The Wise Fool Art Podcast
Curator of African Art, Dr. Amanda M. Maples (USA + Germany)
- being a white woman from rural USA curating African art
- elitism in the art world
- co-curatorial practices
- the barriers to entry in the curatorial field
- the global north
- Masquerade
- Diaspora throughout the art world
- appropriate uses of the term Tribe
- restitutions
- reparations
- the desire for equitable access to art throughout the world
- the need for more global circulation among museums
- colonialization in art museums
- the need for museum transparency
People + Places mentioned:
Digital Benin - https://digital-benin.org
MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum - https://markk-hamburg.de
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - https://africa.si.edu
North Carolina Museum of Art - https://ncartmuseum.org
Hervé Youmbi - https://axis.gallery/artists/herve-youmbi
Jordan Fenton - https://miamioh.edu/cca/academics/departments/art/about/faculty-staff/faculty/jordan-fenton/index.html
Lisa Homann - https://coaa.uncc.edu/people/lisa-homann
Revisionist History - http://revisionisthistory.com
Hermitage Museum - https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/?lng=en
Chika Okeke-Agulu - https://artandarchaeology.princeton.edu/people/faculty/chika-okeke-agulu
People that inspire her:
Selly Raby Kane (Senegal): https://www.instagram.com/sellyrabykane/
Alun Be (Senegal): https://www.instagram.com/alunbe/
Tsoku Maela (South Africa): https://www.instagram.com/tsokumaela/
Jean Servais (designer, Côte d'Ivoire): https://www.instagram.com/somiandesign/
Ousmane Mbaye (designer, Senegal): https://www.instagram.com/ousmanembaye_design/
Sheku Fofanah (masquerade designer, or 'kotu', Sierra Leone): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046761553776
Digital Benin - https://digital-benin.org/
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EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway - https://eeagrants.org/
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