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Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display Book Launch

publication · 2026-04-22

Iniva is launching the thirteenth title in the Exhibition Histories series, Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display, at the Stuart Hall Library on Thursday 15 June from 5.30-7.30pm. The publication, edited by Nana Adusei-Poku, examines key exhibitions that have reframed Blackness and African diasporic art histories. The launch will feature introductions by Adusei-Poku and the artist collective Languid Hands, comprising Rabz Lansiquot and Imani Mason Jordan. Adusei-Poku is an Assistant Professor at Yale University, previously at UC Berkeley and Bard College. Languid Hands is a London-based collaboration exploring Black and queer studies.

Key facts

  • Book launch for Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display
  • Event date: Thursday 15 June, 5.30-7.30pm
  • Location: Stuart Hall Library
  • Organized by iniva
  • Editor: Nana Adusei-Poku
  • Artist collective Languid Hands (Rabz Lansiquot & Imani Mason Jordan) will introduce
  • Thirteenth title in the Exhibition Histories series
  • Explores exhibitions that have ruptured framings of Blackness

Entities

Artists

  • Nana Adusei-Poku
  • Rabz Lansiquot
  • Imani Mason Jordan
  • Stuart Hall

Institutions

  • iniva
  • Stuart Hall Library
  • Yale University
  • University of California Berkeley
  • Bard College
  • Center for Curatorial Studies
  • Luma Foundation
  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Locations

  • London
  • New York City
  • Annandale-on-Hudson
  • Berkeley

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