MUSEUM GEOGRAPHIES

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  • Black Chapel: Serpentine Pavilion 2022, created by Theaster Gates

    Black Chapel: Serpentine Pavilion 2022, created by Theaster Gates

    Carol Ann Dixon’s illustrated review of ‘Black Chapel’ – an architectural structure designed by Chicago-born contemporary visual artist and arts scholar Theaster Gates as the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion. This major public art commission is on view in Kensington Gardens, London, through to October 16th, 2022.

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    Carol Ann Dixon

    August 10, 2022
    London, United Kingdom
    architectural installation, Public art, Serpentine Pavilion, Theaster Gates
  • African Photojournalism at the Tropenmuseum: Faces, Expressions and Fabrics of Solidarity

    African Photojournalism at the Tropenmuseum: Faces, Expressions and Fabrics of Solidarity

    One of the highlights of my trip to the Netherlands in July 2022 was viewing a series of photo narratives that formed part of the presentation “World Press Photo: Through the Lens of Contemporary Photographers from Africa,” exhibited at the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (24 June 2021 to 08 January 2023), and curated in partnership with the […]

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    Carol Ann Dixon

    August 1, 2022
    Africa, Photography, Visual Analysis
    Oral testimonies, Photo journalism, Visual narratives
  • The National Windrush Monument, London, UK

    The National Windrush Monument, London, UK

    One of the key advantages of living in London, that far outweigh its well-documented costliness and environmental downsides, is the opportunity to view internationally outward-facing public works of art that have the power to generate significant cultural ripple effects and transcend their physical display settings. The most recent major art commission to trigger this type […]

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    Carol Ann Dixon

    June 25, 2022
    Caribbean Diaspora, London, Sculpture
    Basil Watson, Floella Benjamin, Monuments, Windrush
  • Benin Art: Yesterday and Today, Palais de la Marina, Cotonou, February-May 2022

    Benin Art: Yesterday and Today, Palais de la Marina, Cotonou, February-May 2022

    A major exhibition marking the return of 26 artworks stolen from Benin 130 years ago by French colonial forces opened to the public at the Palais de la Marina, Cotonou, on 19 February 2022. The exhibits at the centre of the presentation constitute the first tranche of selected historic artworks and sacred objects identified for […]

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    Carol Ann Dixon

    February 23, 2022
    Art – Politics, Benin, Cultural Discourse, Ethics
    Decolonising the museum, Restitution
  • “Intersectional Challenges in Afroeuropean Communities” – 8th Afroeuropeans Network Conference, Brussels, 22-24 September 2022

    “Intersectional Challenges in Afroeuropean Communities” –  8th Afroeuropeans Network Conference, Brussels, 22-24 September 2022

    The 8th biennial conference of the Afroeuropeans Network will be held in Brussels at the Humanities, Sciences and Engineering campus of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, 22-24 September 2022. This gathering provides an important space for engaging in dialogues, exchanging ideas, disseminating information and co-producing knowledge pertaining to Black cultures and identities in Europe. It […]

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    Carol Ann Dixon

    February 14, 2022
    Antiracism, Belgium, Conferences, Discourse
    Activism, Intersectionality, Racial justice
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African Photojournalism at the Tropenmuseum: Faces, Expressions and Fabrics of Solidarity

August 1, 2022

The National Windrush Monument, London, UK

June 25, 2022

Benin Art: Yesterday and Today, Palais de la Marina, Cotonou, February-May 2022

February 23, 2022

“Intersectional Challenges in Afroeuropean Communities” – 8th Afroeuropeans Network Conference, Brussels, 22-24 September 2022

February 14, 2022

Barbara Walker: Place, Space and Who

September 27, 2021

Theaster Gates will design the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion in London

May 22, 2021

New Museum Online Event: Meeting Worlds – On Okwui Enwezor’s Work

January 26, 2021

Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara

December 26, 2020

“Curating and Collecting Anti-Racism?”: An Online Conversation (RCMC Event)

November 22, 2020
SIEF2021 Congress Logo

CFP: “Museums as Spaces for Anti-Racism” – SIEF International Congress: Breaking the Rules? Power, Participation, Transgression (Online), 21-24 June 2021

October 27, 2020

Interdisciplinary Dialogues: Deconstructing Institutional Racism through a Decolonial Lens

October 24, 2020

Call for Panels: Conference on Intersectional Challenges in Afroeuropean Communities, 7-10 July 2021

July 14, 2020

IMD2020: Museums for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

May 18, 2020

En Plein Air: Reflections of a ‘Black Flaneuse’ in New York

May 9, 2020

Film-maker and installation artist Isaac Julien CBE, RA, in conversation with Professor Louise Yelin

April 18, 2020

Decolonial Dialogues: A Shared Space for Artists, Activists and Researchers

March 28, 2020

Issues of Diversity within Lines of Beauty

March 1, 2020

Trokon Nagbe: The World Gives Life – A Solo Exhibition at Skoto Gallery, New York

February 22, 2020

Four Women, For Women: Caribbean Diaspora Artists Reimag(in)ing the Fine Art Canon

January 13, 2020

Illusions Vol. I, Narcissus and Echo, by Grada Kilomba

December 1, 2019

Lina Iris Viktor: Some Are Born to Endless Night – Dark Matter

November 24, 2019

Decolonizing Methodologies: Some Socio-Political and Poetic Reflections

November 11, 2019

1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, October 2019

October 8, 2019

Frank Bowling: The Possibilities of Paint are Never-Ending

September 17, 2019

Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers

August 4, 2019

Black In/visibilities Contested – Conference Review, Lisbon, July 2019

July 15, 2019

David Adjaye: Making Memory at the Design Museum, London

March 25, 2019

Illuminated Glass at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London

February 5, 2019

Review of the 2018 edition of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London

October 14, 2018

Sculptural Subjects: Figures and Encounters in Space

August 29, 2018

MUSEUM GEOGRAPHIES

This site features blog posts, exhibition reviews and other commentaries examining the cultural geographies of museums, galleries, heritage and the arts, written by Carol Ann Dixon, Ph.D. (Researcher and Education Consultant).

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