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Nov 9, 2023 · The artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah has vivid memories of the coup that ousted Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana in 1966, when he was eight. His pan-Africanist father was an Nkrumah loyalist who...
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Five Murmurations is London-based, Ghanaian-born artist John Akomfrah’s response to the global pandemic, murder of George Floyd, and worldwide protests in support of Black Lives Matter. It is a visual essay of our current times.
PLATFORM centre is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by John Akomfrah (UK) titled The Last Angel of History. Distributed through Icarus Films, the exhibition runs online from 11 June – 17 July, 2021. Currently the gallery is closed due to provincial health regulations.
Sep 1, 2021 · Sept. 1, 2021. LONDON — Shortly before the artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah left Ghana for Britain after a 1966 coup, the nine-year-old-boy had a final encounter with his grandfather, the...
Drawing upon an extensive archive of images that mix iconic works of art with scenes shot and gathered in the globally fraught 18-month period between 2019 and 2021, Five Mumurations considers Akomfrah’s insights into post-colonialism, diasporic experience, and memory. Learn More.
Sep 9, 2021 · New York, 9 September – 16 October 2021. Since March 2020, the London-based artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah has been working on the longest continuous-running project of his career.
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Akomfrah began this year with twin honours: a knighthood and selection as the UK’s representative artist at the next Venice Biennale.
