Tag: Présence Africaine

• Reflections on the legacies of ‘Statues Also Die’ (Présence Africaine, 1953) re. the museums sector in France today

  

  Earlier this year an article by Tom Devriendt was posted to the online discussion forum ‘Africa is a Country’ to commemorate the life and work of French filmmaker Alain Resnais (1922-2014), who passed away on 1st March  (Devriendt, 2014). The central focus of this piece was to celebrate the achievements of Resnais and his co-director Chris Marker…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 27, 2014

  Art, Contemporary African Art, Contemporary Art, Curatorship, Exhibitions, Film, France, Museology, Museums, Paris

  Africa, Africa Remix, African art, Alain Resnais, Chéri Samba, Chris Marker, Ciprien Tokoudagba, Jean-Hubert Martin, Magiciens de la Terre, Négritude, Présence Africaine, Samuel Fosso, Simon Njami, Twins Seven Seven, William Fagg, Willie Bester, Yinka Shonibare