Autore: Alessia D'Introno

Alessia D’Introno is Editor-in-Chief of the African contemporary art magazine Equator Echoes, registered in the Special List of the Lombardy Journalists’ Association. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies from NABA, Milan, and has completed a postgraduate course in Demoethnoanthropological Heritage at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She has published articles in Juliet Art Magazine and ArtsLife. Her critical and curatorial research focuses on the deconstruction of classical art history and the decolonization of the contemporary European art system.

Amoako Boafo at Palazzo Grimani: The Power of Blackness in Portraiture

By Alessia D’Introno Amoako Boafo’s portraiture is striking for its colour, the intensity of his subjects’ gazes, and their self-assurance. At the Palazzo Grimani Museum, this time, it is above all the textures of the garments he paints that surprise us. The Ghanaian artist, in Italy for the first time with It Doesn’t Have to […]

In Minor Keys – The Venice Biennale Curated by Koyo Kouoh: From the Arsenale to the Giardini

By Alessia D’Introno The 61st International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, curated by Koyo Kouoh, took place against the backdrop of a turbulent and unsettled global historical landscape. The protests against the opening of certain national pavilions, such as Russia’s, carried out by Pussy Riot during the opening ceremony, and the mass resignation of the […]

Interview with Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh: blaxTARLINES KUMASI and Its Radical Artistic Practice

By Alessia D’Introno In recent years, the work of blaxTARLINES KUMASI has emerged as one of the most significant practices at the intersection of artistic experimentation, emancipation, and social responsibility. The collective is a paradigm that challenges the Eurocentric hierarchies of contemporary art, proposing models for education, production, and sharing. Conceived and launched within KNUST, […]

Interview with Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi: Performance Queer Resistance and the Future of pIAR

By Alessia D’Introno Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, also known as crazinisT artisT is one of the most daring and revolutionary voices in the Ghanaian contemporary art scene. With the pronouns sHit if not She, she subverts the contradictions of language and denounces how the homophobic colonial legacy has reinforced the perception of queer people as disgusting.An internationally renowned […]

In Minor Keys: Koyo Kouoh’s Final Symphony for the 2026 Venice Biennale

By Alessia D’Introno Following the recent passing of curator Koyo Kouoh (1967–May 10, 2025), who had been appointed by President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco to curate the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2026, the art world has responded with deep sorrow and a sense of loss. One of the main questions concerned the […]