Benin’s art history from Dahomey to present

Freie Universität BerlinFabeckstraße 23–25, 14195 BerlinRaum 2.2058

Thursday, February 274 pm Verena Rodatus and Romuald Tchibozo: Welcome and introduction 4.30–5.30 pm Gaëlle Beaujean (Paris): Royal arts in Abomey city, kingdom of Dahomey – 17th to 19th century6–7 pm Romuald Tchibozo (Cotonou/Berlin): Artistic practices in Benin: from independence to the end of the Marxist-Leninist eraFriday, February 2810–11 am Dana Rush (Strasbourg): Unfinished Aesthetics in Vodun Artistic Expression11.30 am– Cléophée Moser (Paris): 12.30 pm Performing arts in Benin: traditions and inheritances in practice and body-politics in action2–3 pm Verena Rodatus (Berlin): Transnational art institutions in Benin: art patronage and artistic agency in times of neoliberalism3.30–4.30 pm Artist talk with Zinkpè (Cotonou): a perspective from within Benin’s art scene5–6 pm Wrap-up discussion

Concept and organizationVerena Rodatus and Romuald TchibozoKunsthistorisches Institut, Abteilung Kunst Afrikas

Two-day workshop | February, 27/28, 2020