19th to October 18th 2020. For this 8th edition, the theme is “Vision”, because the founders, Lucille Reyboz and Yusuke Nakanishi feel that more and more of the world’s populationContinue reading “This Senegalese Photographer is Showing Some of His Best Work in Japan”
What It Means to be a Front-Line Worker in a New York City Hospital
Ernest Hemingway famously wrote that “courage is grace under pressure.” Following our story on the African doctors working at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, which we published on April 15th right when the pandemic was tearing New York City apart, we decided to revisit some of the Africans working at the Fort Greene medical institution. ThisContinue reading “What It Means to be a Front-Line Worker in a New York City Hospital”
Meet the Congolese Photographer Who Is Bringing a Feminine Mystique to the Art World
In December 2019, Pamela Tulizo was one of the breakout stars of the last edition of the Lubumbashi Biennial, which was founded in 2008 in her native Democratic Republic of Congo. Last month, she was chosen as the overall winner at the third edition of Dior Photography & Visual Arts Award for Young Talents. BasedContinue reading “Meet the Congolese Photographer Who Is Bringing a Feminine Mystique to the Art World”
Why the World Needs to Rediscover My Father’s Photojournalism
Since the 1996 death of my father, Mohamed Amin, an inconspicuous back room in my home and office in Nairobi has been locked off from the public, maintained only by two solitary sentries stationed between file cabinets in a windowless, climate-controlled vault. Now, after years of not paying too much attention to this treasure, ofContinue reading “Why the World Needs to Rediscover My Father’s Photojournalism”