biennale, focus on contemporary art and contemporary African art
Begins
1990 (literature), 1992 visual art
Frequency
biennale, every two years
Location(s)
Dakar, Senegal
Founder
Senegalese government
Organised by
General secretary of the Dakar Biennale
The Dakar Biennale, or Dak'Art - Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Dakar, Senegal. Dak'Art's focus has been on Contemporary African Art since 1996.
The DakarBiennale, or Dak'Art - Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years...
Cerveira, Portugal Changwon Sculpture Biennale in Changwon, South Korea DakarBiennale, also called Dak'Art, biennale in Dakar, Senegal Documenta, contemporary...
Dakar (/dɑːˈkɑːr, dæ-/ UK also: /ˈdækɑːr/; French: [dakaʁ]; Wolof: Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a...
The DakarBiennale 1990 is the first edition of the DakarBiennale organised in Dakar in Senegal in 1990 and focused on literature. The biennale is opened...
and was chair of the Commission on Encounters and Exchanges of the DakarBiennale in 2004, 2006 and 2008, making her responsible for exchanges and meetings...
Paris in 2014, at the DakarBiennale and at the Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International Biennale in 2016. 13th Gwangju biennale. Curators: Defne Ayas and...
Joucas en Provence 2003 "Chemin de l´épreuve", Havana Biennale, Cuba 2002 "Galère" DakarBiennaleDakar 2002 "Camouflage, The Center of Contemporary Art of...
biennials is to situate the DakarBiennale or Dak'art as the first sub-Saharan art biennial whereas it was preceded by the Biennale d'art bantou contemporain...
director of the Edition 12 of Dak'art, the DakarBiennale, in Senegal in 2016 and the Edition 13 of the DakarBiennale in 2017. He curated "Afriques Capitales"...
BiennaleDakar (in French). DakarBiennale. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2022. "Simone Leigh". Berlin Biennale. Archived...
"prototype" currency, called the AFRO, which they presented at the DakarBiennale of Contemporary African Art on May 10. It was designed by Dr. Professor...
also became a member of the International Selection Committee for the DakarBiennale in Senegal. In 2001 he was a fellow at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation...
Biennial in 1991, themed: The Challenge of Colonization Prix de la Biennale, DakarBiennale, or Dak'Art ’92 2nd prize at the Kenya Art Panorama, French Cultural...
cultural heritage of the city of Dakar. Notably, the findings from Dakarmorphose were exhibited at the Dakar Art Biennale in both 2018 and 2022, and the...
Wiener Festwochen in 2017. Ndikung was a guest curator for the 13th DakarBiennale in Senegal, under the artistic direction of Simon Njami. As part of...
Africa, including Moroccan ones. Regional events such as the DakarBiennale (or Dak'Art – Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain), a major contemporary African...
University Art Gallery (Chico, California), and in group exhibitions in the DakarBiennale, Sénégal, the Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Arts Commission...
Galerie Hervé van der Straeten, Paris, France 2016 | Dak’Art, 12th DakarBiennale, Senegal - Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Brooklyn Museum,...
international exhibitions from 2001, including DakarBiennale, Moscow Biennale, Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Among her art projects, there...
and prosecuting lawyers. The work was shown at the 2000 edition of DakarBiennale. Setordji's 5-meter high sculpture commissioned by the city of Accra...
Art Foundation in the UAE, and exhibited in major biennials such as DakarBiennale and Sharjah Biennial. 2002 Frozen Memory, video, photograph and sculpture...
of the city of Dakar, Senegal. 1857 Gorée merchants settle in Dakar. French build fort on Dakar Point. 1862 – "Master plan for Dakar is drafted by Émile...
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