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Besides the usual focus, this year's Dak'Art will refer
more strongly to the globalization context. These are the main exhibitions
and events:
International Exhibition
33 artists from 15 African countries, selected by an
international committee of African curators and critics, as well
as art experts from Austria, Canada and France. President: Sara
Diamond.
Venue: CICES (Centre International de Commerce
Extérieur du Sénégal)
Salon for African Design
5 artists from 4 African countries.
Venue: Maison de la Culture Douta Seck
Individual Exhibitions
3 sections, proposed by different curators:
Africa
3 artists, curated by Yacouba Konaté (Ivory Coast).
Venue:Galerie Nationale d’Art
Diaspora
3 artists, curated by Ivo Mesquita (Brazil)
Venue: Musée de l’IFAN (Institut
Fondamental d’Afrique Noire)
World
12 artists and groups, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist (Switzerland)
Venue:L’Ancien Palais de Justice (Former
Law-Court)
Meetings and Exchange
Conference with the main theme: "Contemporary African art put to
the test of globalization: problems, possibilities and prospects."
Venue: CICES (Centre International de Commerce
Extérieur du Sénégal)
DAK’ART_lab /Book 1
Laboratory of art and technology - platform for scientists, technicians and artists who are interested
in the development of digital art.
Venue: CICES
Tribute to Iba Ndiaye Djadji
Art critic, professor of aesthetics, author of several publications
on contemporary Art in Africa. Since 1996 in charge of the"Meetings
and Exchange" of the Dakar Biennial. He passed away in November
2003.
Venue: CICES
DAK’ART OFF
Many collective and individual, local and international
initiatives parallel to the Biennial.
Organizer:
Secrétariat Général de la Biennale des Arts de Dakar
19, Avenue Hassan II
B.P. 3865
Dakar RP - Sénégal
Phone: (00 221) 33 823 09 18
Fax : (00 221) 33 821 16 32
Email: info@biennaledakar.org
Website: www.biennaledakar.org
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