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The executive director of Zeitz Mocaa, Cape Town, had been due to announce her plans as curator of the international ...
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 ...
The Biennale organization described the curator’s passing as leaving “an immense void in the world of contemporary art.” ...
A prominent name in global art, Koyo Kouoh, passed away at the age of 57 on May 10, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland.
Koyo Kouoh, one of the art world's leading figures and a fierce advocate of African creatives, has died aged 57. A ...
Artists, fellow curators and friends reflect on the singular presence of Koyo Kouoh and the imprint she leaves behind ...
Chosen to direct the world’s most important art show next year, she leaves a legacy of building institutions, uplifting ...
Remembering Koyo Kouoh, the Venice Biennale curator who died earlier this month, plus a look at the five designs competing ...
Koyo Kouoh has died suddenly. The Cameroon-born art legend was set to become the first African woman to lead the 2026 Venice ...
Bongani Madondo remembers Koyo Kouoh as an activist and a community worker — and curator of collective futures ...
Koyo Kouoh, curator of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Biennale Arte 2026, has died, aged 57 ...