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If you are in Florence or planning a short trip, there is an exhibition definitely worth a visit: Schengen with artists  Délio Jasse, Anna Raimondo, Jebila Okongwu. Only few days left as the three-part exhibition, which opened to the public on July 12th, will close this coming Friday at Villa Romana. exhibition view, Jebila Okongwu,   Banana Sculpture No. 23 , 2016, bronze (on the left), Délio Jasse,   Schengen , 2010, digital print on alu-dibond (on the right). "Schengen  examines the limitations of socio-cultural and political borders through a totemic memorialization of the migration of bodies and goods. Drawing upon transnational identity and the blue water of the Mediterranean as fluid conceptions of legality and humanity the works problematize the values instilled by international agreements whose fallen fruits too often die on the vine. The destabilizing of the environmental impact of fading traditions, the evasion of prescribed images of nationalistic belonging a

La Galerie Africaine - a nomadic gallery run by the talented gallerist Aude Minart - moves again to Dakar to be part of Dakar Off during Dak'Art Biennale 2018 with a show named "Africa no limits". Minart is going to Dakar in the next few days to set up the exhibition which includes a selection of artists working with drawing, painting, photography and sculpture. For those in Dakar I definitely suggest to attend the cocktail on May 3rd at 6pm and the vernissage on May 6th at 6pm. I will give you more details next week together with a quick interview with Ms Minart. Stay tuned! For press release please ask:  audeminart@hotmail.com https://www.lagalerieafricaine.com/

These days some of my friends are visiting Viva Arte Viva,  the 57th Art Biennale in Venice, that it closes in two days. As they ask for suggestions on what must to be seen, I found my mind going back to last May when I visited the Biennale during the preview days. My trip to Venice, every two years, to attend the opening days at the Art Biennale became a kind of a ritual! It's a real journey - by train, plane or bus - taken by a group of professionals (Artists, Curators, Art Critics and a Gallerist) coming from different cities such as London, Rome, Athens and Paris, sharing the same flat - rented by a lovely old lady from Venice. Ready to be surrounded by notes, catalogues, ferries, planning and, above all, a very deep immersion into the Arts from all over the world! I found this Biennale complex  as its meaning "of c onsisting of many different and connected parts". In fact, the Curator Christine Macel offers a journey through nine chapters representing each

‘Agenda Setting’ (neon series) Africa is not a country! Filippo Peretti © 2016 courtesy Ola-Dele Kuku Projects and LMS Gallery Brussels I first met Camilla Boemio back in 2013 at the Maldives Pavilion during the 55 th Venice Biennale; she was Associate Curator. I had the privilege to get an insight into the exhibition and artists’ work. I was completely fascinated by the Pavilion from different perspectives: the concept, the quality of artwork, the venue, the exhibition set up and the team’s openness especially towards visitors. Ms Boemio walked with me through the venue and I had the chance to be introduced to some of the artists. In that occasion I developed a big respect to the professional but also friendly way she takes her job. It was with no surprise that I welcomed the news she was appointed Curator of the Nigerian Pavilion for this year Architecture Biennale in Venice, it seems to me just a quite obvious result of her professional career. This Pavili