Talk: Elvira Dyangani Ose on Everlyn Nicodemus (EN)
Marking the final day of the exhibition Black Bird, MACBA director Elvira Dyangani Ose will explore Everlyn Nicodemus' extensive body of work and her investigations into African modern and contemporary art. This discussion will highlight connections to the exhibition "Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica," currently on view at MACBA, and including works by Nicodemus.
Elvira Dyangani Ose is the Director of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), a position she has held since September 2021. She was previously Director and Chief Curator of The Showroom in London, a Lecturer in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, an advisor to the Tate Modern Advisory Council, and a member of the Thought Council at Fondazione Prada. Her earlier roles include Curator of the Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art; Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, London; Artistic Director of Rencontres Picha – Lubumbashi Biennial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Senior Curator at Creative Time in New York.
She is currently a doctoral candidate in History of Art and Visual Studies at Cornell University in New York. She also holds an Advanced Studies Diploma in Theory and History of Architecture from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, and a BA in Art History from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.