Reframing "African Art"Join artists Abraham O. Oghobase, Mallory Lowe Mpoka and Moridja Kitenge Banza in a conversation offering unique insights into their individual practices across various mediums, perspectives, and cultural influences. Moridja Kitenge Banza, (b.1980, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo) is a Canadian artist of Congolese origin, based in Montreal. His artistic approach lies somewhere between reality and fiction, a means by which he questions the history, memory an...
Zak Ové in ConversationZak Ové, a British-Trinidadian artist joins AGO Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora, Julie Crooks in conversation about his work and how it connects with Carnival, Trinidad, and the African Diaspora. Ové’s Moko Jumbie was commissioned for the AGO in 2021; the 18-foot-sculpture can be found in the Galeria Italia. The latest exhibition, Life Between Islands, is dedicated to Ové’s father, Horace Ové (1939-2023): a Trinidad-born artist who remains ...