5 Exemplary Tadao Ando Buildings You Should Know

Through five extraordinary projects, traverse the unique and illustrious output of Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline’s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. Born in 1941 in Osaka, Japan, Ando was a boxer and professional fighter before settling on the occupation of…

Ivorian-Canadian Artist Ramata Cissé’s Decolonial Dinner Takes Over Fonderie Darling

On Friday 21 October 2022, Ivorian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist Ramata Cissé presented her performance installation Wondane at Montreal’s Fonderie Darling. Curated by James Oscar and Fabienne Parisien, the presentation comprised a performative video installation, alongside the artist’s inaugural sculptural works, taking the form of imposing bronze utensils, accompanied by a series of photographs. Cissé, recently an…

Blackness As A Site Of Dreaming & Possibilities

Reflecting on the Hayward Gallery’s major summer show, In the Black Fantastic, which ran from 29 June –⁠18 September 2022, Ivorian-French multidisciplinary artist and writer Keren Lasme unpacks the ambitious exhibition’s highlights.   “This is the domain of the Strange, the Marvelous, and the Fantastic…” — Suzanne Césaire, Tropiques (1941). Affixed on one of the…

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