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10:25am MST

Keynote: Koyo Kouoh

Wednesday March 5, 2025 10:25am - 11:15am MST

Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago

Join us for a keynote by Koyo Kouoh, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art
Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in Cape Town.

Moderators

Koyo Kouoh is the Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary ArtAfrica (Zeitz MOCAA) in Cape Town since May 2019. Prior to this appointment, she was thefounding Artistic Director of RAW Material Company, a centre for art, knowledge and society inDakar, Senegal... Read More →

Wednesday March 5, 2025 10:25am - 11:15am MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave

Presentations, Keynote

Host Organization Art Institute of Chicago
Location Loop/Streeterville

1:40pm MST

Keynote: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Wednesday March 5, 2025 1:40pm - 2:15pm MST

Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago

Join us for a keynote by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, who has been featured at Tate Britain, The Guggenheim Bilbao, Haus Der Kunst, the Serpentine Gallery, The New Museum and The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Moderators

Ivy Wilson

Director

Speakers

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Artist

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born in 1977 in London, where she lives and works. She attended Falmouth College of Arts and the Royal Academy Schools (MA). She has had solo shows at Tate Britain, The Guggenheim Bilbao, Haus Der Kunst, the Serpentine Gallery, The New Museum and The Studio... Read More →

Wednesday March 5, 2025 1:40pm - 2:15pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave

Presentations, Keynote

Host Organization Art Institute of Chicago

4:05pm MST

Closing Keynote: Louis Chude-Sokei

Wednesday March 5, 2025 4:05pm - 4:55pm MST

Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago

Join us for a keynote by Louis Chude-Sokei, Professor of English, the Wein Chair and Director of African American and Black Diaspora Studies at Boston University.

Moderators

Adom Getachew

Political Scientist & Curator

Speakers

Louis Chude-Sokei

Boston University

Louis Chude-Sokei is Professor of English, the Wein Chair and Director of African American and Black Diaspora Studies at Boston University. Books include The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black on Black Minstrelsy and the African Diaspora, The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black... Read More →

Wednesday March 5, 2025 4:05pm - 4:55pm MST
Fullerton Hall - Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave

Presentations, Keynote