Tag: London

• Review of the 2017 edition of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London

  

  The 2017 edition of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair took place at Somerset House in London, between Thursday 5th and Sunday 8th October. Now in its fifth year, the event featured contributions by more than 130 artists from continental Africa and the global African diasporas, presented alongside a programme of stimulating talks and panel…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  October 8, 2017

  African Diaspora, Art, Contemporary African Art, Contemporary Art

  1: 54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, Somerset House

• Return of the Rudeboy: Ska, Swagger and ‘Sapologie’ at Somerset House

  

  After reading Sean O’Hagan’s thought-provoking preview of the ‘Return of the Rudeboy’ exhibition at Somerset House in London – titled, ‘Rude Boys: Shanty Town to Savile Row’ (The Guardian/Observer, 24th May 2014) – I placed this event quite high on my list of top 10 “must see” summer showcases, and managed to get along to…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 31, 2014

  Caribbean Diaspora, Curating, Curatorship, Diasporas, Exhibition Review, Exhibitions, Fashion, London, United Kingdom

  Baudouin Mouanda, Brazzaville, Carol Tulloch, Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, CNHI, Dandyism, Fashion, Kinshasa, Les Sapeurs, London, Michael McMillan, Monica L. Miller, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, Robyn Orlin, Rudeboy, Rudegirl, Sapologie, Ska, Somerset House, Sound System