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His pavilion will be highly anticipated, since in 2022 the British Pavilion took the Golden Lion.
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Dealer Ronald Feldman Dies at 84, John Akomfrah Is Knighted, and More: Morning Links for January 3, 2023
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Warhol Foundation Doles Out $4.1 M. in Grants to 49 Art Institutions
Surveys for Pacita Abad and John Akomfrah, as well as the next Carnegie International, received funding.
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Flight Patterns: John Akomfrah at Lisson Gallery
In his latest film, John Akomfrah gives visual and historical shape to the traumas of this decade—pandemic, police violence, oppression—without blurring their forms.
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Art21 Details Next Season of Beloved TV Series, Spotlighting Anish Kapoor, John Akomfrah, and More
The season will feature artists working in London, Beijing, and the United States–Mexico border.
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Dread Scott’s Struggle to Reclaim Collective Memory
With last year's Slave Rebellion Reenactment, Dread Scott and John Akomfrah created a living monument to historic uprisings against racial injustice.
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John Akomfrah’s Best Films, Ranked: Strange Futures, Black Identities in Flux, Earthly Damage, and More
The dizzying array of topics broached in his films has made them inspirational for young artists.
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Unprecedented Toppling of Monument to Slave Trader Shocks British Art World
"It was the kind of thing I never thought I'd see in my lifetime," artist Hew Locke said.
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The 20 Best Environmentalist Artworks of the Past 50 Years
In celebration of Earth Day's 50th anniversary, a guide to some of the most important ecologically minded works.
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