DAK’ART: call for entries for the 15th edition of the biennial of contemporary African art

Closing date: September 15, 2023

The international Exhibition of the fifteenth edition of the Biennial of Contemporary African Art is open only to african artists and/or from the diaspora. Candidates must submit a completed application form and the required documents, as described below, on USB flash drive to be send by e-mail to opencall2024@biennale-dakar.org  and by post before September 15, 2023 to the General Secretariat of the Biennial of Dakar, located at 19 avenue Hassan II 1^st Floor. BP: 3865. Dakar Senegal.

This file must include :

1. the completed application form;
2. a biography of 20 to 25 lines in French and English;
3. a resume;
4. two recent high-resolution photos;
5. a scanned copy of the passport valid least March 31, 2025
6. five high-definition reproductions (300 dpi for 30×50 cm) of works dating from October 2022 (artist’s property) on paper or digital (photographs, USB flash drive). The name of the photographer is required, as is the date of creation;
7. a text for the presentation of the works and their technical data (part references, title of the work, dimensions, year of creation, materials, value of the work and insurance, place of origin of works, delivery addresses of works at the end of the Biennial 2024);
8. copies of articles and critical texts on the artist’s work, one or several statements from well-known experts (optional);
9. a letter of engagement of the artist, in case of selection, accepting to take care of the packaging of the works with indication of their dimensions, weight and their volumes.

The NON-COMPLIANCE of the nine (9) points mentioned above constitutes a reason for rejection of the file submitted. The absence of one (1) of the nine (9) points making up the file automatically eliminate the candidate from selection.

These documents are not returned to the artist after the deliberations of the international Selection Committee. They are added to the collections of the documentation center of the General Secretariat of the Biennial.

The works proposed for the selection must not have already been presented at an international exhibition and must be easily transportable. They must also be free of all rights, No work purchased will be selected.

Any work selected and produced on site with the financial support of the Dakar Biennial will remain the property of the State of Senegal. In the case where the artist bears the full costs of production, it is his obligation to ensure at his own expense the return transport costs of the work to destination.

Participation in the fifteenth edition of the Dakar Biennale implies full acceptance of these rules of procedure.

Download the rules of procedure
Online registration form, DAK’ART 2024

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