On May 20, Koyo Kouoh was to present the theme of the next edition of the Venice Art Biennale, which was to be held in May 2026 and of which she was appointed Commissioner in December. First African to occupy such functions, she had imposed herself as one of the most important curators from the black continent. As soon as his sudden death occurred on the night of May 9, at the age of 58, tributes on social networks were announced. “” We are not ready for a world without you », Immediately moved on Instagram the French artist Eric Baudelaire. “Your passage on earth has been and will always be an endless inspiration of my life “Driven the plastic artist Kader Attia.
Koyo Kouoh had the gift of imposing respect, with his beautiful Mordorés eyes and his calm but firm phrasing. “We must stop having a depreciated image of ourselvesshe repeated. There is nothing diminutive in the African adjective. Europe and America, we bang there for years and we are stared at before letting us enter. I don’t care that I let me be or not at their table. I draw up my own table, to come and eat at mine. »»
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