Mame-Diarra Niang, Edson Chagas, Francois-Xavier Gbre: The African cityscape the works of
The Lay of the Land at the Walther Collection in Chelsea, New York. I was looking forward to this exhibition since my conversation with Mame –Diarra Niang in Arles about her recent body of photographic works Metropolis. I had first met her the previous year in Joburg at a cocktail party on the occasion of […]
Rotimi Fani-Kayode: “Nothing to Lose” in Chelsea
Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Nothing to Lose at the Walther Collection Project Space. I was thrilled to see that finally Rotimi Fani-Kayode was getting a proper showing in New York. This tribute to his photographic work is long overdue. Indeed he was seminal in his portraiture of black African homosexuality. “The first solo exhibition in New York […]
Africa at Paris-Photo
African Photography at the Grand Palais The fifteenth edition of Paris-Photo was held for the first time at the Grand Palais, a grand Beaux Arts building remarkable for its iron, steel, and glass barrel vaulted roof. This new location for the fair, which was previously underground in the Carrousel du Louvre, is best adapted to […]
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