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/ Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com Supported by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway - https://eeagrants.org/ Our partners: Hunt Kastner - https://huntkastner.com/ Kunstsentrene i Norge - https://www.kunstsentrene.no/