Dakar Biennale 2024: For Salimata Diop, ‘Art has the power to turn the world upside down’

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With the theme of ‘The Wake’ and the United States as guest country, the young Franco-Senegalese artistic director of this year’s Dakar Biennale aims to create a truly international show that strengthens the contemporary art ecosystem on the continent.

Salimata Diop, who has been chosen as the artistic director for this spring’s edition of the Dakar Biennale, previously directed the contemporary art fair AKAA at the Carreau du Temple in Paris, and theFormer putschist General Gowon reaches out to the juntas in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso

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