Aindrea Emelife
@aindrea
Art Historian, Writer, Curator, Broadcaster 🖊 : The Guardian, The FT, Telegraph, Vanity Fair, Frieze, GQ 📺 BBC, Sky Arts #PublicRealmLDN
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http://www.aindrea.com 28-10-2008 09:08:59
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"Rather than simply putting forth a compelling grouping of contemporary talent, I wanted to establish a legacy." Fotografiska New York curator Aindrea Emelife joins Amber Pinkerton and Renee Cox to explore the impact of Black women in art. Panel on 12 May: bit.ly/3w4vbiV
“‘Black Venus’, curated by Aindrea Emelife & on view at Fotografiska New York, is a cross-generational survey of the Black female body. Through the work of 17 international artists, the show captures a complex past and reclaimed present.” Aindrea Emelife wallpaper.com/art/black-venu…
★★★★★ "If we are to move towards a truly decolonised art world then we must realise that it should not require an artist to fit neatly or repeatedly into a category. Exhibitions like this show us how" #InTheBlackFantastic @GuardianCulture [Aindrea Emelife] theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…
“How do you create a sacred space?” – Curator Aindrea Emelife speaks to Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates on his recently opened Serpentine Pavilion #BlackChapel realised in collaboration with Sir David Adjaye. More here via Wallpaper* wallpaper.com/art/theaster-g…
Aindrea Emelife just listening to your musings on LNL. DOTS on! 🌏#DemocracyOnTheStreets 🌎Connect the #DOTS 🐛🦋 youtu.be/I1Lo1JW7oq8
Too much good stuff in 'Art as subterfuge' to parse. 👇🏽Aindrea Emelife, Vaxine Beneba Clarke & Fumba Chama riff large on the power of ‘protest’ art to effect change. DOTS on Phillip Adams! 🌏#DemocracyOnTheStreets 🌍Join the #DOTS 🐛🦋 abclisten.page.link/phDK6zHf2QzYby…
Late Night Live Phillip Adams Vaxine Beneba Clarke Fumba Chama Aindrea Emelife So good! Handprints as the first protest art, art as taboo breaker, backstory to ‘When We Say Black Lives Matter’, *and* the democratisation of protest art… All DOTS on! 🌎Connecting the #DOTS 🌏#DemocracyOnTheStreets 👉🏽dotZero.live
"It's as if we've been looking at the world with blinkers," curator and art historian Aindrea Emelife tells me. "I hope this highlights the expanse of Black womanhood..." Q&A on her show Fotografiska New York BLACK VENUS in Aesthetica Magazine. Image © Zanele Muholi aestheticamagazine.com/femininity-ref…
Because of my work with cities like Freetown, Accra, Dakar and soon Abidjan, I was especially taken by this piece by Aindrea Emelife on the West Africa art scene and its legacy of creativity👇 on.ft.com/3YJH7Tk She asks some very good questions:
"restitution is meaningless if it doesn’t catalyse and connect with the present and the future." Writing in Financial Times Aindrea Emelife considers the West African art scene & how the return of objects should mark the start, not the end, of a relationship. ow.ly/ffAL50NhJcE #beninbronzes
Congratulations to BLACK VENUS curator Aindrea Emelife who has been selected to curate the Nigerian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2024! 👏 artnews.com/art-news/news/…… Image (c) Enrico Fiorese
For Interview Magazine, I interviewed Aindrea Emelife, the curator who will be hosting the second-ever Nigerian pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. interviewmagazine.com/art/meet-aindr…
#BlackVenus is empowering, inspiring & thoughtful Aindrea Emelife Somerset House exhibiting photographic artwork illustrating historical depictions of Black women and the caricaturing of the Black body. 🎨