... Publications 2023 photography South Africa anti-apartheid struggle Afro-Asianism Sharjah Biennale SHARJAH BIENNIAL 15 138 Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art 53 November 2023 DOI 10.1215/10757163-10904160 © 2023 by Nka Publications DURBAN MOMENTS Omar Badsha s Afro-Asian Aesthetic...

... THE PRESENT THE POSSIBLE Ugochukwu-Smooth t was instructive to see the 12th Sharjah Biennial (SB 12) a week after attending the preview of Nzewi the ambitious 56th Venice Biennale...

..., Hrag Vartanian, recommended that I look to The Sharjah Foundation s Biennial for exhibiting possibilities. And that is how I discovered about the Egyptian Surrealism Conference, and that you are involved in curating.1 Such a pleasant surprise is part of the blessings of the Internet and social media...

... and steel; 3000 x 650 x 500 cm. Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 15, Kalba Ice Factory, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Juan Castro is well known for her provocative installations, most notably for her installation at the Eighth International Istanbul Biennale in 2003, where...

...James Meyer [email protected] Copyright © 2023 by Nka Publications 2023 SHARJAH BIENNIAL 15 SHARJAH BIENNIAL 15 Hajra Waheed, Hum II, 2023. Multichannel sound installation, 30 min., 51sec. Installation view, Sharjah Biennial 15, Al Mureijah Square. Courtesy and © the artist. Photo...

...: Stuart Whipps Kholeif Nka 7 Lubaina Himid, The Feast Wagon, 2015. Installation view of the exhibition, Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska: Plaited Time / Deep Water, Al Mureijah Art Spaces, Sharjah, 2023. Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation. Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin Out of my flesh that hungers and my...

... shows and retrospectives at mainstream Western museums and art galleries. Once could cite here the 2013 retropsective of Ibrahim El Salahi, which pre- miered at the Sharjah Art Museum and traveled to Tate Modern, or the major solo exhibitions afford- ed to artists such as El Anatsui, Yinka Shonibare...