The Dakar Biennale returns in November 2026 for its sixteenth edition, continuing a history that has made the city an important platform for contemporary African art and its diasporas. What interests me is not simply the scale of a biennale, but what happens when an international art event grows from a cultural history that predates the current global exhibition circuit. Dakar connects contemporary practice to earlier Pan-African cultural ambitions. A biennale can be temporary, yet the conversations it keeps reopening may last much longer than the exhibition itself.
Dakar Looking Forward Again
BIENNALE DE L'ART AFRICAIN CONTEMPORAIN PRESS RELEASE - BIENNALE DE L'ART AFRICAIN CONTEMPORAIN The Government of Senegal, through the Ministry of Culture, Crafts, and Tourism, is pleased to announce the organization of the 16th edition of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, which will take place in Dakar from November 19 to December 19, 2026. Recognized as one of the most prominent artistic events on the international stage, […]