Lagos Photo Festival: a local grass roots project
A new frontier photography: Lagos A couple of weeks ago I went to Lagos, Nigeria to attend the Lagos Photo Festival. I had been to Bamako several times, had found the quality pretty consistent but the event felt quite formal and isolated from mainstream Bamako. So this year I decided to go and check out […]
African Design at the Vitra Design Museum
Breaking new ground: Contemporary Design from Africa. Life has changed a bit recently and I am reconnecting with my French past. I now spend some time during the summer months in a cute little bergerie nestled on a hill at the foot of the Luberon mountains. Surrounded by olive trees growing on terraces and with […]
Contemporary African Art comes to New York
I am finally drawing a breath after a hectic period of art fairs and art shows in New York. Art fairs seem to be a necessary evil though I confess it does bring out the worst in me. I am tempted to go through them, as I would leaf through an art book, quickly glancing […]
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