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Ms. Kouoh had recently been named to oversee next year’s Venice Biennale. She died just days before she was scheduled to ...
Kouoh, the first African woman to lead the Venice Biennale, was due to present her plans for the prestigious international ...
Koyo Kouoh, one of the art world's leading figures and a fierce advocate of African creatives, has died aged 57.A ...
Koyo Kouoh, executive director and chief curator of Zeitz MOCAA and curator of the next Venice Biennale, died suddenly ...
A prominent name in global art, Koyo Kouoh, passed away at the age of 57 on May 10, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland.
Artists, fellow curators and friends reflect on the singular presence of Koyo Kouoh and the imprint she leaves behind ...
Kouoh belonged to a pioneering generation of African curators who worked hard for the recognition of African voices and creativity on the global stage. Although that recognition started to be earned ...
Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, has died at age 58, her home institution in South Africa said in an ...
He remains speechless on the phone. Curator Azu Nwagbogu writes about the cruelty of cancer: Bisi Silva, Okwui Enwezor, and now Koyo Kouoh. They only lived to be 56, 55, and 57 years old respectively.
Remembering Koyo Kouoh, the Venice Biennale curator who died earlier this month, plus a look at the five designs competing ...
Bongani Madondo remembers Koyo Kouoh as an activist and a community worker — and curator of collective futures ...
Koyo Kouoh, the visionary Cameroonian-born curator and Executive Director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa has ...