Find below a selection of talks and events in which the Palais de Lomé has participated.
ZKM
Art Institutions in the Age of Existential Risks. What to Do?
Palais de Lomé x The MuseumsLab organisé par by the Museum of natural sciences of Berlin (Museum für Naturkunde).
Thème: Museums in Africa: history and contemporary situation
Speakers: Dr. Éloi Ficquet | Sonia Lawson — Moderation: Carla de Andrade Hurst
http://download.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/TheMuseumsLab/220519_TheMuseumsLab_Day%204_slot%208.mp4
Harvard Center for African Studies
The Future of Africa-based Curatorial Practice Workshop (June 23-24, 2022)
On June 23-24, 2022, the in collaboration with the Harvard Art Museums, the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and will be held at the Harvard Art Museums,
Palais de Lomé x Arttable Netherlands
Intervention de Sonia Lawson au symposium “Empowering Voices in the Art World”
Nous avons été heureux d’ouvrir la série de podcasts produite par The Art Newspaper pour la publication du livre The Future of Museums, 28 dialogues, d’Andras Szanto, dans lequel nous sommes présentés. Ecoutez ici l’interview de Sonia Lawson, directrice du palais de Lomé ! (lien)
Palais de Lomé x Zeitz Mocaa : Entretien entre Sonia Lawson, Directrice du Palais de Lomé, et Directrice exécutive et conservatrice en chef du Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Le Cap, Afrique du Sud) ! (lien)
Palais de Lomé x 1-54 art fair : 1-54 a invité Koyo Kouoh, Directrice exécutive et conservatrice en chef du Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Le Cap, Afrique du Sud) et Dr. Karen E. Milbourne, conservateur principal, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC, USA) et Sonia Lawson, Directrice fondatrice du Palais de Lomé. Ils se sont entretenus avec Claude Grunitzky, fondateur de TRUE Africa, sur le thème « Réinventer les musées d’art africain pour les temps nouveaux ».
Palais de Lomé x London Craft Week :
Pour célébrer la première édition de la Create Day, organisée par la London Craft Week, découvrez comment l’ancien Palais des Gouverneurs a été restauré et transformé pour devenir le Palais de Lomé – un centre d’art, de culture et un Parc public exceptionnel qui célèbre les cultures de l’Afrique et de ses diasporas.
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Palais de Lomé x The MuseumsLab organized by the Museum of natural sciences of Berlin (Museum für Naturkunde).
Theme: Museums in Africa: history and contemporary situation
Speaker: Dr. Éloi Ficquet | Sonia Lawson – Moderation: Carla de Andrade Hurst
http://download.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/TheMuseumsLab/220519_TheMuseumsLab_Day%204_slot%208.mp4
Palais de Lomé x Arttable Netherlands
Intervention of Sonia Lawson at the symposium “Empowering Voices in the Art World
Museums in the 21st Century’, Cape Town Art Fair
MODERATOR: Tumelo Mosaka (Curator, New York)
PANELLISTS:
Adriana Rispoili (Independent Curator, Italy)
Koyo Kouoh (Dir. Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town)
Sonia Lawson (Dir. Palais de Lomé, Lomé)
Nana Oforiatta-Ayim (Founder and director of ANO Institute of Contemporary Arts, Accra)
The Art Newspaper
We were pleased to open the podcast series produced by The Art Newspaper for the publication of The Future of Museums, 28 dialogues, by Andras Szanto, in which we are featured. Listen to the interview with Sonia Lawson, founding director of the Lomé Palace ! (lien)
Palais de Lomé x Zeitz Mocaa : Interview between Sonia Lawson, Founding Director of the Palais de Lomé, and Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Cape Town, South Africa)
African art in Venice forum
Palais de Lomé x 1-54 art fair: 1-54 invited Koyo Kouoh, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Cape Town, South Africa) and Dr. Karen E. Milbourne, Senior Curator, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC, USA) and Sonia Lawson, Founding Director of Palais de Lomé. They spoke with Claude Grunitzky, founder of TRUE Africa, on the theme “Reinventing African Art Museums for the New Era.
London Craft Week:
To celebrate the first edition of Create Day, organized by London Craft Week, discover how the former Governors’ Palace has been restored and transformed into Lomé Palace – an exceptional center of art, culture and Public Park that celebrates the cultures of Africa and its diasporas.
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