The Art World: What If...?!

The Art World: What If...?! with Koyo Kouoh ~ Part 1


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Joining us from Cape Town in South Africa is Koyo Kouoh, the chief curator and executive director of Zeitz MOCAA for the first in a two-part special. Originally destined for a career in finance, Koyo talks about her journey into the art world, and from Basel in Switzerland to Dakar in Senegal, where she founded RAW Material Company in 2008. She tells us about her move to South Africa in 2019 to take over at Zeitz MOCAA, a new institution, but one in crisis. "We need to take the time to do the things that are urgent, that are essential, that are necessary," Koyo says. "And, for me, building out institutions on the continent is a matter of urgency."

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