Abidjan
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
The Tenor from Abidjan
The Tenor from Abidjan follows Landry Assokoly, a young man from Côte d’Ivoire, as he follows his dream to become a famous opera singer. Landry’s hope is to study at a top-tier music academy, and ultimately, to be seen and heard on stage as a world renowned opera singer.
Monday, August 12th, 2013
When Jean-Michel Basquiat went to Africa
Jean-Michel Basquiat, the first American artist of African descent to achieve international stardom, often referenced Africa or the African diaspora in his work. Take, for example, 1983′s “The Nile” (a painting that featured nods to Egyptian hieroglyphs,...
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
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 an artificial dream for the waking world”. At least that’s what Plato thought. In the paintings of Aboudia, we cannot be sure if the...
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Guggenheim’s map–Where is the rest of Africa?
Guest Post by Jennifer Bajorek and Erin Haney The recent announcement of the Guggenheim Foundation’s new “Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative” bears all of the hallmarks of the present era. It is funded by a bank....
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Les Fantômes
A painting sits glowering on the wall of the Jack Bell Gallery in London. Figures daubed in bright colours stare out from the canvases against a dark background broken up by bits of newspaper cuttings. This is...
Friday, April 15th, 2011
Things will get better
Magic Systeme and Tiken Jah Fakoly tells their fellow Ivorians “Ca va aller.”
Partners
Nelson Mandela
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Mandela Day
18 Jul 2013 at 5:00 am
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This is Freedom: The Mandela reality show
30 Sep 2011 at 3:50 pm
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The photographer who showed Nelson Mandela to the world
9 Dec 2013 at 9:00 am
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Three Myths about Mandela Worth Busting
6 Dec 2013 at 9:00 am
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Madiba: I remember
6 Dec 2013 at 3:00 am
