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Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles is presenting the US premiere of Shawky's film installation Drama 1882. It debuted in the Egyptian Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
DAF is the first regional hub dedicated to new media and digital art in the Middle East and North Africa. The inaugural exhibition is Art Must Be Artificial: Perspectives of AI in the Visual Arts.
This year's list includes four moving image artists among the top 10: Steve McQueen, Forensic Architecture, Wael Shawky and John Akomfrah.
Abyssinian Queen by the web3 artist collective Yatreda ያጥሬዳ was acquired using the stablecoin USDC. The work is a homage to the legendary queens of ancient Ethiopia.
The group's newest moving-image work is on view at Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. It complements a mural commissioned by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Fondazione In Between Art Film is co-commissioner of the new work. The solo exhibition at Camden will be Ashadu's first in the UK.
The film, titled I Am Hymns of the New Temples, was a commission from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. Shawky's exhibition is part of the Venice Biennale.
The British-Nigerian artist is making her debut in Venice with the video Machine Boys, about motorcycle taxi drivers in Lagos. Ashadu previously won the Prize of the Bötterstraße in Bremen in 2022.
The nine-part series is titled Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot. The installation, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, opens in April 2024 within the framework of the Venice Biennale.