In Minor Keys: l’ultima sinfonia di Koyo Kouoh per la Biennale di Venezia 2026

Di Alessia D’Introno English Version Dopo la recente scomparsa della curatrice Koyo Kouoh (1967- 10 maggio 2025), nominata dal Presidente Pietrangelo Buttafuoco per curare la 61. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Biennale di Venezia 2026, il mondo dell’arte ha reagito con commozione e smarrimento. Uno dei principali interrogativi riguardava il futuro della mostra da lei ideata, […]
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 […]
Dietro i paradigmi. Intervista a Elvira Vannini

Di Alessia D’Introno In a thoughtful and thoughtful reflection on contemporary art and its postcolonial paradigms, Elvira Vannini, art critic and historian, promotes an art that is entirely feminist, ecological, and anti-imperialist. Through her magazine, Hot Potatoes, she formulates a new critique. In your case, the terms feminism and decolonialism don’t imply a passing fad, […]
Interview with Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh curator of the exhibition at Apalazzogallery

By Alessia D’Introno Often in group exhibitions of contemporary art, especially in Western institutional contexts, curatorial practices tend to reduce the complexity of the artists’ individual works and visions to a common register, flattening diversity in favour of a homogeneous community idea. In Brescia, the exhibition Fragments of a World After Its Own Image at […]
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński The archive in constant rewriting

By Alessia D’Introno everything remains in the eye of the storm it is quiet, they say but now that I’m in it I can assure you echoes refuse to fade they only return to reclaim who was taken Taken from the poem displayed on the walls of Kunst Merano Arte, this poetic invocation is the […]
Behind paradigms. Interview with Elvira Vannini

By Alessia D’Introno In a focused and attentive reflection on contemporary art and its post-colonial paradigms, Elvira Vannini, art critic and historian, disseminates an all-feminist, ecological and anti-imperialist art. Through her magazine Hot Potatoes, she formulates a new critique. In her case, the terms feminism and de-colonialism do not imply a passing fad, but the […]
The Cultural Representation from Visual Anthropology to the Post-Colonial Critique of Filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-Ha

By Alessia D’Introno The work of filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha, through her iconic film Reassemblage, challenges the conventions of visual anthropology and documentary filmmaking by criticizing the colonial representations imposed on Africa. With a post-colonial and intersectional approach, she ushered in significant changes to the dominant narrative toward the end of the 20th century. The image […]
Filmmaker Assia Djebar in the Algerian feminist movement

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