The Wise Fool Art Podcast

The Wise Fool Art Podcast


Director of the Kampala Biennale, Curator + Gallerist - Daudi Karungi (Kampala, Uganda)

March 25, 2021

We discussed: - Artists need galleries - his need to learn what a gallery should be - the issues of being outside of the international art market - the art fair circuit - the difference between African artists on the continent and African artists living elsewhere in the world - Contemporary African Art collectors - Repatriation - the need for more museums in Africa - his desire to sell art not artists - no need for artist statements - being in the art world is a long game     4 inspiring artists: Henry 'Mzili' Mujunga - https://www.afriartgallery.org/artists/henry-mzili-mujunga/ Richard Atugonza - https://www.afriartgallery.org/artists/richard-atugonza/ Sungi Mlengeya - https://www.afriartgallery.org/artists/sungi-mlengeya/ Gael Maski - https://ugandanartstrust.org/artists-work/por-maski/   People + Places mentioned: Dakar Biennale - https://biennaledakar.org Venice Biennale - https://www.labiennale.org David Adjaye - https://www.adjaye.com Simon Njami - https://www.at-work.org/en/workshop-leaders-en/simon-njami-workshop-leaders/ 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust - https://ugandanartstrust.org KLA ART - https://klaart.org Art Joburg - https://artjoburg.com START Journal - https://startjournal.org   www.afriartgallery.org www.kampalaartstrust.org www.kampalabiennale.org   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no