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Clip of Shonibare from TV series, Art 21 (William Kentridge also stars). See also this profile of Shonibare in The New York Times. A retrospective of his work opens at the Brooklyn Museum this week.

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Retrospective of his art the Brooklyn Museum through September 20, 2009.

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Exhibition (till July 25, 2009) at Exit Art in Manhattan on the 20th black arts and political movement. Curated by New Yorkers Papo Colo, Tânia Cypriano, Rose Myriam Réjouis, Franklin Sirmans and Greg Tate. Includes a party on June 18 (7 till 11pm) with Baye Kouyaté and Les Tougarakes, Dallam-Dougou, and DJ Turmix, and a [...]

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Paris-based Zoulikha Bouabdellah (born in Moscow of Algerian parents), seen in a video above talking about her work at the Brooklyn Museum in 2007 (as part of the “Global Feminisms” exhibition), is one of six artists in “Perspectives: Women, Art & Islam” (going till September 13, 2009), an exhibition opening next Thursday, June 4, at [...]

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Artist Glen Ligon channels Zora Neale Hurston.

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the art of Shadi Ghadirian as part of exhibition and panel on “The Seen and the Hidden: [Dis]covering the Veil” at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Manhattan.

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Jasper de Beijer, Udongo 08, 2009. Courtesy Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag “… Jasper de Beijer play[s] with reality in [his] photographs. After all, a photograph shows what is seen through the lens. However, what if that is not actually reality, but a specially constructed version of reality? … [D]e Beijer goes even further: he [...]

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Recently the Foundation La Biennale di Venezia announced a list of over ninety artists from seventy seven countries for the fifty-third Venice Biennale’s main exhibition, titled “Making Worlds,” scheduled for June 7–November 22. The African artists included are: Georges Adéagbo (born Cotonou, Benin, 1942) Anawana Haloba (born in Livingstone, Zambia, 1978) Susan Hefuna (born in [...]

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The Scene Gallery Cannon Hersey and Samson Mnisi Works on Paper May 9th – June 10th, 2009 Opening reception: Saturday May 9th, 3 – 7pm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: contact Sara Safiullah / Ra kaa Shabaka: 718-622-2201

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