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Art Worldwide

Art and culture create space for imagination, dialogue and interpretation. Artists and writers all over the world are exploring, commenting on and giving shape to reality. Artists are searching, individually and collectively, for alternative solutions and other values. A free society needs cultural innovation. But art is also an aim in itself, as a mirror and interpreter of our existence.

In this section you will find news stories and articles on art worldwide, that were published on the Power of Culture website between 2003 and 2010. More recent articles from our network you'll find on our Facebook page.

Art Worldwide

Interview

Togara Muzanenhamo: 'Poetry offers enormous satisfaction'

July 2008 -

Poet Togara Muzanenhamo sees an opportunity in Zimbabwe for a new generation of performance poets, but he prefers to remain on the sideline himself.

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Interview

Okwui Enwezor on Snap Judgments, contemporary African photography

July 2008 -

According to Nigerian/American curator Okwui Enwezor, photography plays an important role in African society.

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Interview

Claudio Valdés Kuri: "The chaos in Mexico gives much freedom"

June 2008 -

Claudio Valdés Kuri is considered one of the best Latin American theatre directors. His group Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes attracts packed houses all over the world with its headstrong productions.

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Toumani Diabaté: "From a cultural perspective, Africa is number 1"

June 2008 -

After years of fusion experiments, Toumani Diabaté is now touring Europe solo. He wants to show the world the cultural treasures of Africa.

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Libyan artists take flight

June 2008 -

Recent changes in Libya's art world have been small, but they have been visible, which is what makes them so encouraging.

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Diouma Dieng Diakhate, African couture pioneer

June 2008 -

With a shining 29-year career, Senegalese fashion designer Diouma Dieng Diakhate is a pioneer in the world of African fashion.

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Shona sculpting adapts to changing demand

May 2008 -

Shona sculpting is one of the most intrinsic facets to Zimbabwe's national identity. The sculpting practice has developed over the last few decades to adapt to changing demand.

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Interview

Film supports Quilombolas emancipation in Brazil

May 2008 -

The Brazilian documentary maker Felipe Peres Calheiros recorded a unique trip of descendants of runaway slaves.

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Interview

"I saw Algeria again as it was thirty years ago"

May 2008 -

Now that there is more peace and quiet in his native country, film maker Amor Hakkar sees space for the personal in Algerian cinema. In La Maison Jaune he shows the mourning process of a rural family which suddenly loses its eldest son.

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Interview

Regina José Galindo: "Guatemala is violent, and so is my art"

May 2008 -

The Guatemalan artist exposes in her confronting performances violence and injustice.

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Art Worldwide

Togara Muzanenhamo: 'Poetry offers enormous satisfaction'

Okwui Enwezor on Snap Judgments, contemporary African photography

Claudio Valdés Kuri: "The chaos in Mexico gives much freedom"

Toumani Diabaté: "From a cultural perspective, Africa is number 1"

Libyan artists take flight

Diouma Dieng Diakhate, African couture pioneer

Shona sculpting adapts to changing demand

Film supports Quilombolas emancipation in Brazil

"I saw Algeria again as it was thirty years ago"

Regina José Galindo: "Guatemala is violent, and so is my art"