The Prince Pierre Foundation in Monaco has awarded Arthur Jafa the 2019 Prix International d’Art Contemporain (PIAC), or international prize for contemporary art. The American artist was selected for his video work Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death, 2016, and was honored at an award ceremony at the Opéra Garnier in Monte-Carlo on
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (July 31, 2019) –ArtServe, South Florida’s historic arts incubator, recently announced the appointment of Contemporary African Diaspora Art (CADA) Managing Director Ludlow Bailey as consulting curator. One of the nation's leading curators of culture as art, Bailey will join ArtServe Curator Sophie Bonet in developing ArtServe’s upcoming artistic season, which celebrates
Ghana's Pavallion earned rave reviews at the 58th Venice Biennale. Click here for the source of the overview. The Ghanian Pavilion rocks at the 58th Venice Biennale with curving galleries designed by David Adjaye, artists are putting Africa firmly on the biennale map.. Artnet says, “The knockout pavilion, which includes work by John Akomfrah and
CADA blog review of Afrofuture. Afrofuture: A pop-up exhibition created in honor of Black History Month and designed to celebrate the rising value of African Diaspora Art in the contemporary art world. The event was sponsored in part by AARP and The Miami Design District. [wl_geomap] The opening of Afrofuture on February 15,
ICA MIAMI based, Art historian, Yadira Capaz review of Afrofuture Review of “Afrofuture” Exhibition by Yadira Capaz March 2019 The “Afrofuture” exhibition as curated by Ludlow Bailey was a long overdue, missing piece in Miami’s Design District. For a place that stands for the power of design to create the world anew, it
For an excerpt from the panel, click here. The 9th Annual Art Basel Panel Discussion on Contemporary African Diaspora Art moderated by curator, Ludlow Bailey, convened on Sunday, December 9, 2018, at the Biscayne campus of Florida International University. The global African international panel included, Nigerian performance artist, Jelili Atiku, Jamaican American art
By Ludlow Bailey/November 30, 2018. The 17th edition of one of the greatest commercial art fairs on earth opens on Wednesday, December 3, 2018. The leading players in the art world will descend on Miami to partake in an art carnival that has become the winter diversion of choice for the rich and the
Yeah! The D-Day is here! Yemoja Festival at Brown University. Join us for scared Iwure Odun, procession and veneration of Yemoja by 11:00am at George H. Bass Performing Arts Space, Churchill House, Brown University / Providence River at India Point Park, Fox Point, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
In celebration of Miami Art Week 2018, the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) will present a groundbreaking exhibition celebrating the founding of AfriCOBRA – the black artist collective that defined the visual aesthetic of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s. 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the collective which
Ashlee Thomas serves as the President of Miami Urban Contemporary Experience most commonly known as MUCE. MUCE is an arts production company located in Miami. Thomas has served as an arts educator in Los Angeles, Australia, Haiti, Trinidad, Guyana, and the Dominican Republic. In 2013, she co-founded Melbourne Webfest in Australia, serving as the Festival Director. Returning to Miami, she
