Kader Attia closes La Colonie, seeks funding for new venue
Kader Attia has permanently closed La Colonie, his multidisciplinary art space in Paris, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded in 2016 with restaurateur Zico Selloum, the venue near Gare du Nord hosted lectures, workshops, and readings on decolonization, funded by a ground-floor bar and café. Its final event discussed Robyn Maynard's book on state violence in Canada. Attia now seeks donations via Leetchi and PayPal to reopen in a smaller space.
Key facts
- La Colonie closed in March 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdown.
- Founded in 2016 by Kader Attia and Zico Selloum.
- Located near Gare du Nord in Paris, an area with migrant communities.
- Funded by a ground-floor bar and café.
- Final event: discussion of Robyn Maynard's book 'Policing Black Lives'.
- Attia launched an appeal for donations to fund a new venue.
- Donation platforms: Leetchi and PayPal.
- Attia is based in Berlin and Algiers, grew up in Paris.
Entities
Artists
- Kader Attia
Institutions
- La Colonie
- Spike magazine
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Berlin
- Germany
- Algiers
- Algeria
- Gare du Nord
- Montréal
- Canada