1967 – 2025.
Appointed as the next Venice Biennale’s artistic director in December, Kouoh would have been the first African woman to oversee the international exhibition, whose theme and title she was reportedly slated to announce on May 20. Kouoh had also served as the executive director and chief curator of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) in Cape Town, South Africa, since 2019.
In light of Kouoh’s untimely passing, the museum closed its doors and suspended programming through May 12, and has invited her friends, loved ones, and those impacted by her work to dedicate physical or digital tributes in her memory.