The African debate

Dakar Biennale: is contemporary African art also popular on the continent?

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The Dakar International Art Biennale brings together for its 14th edition in the Senegalese capital works of contemporary art from all over the African continent.

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By: Alain Foka Follow

Formerly described as primitive or savage, African art is now regaining its letters of nobility on the world level and has, in recent years, benefited from increased recognition.

Artists from the continent invade exhibitions and contemporary art fairs around the world, but do they have the same success in Africa where galleries and museums are rare?

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With the participation of :

- Malick Ndiaye

, researcher and teacher, curator of the Théodore-Monod Museum of African Art within the Cheikh-Anta-Diop University of Dakar, artistic director of the

- Tiemoko Diarra

, artist

- Océane Harati

, founder and director of

in Dakar

- Beya Gille Gacha

, visual artist.

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