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Two Africultures critics offer different readings of Dak’Art 2000. Tanella Boni emphasizes encounters, women artists and the biennial’s international dialogue, while acknowledging disputes over painting and installation. Iba Ndiaye Diadji challenges the curatorial direction and argues that Dakar’s biennial deserves better. Together, the reports document a contested moment rather than a single consensus.
Alexandre Mensah and Jacques Binet review Haiti, anges et démons at the Halle Saint Pierre in Paris. Their account highlights the variety of Haitian painting, including work by Edouard Duval-Carrié, Frantz Lamothe, Mario Benjamin and Elodie Barthélémy, and considers how the exhibition challenges narrow categories applied to these artists.
Jacques Binet profiles Rajae Faddi Salam, Martine Nze and Mam Këk, considering their different routes into painting and approaches to colour, form and personal experience. The original Africultures article offers a period account of three individual practices connected to Morocco and Gabon, rather than a single school or shared style.