Okwui Enwezor

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Garrett Bradley, Alone, 2017

In Okwui Enwezor’s Final Exhibition, an Urgent Portrait of American Life

The late curator’s visionary project about Black grief and white grievance arrives at an inflection point in US history.

Samuel Fosso and the Invention of the Artist as a Young Photographer

In an interview for his new monograph, Fosso spoke with the late curator Okwui Enwezor about his teenage self-portraits and how all his work concerns the question of power.

Okwui Enwezor Pioneered a New Kind of Global Exhibition

Through ambitious shows staged around the world, the curator raised the profile of African art and photography.
Andrew Esiebo, Untitled, from the series Highlife, 2013–16

Okwui Enwezor on the Recent Histories of African Photography

The influential curator reflects on the evolving narratives of photography in Africa.

ECM—A Cultural Anthology

Designer Rob Giampietro assesses the legacy of ECM Records, which was recently surveyed in an exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, and its related catalog.

Okwui Enwezor on “Rise and Fall of Apartheid”

Aperture speaks with curator Okwui Enwezor about the exhibition “Rise and Fall of Apartheid” at International Center of Photography.

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