{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-article-js","path":"/morad-montazami-appointed-artistic-director-of-2026-dakar-biennale/","result":{"data":{"wordpressPost":{"id":117938,"slug":"morad-montazami-appointed-artistic-director-of-2026-dakar-biennale","title":"Morad Montazami appointed artistic director of 2026 Dakar Biennale","excerpt":"The exhibition will be titled ‘(Anti)Fragility: Arts of Repair and Counter-Shock Strategies’ and will centre on the idea of transforming fragility into a strength ","content":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Morand-Montazami.jpeg\" alt=\"Morad Montazami \" class=\"wp-image-117941\" srcset=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Morand-Montazami.jpeg 660w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Morand-Montazami-600x595.jpeg 600w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Morand-Montazami-300x297.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" /><figcaption>Courtesy Dakar Biennale</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Morad Montazami has been selected as artistic director for the 16th edition of the Dakar Biennale – Biennale of Contemporary African Art. The exhibition will be titled <em>(Anti)Fragility: Arts of Repair and Counter-Shock Strategies </em>and will centre on the idea of transforming fragility into a strength through community and co-creation.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morad Montazami is an art historian, publisher and curator whose work focuses on global modernisms and postcolonial art histories. Following his role as ‘Middle East and North Africa’ curator at Tate Modern, London, from 2014 to 2019, he founded Zamân Books &amp; Curating, an editorial and curatorial platform dedicated to the study of Arab, African and Asian modernities. <br><br>He recently co-curated <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://artreview.com/the-human-stories-of-the-casablanca-art-school/\" target=\"_blank\">The Casablanca Art School</a></em> at Tate St Ives, Sharjah Art Foundation and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2023–24 and <em>Arab Presences. Modern Art and Decolonisation. Paris 1908–1988</em> at the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, 2024. He is currently preparing an exhibition as part of his fellowship with the Villa Medici – Académie de France in Rome titled Routes cosmogoniques: une histoire visuelle post-pétrole.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Anti)Fragility: Arts of Repair and Counter-Shock Strategies</em> will take place in Dakar from 19 November to 19 December.</p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read next</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://artreview.com/the-9-exhibitions-to-see-in-april-2026/\">The 9 Exhibitions to See in April</a></p>\n\n\n\n<p></p>\n","path":"/morad-montazami-appointed-artistic-director-of-2026-dakar-biennale/","format":"standard","date":"16 April 2026","rawDate":"2026-04-16T10:27:41.000Z","branch":{"name":"artreview.com"},"author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Morand-Montazami.jpeg","caption":"","alt_text":"Morad Montazami","media_details":{"width":660,"height":654,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Morand-Montazami-300x297.jpeg","width":300,"height":297},"medium":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Morand-Montazami-600x595.jpeg","width":600,"height":595},"large":null,"wordpress_1536x1536":null,"wordpress_2048x2048":null}}},"acf":{"article_artist":null,"article_video":null,"article_audio":null,"article_collaboration":"","article_custom_html_snippet":"","article_featured_title":"","article_featured_description":"","article_highlight":false,"article_custom_link_url":"","hero_image":null,"seo_title":"News: Morad Montazami appointed artistic director of 2026 Dakar Biennale","seo_description":"Morad Montazami has been selected as artistic director for the 16th edition of the Dakar Biennale.","article_related_articles":[{"id":117994,"title":"Art Dubai announces details for revised 2026 edition","path":"/art-dubai-announces-details-for-revised-2026-edition/","author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Art_Dubai_2016_Gallery_Hall_1_.jpg","caption":"Art Dubai 2026. 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