Okwui Enwezor's global curatorial project

Okwui Enwezor is the first curator of his generation to direct Documenta and the Venice Biennale and the first African curator to direct either one. In an article titled How Okwui Enwezor Changed the Art World, the Wall Street Journal tracks Enwezor's global curatorial project, beginning with his 1996 breakthrough show Insight: African Photographers 1940 to Present at the Guggenhein Museum. Since then he has produced international exhibitions that seek to define their moment - biennials in Johannesburg, Gwangju and the Paris Triennial - and historically-driven, encyclopedic museum shows. Read more...
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Okwui Enwezor checks out Australian art

Okwui Enwezor, the artistic director of the 56th Venice Biennale, has been on a whirlwind trip to Sydney and Melbourne where he has been meeting artists and visiting galleries and exhibitions, which he described as a "fascinating investigation into Australian contemporary art". Read more...
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Okwui Enwezor on the Venice Biennale

In this interview Okwui Enwezor talks about his career and vision for the 2015 Venice Biennale.
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Artistic director of 2015 Venice Biennale announced

Okwui Enwezor has been named as the artistic director of the 2015 Venice Biennale. Currently director of Haus der Kunst in Munich, Enwezor has also been artistic director of Documenta 11 (2002), Triennale d'Art Contemporain of Paris at the Palais de Tokyo (2006) and the Gwuangju Biennale (2008). Read more...
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