Donderdag 02 Oktober 2014

Speaker Rhoda Woets (VU University). Art historians began to speak of a ‘global turn’ in contemporary art following the expansion of the global art market and the spectacular rise in international art festivals, such as biennales. The global turn is generally considered to have started in 1989 with the blockbuster exhibition Magiciens de la terre that showed contemporary art from all corners of the world. From a Ghanaian perspective, art became global long before the 1990s and to show the relationship between art and globalization in Ghana, Rhoda Woets will discuss the emergence of modern art in the Gold Coast in relation to nation building and the wish to connect to the wider world. Please register: asc@ascleiden.nl

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