In and Out of Africa: Foreigners Everywhere or Are They?

The Venice Art Biennale celebrates its 60th anniversary. There have been times, particularly over the last 10 years, that this illustrious event has reacted to globalisation with the feel of a thematic art project. And yet, this year’s international presentation of art and culture has a Latin American curator (the first!) Brazilian Adriana Pedrosa. His mission is one of consideration, empathy and inclusion. There were many more African, Latin American, and Asian artists than ever before and the most significant number of African pavilions (54, but the most so far!) in evidence. Sophie Kazan was in Venice as the fair opened. She reviews some of the works by African artists in the fair’s main exhibitions curated by Pedrosa, a selection of her top pavilions, and some of the lateral events taking place around Venice. More