Tag: Zak Ové

• Decolonising Minds and Museums through Contemporary Art Activism

  

  “Transforming Museums, Decolonizing Minds,” by Carol Ann Dixon, Ph.D. features in Volume 47 (Issue 4) of the Journal of Museum Education – published January 5, 2023. This paper on anti-racist and decolonial activism within art museums, experimental project spaces and collections of ethnography is one of ten in a special issue focused on Activist Pedagogies…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  January 8, 2023

  Activism, African Diaspora, Art – Politics, Contemporary Art, Decolonization, Museums, Visual Analysis

  Anti-racism, Decolonisation, Nathalie Mba Bikoro, Yinka Shonibare, Zak Ové

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

  

  Zak Ové’s curation of the group exhibition Get Up, Stand Up Now (Somerset House, London, 12 June – 15 September 2019) foregrounds and celebrates the work of more than 100 artists from Africa, the Caribbean region, the African Diaspora in Britain and throughout the wider world who have made significant contributions to the UK’s cultural…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 4, 2019

  African Diaspora, Caribbean Diaspora, Contemporary African Art, Contemporary Caribbean Art, Exhibition Review, London, United Kingdom

  Horace Ové, Somerset House, Zak Ové

• Zak Ové’s Triumph at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London (2016)

  

  The 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair presented its fourth consecutive edition at Somerset House in London (6-9 October 2016) – organised by the Fair’s founding director, Moroccan-born entrepreneur and art enthusiast Touria El Glaoui. Expanding in size and scale by an increase of 40% since its inaugural edition in 2013, this year’s 1:54 showcased works by more than 130 artists from…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  October 10, 2016

  Africa, African Diaspora, Art, Contemporary African Art, Contemporary Art, Exhibition Review, London, United Kingdom

  1: 54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Black Lives Matter, Installation, Somerset House, Touria El Glaoui, Zak Ové