Yacouba Konaté Explained

Yacouba Konaté
Birth Date:4 May 1953
Birth Place:Ivory Coast
Nationality:Ivorian
Field:Curator, writer, art critic, professor
Training:University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Yacouba Konaté (born 4 May 1953) is an Ivorian curator, writer and art critic. He is a professor of philosophy at the Université de Cocody in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Career

He is a member of l'Académie des Arts, des Sciences et des Cultures d'Afrique et des Diasporas in Abidjan and he leads the Africa Office of the Jean Paul Blachère's Foundation.

In 1998, he was Fulbright Professor at Stanford University, between 2004–2008, he taught at l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales in France. In 2007, he taught at the Laval University in Canada[1] and in 2007, he was a Carter Fellow at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

In 2008, he became the president of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).[2]

He is expert on the cultural development of "European Union".

In 2000, he served as a Director of the National Institute of Arts and Culture and as a Director of the Cabinet of Ministers of Culture and Francophony. He is also head of the l'Institut national supérieur des Arts et de l'action culturelle of Abidjan.[3]

He was one of the curators of individual exhibitions of 6th Dak'Art[4] (7 May – 7 June 2004) with Ivo Mesquita and Hans Ulrich Obrist. In 2006, he was the Artistic Director of the Dakar Biennale.[4]

Exhibitions

Publications

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Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ulaval.ca . .ulaval.ca . 25 August 2013.
  2. http://www.aica-int.org/ International Association of Art Critics (AICA)
  3. http://insaac.net/ insaac.net
  4. Web site: biennaledakar.org . fr . biennaledakar.org . 25 August 2013.
  5. Web site: primomarellagallery.com . primomarellagallery.com . 25 August 2013.
  6. http://www.ateliersdestanneurs.be/index.cfm
  7. Web site: South Meets West . Nawao.org . 25 August 2013.