In her discerning 1977 book On Photography, Susan Sontag declared: “Photography has become almost as…
Tag: Abidjan
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Philippe Lacôte
Philippe Lacôte grew up in Abidjan, next to a movie theater named The Magic. After…
The Tenor from Abidjan
The Tenor from Abidjan follows Landry Assokoly, a young man from Côte d’Ivoire, as he follows…
When Jean-Michel Basquiat went to Africa
Jean-Michel Basquiat, the first American artist of African descent to achieve international stardom, often referenced…
How to Paint Ghosts: An Interview with Ivorian artist Aboudia
“Artists don’t create reality they make phantasms”, using a kind of “fantastical technique to produce…
Guggenheim’s map–Where is the rest of Africa?
The recent announcement of the Guggenheim Foundation’s new “Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative” bears…
Les Fantômes
A painting sits glowering on the wall of the Jack Bell Gallery in London. Figures…
Things will get better
Magic Systeme and Tiken Jah Fakoly tells their fellow Ivorians “Ca va aller.”
Orientalism in Sub-Saharan Africa
James North: Orientalism takes a different form in sub-Saharan Africa. There, Orientalists do not emphasize…
'In the end, just a guy in a bad Hawaiian shirt without a clue'
That’s how Alexis Okeowo (on Twitter) sums up the end of the four-month stand-off against…