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Afterall Releases Video of Clémentine Deliss Talk on African Art Exhibition

institutional · 2026-04-22

Afterall just shared a video featuring curator Clémentine Deliss's talk from the Exhibition Histories series, which happened on June 19 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. In her presentation, Deliss delved into the research behind the 1995 exhibition 'Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa,' which sought to shed light on twentieth-century African art. She later had a conversation with curator Elvira Dyangani Ose. This series is a collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery, part of Afterall’s broader Exhibition Histories initiative alongside Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies. The page also showcases videos of Sharon Chin discussing her piece 'Creatures on the Move (In the Death of the Night)' (2022), and Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza on Spivak's 'Can the Subaltern Speak?'. Additionally, it features a two-part symposium titled 'Precarious Solidarities: Artists for Democracy (1974–77),' held on February 2, 2023, organized by Afterall and its partners.

Key facts

  • Clémentine Deliss gave a talk on 19 June at Whitechapel Gallery, London.
  • The talk focused on the research for the 1995 exhibition 'Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa'.
  • Deliss was joined in conversation by curator Elvira Dyangani Ose.
  • The event is part of the Exhibition Histories series by Afterall and Whitechapel Gallery.
  • Exhibition Histories is a collaboration with the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.
  • Other videos include Sharon Chin on 'Creatures on the Move (In the Death of the Night)' (2022).
  • Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza discussed Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's 'Can the Subaltern Speak?'.
  • A symposium 'Precarious Solidarities: Artists for Democracy (1974–77)' was held on 2 February 2023.

Entities

Artists

  • Clémentine Deliss
  • Elvira Dyangani Ose
  • Sharon Chin
  • Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza
  • Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
  • Elisa Adami
  • Alex Schady
  • Wing Chan
  • David Morris
  • Arianna Mercado
  • Camille Crichlow

Institutions

  • Afterall
  • Whitechapel Gallery
  • Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
  • Asia Art Archive
  • Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg
  • Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
  • CSM Art Programme

Locations

  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Malaysia

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