Issue 042 – Kampala Art Biennale
Biennale, Biennale, Biennale. Like a war-cry, the artist of Africa have something to say. This time they will be shouting out from the streets and galleries of Kampala. In a push to showcase Kampala...
View ArticleAfrica, Kampala and the Irony of Progress
By Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi A new biennale committed to the promotion and dissemination of African art is born in Kampala, East Africa. Coming about two decades into the life of the Dakar Biennale, the...
View ArticleVernacular Contemporary Art as a Manifestation of ‘Glocal’ Personality?
By Bandile Gumbi Glocal: a term I will love to hate, but seems to linger in my subconscious and has thus become part of my thinking. The works submitted for the inaugural Kampala Biennale left me...
View ArticleArt, Culture and Tourism – Need for Integration?
By Henry Mzili Mujunga Visual art is an integral part of the arts, in turn the arts are an integral part of culture. This is primarily due to the innate value of life enhancement, entertainment and...
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