The 14th iteration of Black Portraitures is now available to watch on Youtube. Black Portraitures: Shifting Paradigms took place over two days during the vernissage of the 60th Anniversary of the Venice Biennale. This year’s theme, Shifting Paradigms, centered thought leaders from Africa and the African Diaspora who are creating new models for the education, cultivation, exhibition, dissemination, and collection of art and images.

The themes of the conference was well-aligned with the Venice Biennale’s theme, Foreigner’s Everywhere . Panelists included a transnational list of artists, curators, art historians, writers, educators, collectors, gallerists, architects, and designers who use the experience of Blackness to facilitate new systems of knowledge within the field of art and storytelling. Use the links below to watch a recording of the panels.

in Venice Italy, April 20 & 21, 2024 now available on YouTube

Day 1 Watch Here
Day 2 Watch Here

Pictured: Andrew Uriarte, Ellyn Toscano, LeRonn Brooks, Cheryl Finley, Michael Dinwiddie, Kalia Brooks, Deborah Willis, Thabang Monoa, Esther Armah, Joan Morgan, Lyle Ashton Harris, Carrie Mae Weems, Justin Randolph Thompson, Monroe Francis, Lisa Coleman.

Warm wishes,
The Center for Black Visual Culture at the Institute of African American Affairs