Founded in 2013, 1-54 has dedicated itself to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora and strives to promote diverse perspectives. With editions in London, New York and Marrakech annually, 1-54 features leading international galleries specialising in contemporary African art and is accompanied by the 1-54 Forum talks and Special Projects programme.
1-54 Forum London 2022 | Being “African” in the so-called “Middle East”: Curating our Multiple Selves with Touria El Glaoui, Dr. Omar Kholeif and Dr. Ridha Moumni.
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Being “African” in the so-called “Middle East”: Curating our Multiple Selves with Touria El Glaoui, Dr. Omar Kholeif and Dr. Ridha Moumni.
1-54 Forum London 2022 | The Poetry Salon: (My) Episodes of Everyday Racism, Interrupted with Raymond Antrobus, Phoebe Boswell, Lakwena Maciver, Andra Simons, and Dr. O.
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The Poetry Salon: (My) Episodes of Everyday Racism, Interrupted with Raymond Antrobus, Phoebe Boswell, Lakwena Maciver, Andra Simons, and Dr. O.
1-54 Forum London 2022 | Introduction & Exhibition Itineraries with Dr. ‘Ugochukwu-Smooth’ Nzewi and Dr. Omar Kholeif
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Introduction & Exhibition Itineraries with Dr. ‘Ugochukwu-Smooth’ Nzewi and Dr. Omar Kholeif
1-54 Forum London 2022 | Ageing Ruins…: A Listening Session with Otobong Nkanga and a response by Dr. O.
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Ageing Ruins…: A Listening Session with Otobong Nkanga and a response by Dr. O.
1-54 Forum London 2022 | Narrating our “Pan-Afrikan” Connections: Claudette Johnson and Marlene Smith in-dialogue with Lubaina Himid
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Narrating our “Pan-Afrikan” Connections: Claudette Johnson and Marlene Smith in-dialogue with Lubaina Himid
1-54 Forum London 2022 | Introduction & Overture Number 2/A Re-Play: Koyo Kouoh: The Curator as Storyteller with Dr. Omar Kholeif
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Intro to FORUM & Overture Number 2/A Re-Play: Koyo Kouoh: The Curator as Storyteller with Dr. Omar Kholeif
1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Interlocking Histories
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1-54 FORUM New York 2022
1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Archiving, Reclamation, and Authoring Your History
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1-54 FORUM New York 2022
1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Textiles and the Global Politic of the Black Arts Movement
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1-54 FORUM New York 2022
1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Under the Influence of Édouard Glissant
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1-54 FORUM New York 2022
1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Closing Remarks - Motorised Justice: A Poem for the Drifters
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | FOCUS: Zina Saro-Wiwa followed by an in-person Q&A with Professor Sarah Perks
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Have We Ever Been Modern?
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Painting a New Expressionism: A Keynote conversation between artist, Anuar Khalifi and Dr Omar Kholeif
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Opening Remarks / A Memento to Marrakech & Enter the Frame with Hassan Hajjaj
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum London 2021 | In the Last Days of the City Q&A
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1-54 Forum London 2021
1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Walk Towards the Future (French)
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1-54 Forum London 2021
1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Walk Towards the Future (English)
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1-54 Forum London 2021
1-54 Forum London 2021 | Poetry Salon: On Fragile Ground
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1-54 Forum London 2021
1-54 Forum London 2021 | A History of Echoes
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1-54 Forum London 2021 | Performance : Objective Romance and Scarce New Flowers
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1-54 Forum London 2021
1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Virtual Salon
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1-54 Forum London
1-54 Forum London 2021 | Overture/Talk - The Continental Drift: Recuperating the Echoes, the Ghosts, the Songs
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1-54 Forum London
1-54 VIP Webinar | Secondary market for contemporary African Art 2020/2021
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1-54 VIP Webinar | Secondary market for contemporary African Art 2020/2021
1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Artist talk with Timothy Washington
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2021 | THE BLACK FILE: Perspectives of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Art
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2021 | A Reflection: The arts in the time of the Black lives matter movement
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Threading Histories: Dindga McCannon and Tina Williams Brewer in Conversation
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Artist Talk with the 2021 Ritzau Art Prize Winner | Micha Serraf
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Webinar | Performance Art in the time of Protest and Pandemic
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1-54 Webinar | Performance Art in the time of Protest and Pandemic
1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Making and Unmaking Art Schools from The Nineteenth Century to the Present (French)
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Making and Unmaking Art Schools from The Nineteenth Century to the Present (English)
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | An Oral Gaze: Between Bouanani and Sembene (French)
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | An Oral Gaze: Between Bouanani and Sembene (English)
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Resounding Waves: on the making of sonic solidarities through radio
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Sonic Archaeologies
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Souriez! (French)
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1-54 Forum Paris 2021
1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Smile! (English)
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1-54 Forum Paris
1-54 Webinar | Creating public installations across Africa and its diaspora
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1-54 Webinar | Creating public installations across Africa and its diaspora
1-54 Webinar | Artists to Watch: Anya Paintsil and DuduBloom More
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1-54 Webinar | Artists to Watch: Anya Paintsil and DuduBloom More
1-54 Forum London 2020 | Relationship Status: it's Complicated (Spanish)
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1-54 Forum London 2020
1-54 Forum London 2020 | Relationship Status: it's Complicated (English)
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1-54 Forum London 2020
1-54 Forum London 2020 | A View from the Other Side of Things (Spanish)
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1-54 Forum London 2020
1-54 Forum London 2020 | A View From the Other Side of Things (English)
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1-54 Forum London 2020
1-54 Forum London 2020 | Global Connections
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1-54 Forum London 2020
1-54 Forum London 2020 | Modes of Resistance
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1-54 Forum London 2020
1-54 Forum London 2020 | Representation Beyond Representation
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1-54 Forum London 2020
1-54 Forum London 2020 | What is ‘Latinx’?
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1-54 Forum London
1-54 x Christie's | Collect, Curate, Connect: Insights into Contemporary African Art
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1-54 x Christie's | Collect, Curate, Connect: Insights into Contemporary African Art
1-54 Webinar | African biennales as portals for collaborative practices
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1-54 Webinar
1-54 Webinar | The Future of Art Collecting
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1-54 Webinar
1-54 Webinar | Reinventing African Art Museums for Changing Times
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1-54 Webinar
1-54 Webinar | What role can art centres in Africa play in navigating a rapidly shifting world?
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1-54 Webinar
1-54 Webinar | Access all Areas: How to challenge institutions to break their exclusive structures?
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1-54 Webinar
1-54 Webinar | How are contemporary African art galleries envisioning the post COVID-19 art world?
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1-54 Lockdown Webinar
1-54 Webinar | The Future of Contemporary African Art Fairs
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1-54 Lockdown Webinar
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Enacting Agencies
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Curating as Collaborative Practice 2/ DREAM CITY
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Artist Talk: Katia Kameli
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Artist Talk: Kiluanji Kia Henda
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Opening Remarks by Elvira Dyangani Ose and Context As Source
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Curating as Collaborative Practice 1/ THE FICTIONAL MARRAKECH BIENNALE
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
VIP Talk Marrakech 2020 | Inclusivity in Arts, Culture and Commerce
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VIP Talk
1-54 Directors Talk London 2019 | Supporting African and Diaspora Artists
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1-54 London
1-54 Special Project Talk London 2019 | Water Life: Aïda Muluneh on Art and Advocacy
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1-54 London
1-54 Special Project Talk London 2019 | Thread, Senegal
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1-54 London
1-54 Forum London 2019 | Championing Photography
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1-54 FORUM London
1-54 Forum London 2019 | Pursuing Opportunities for Dialogue And Collaboration
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1-54 Forum London
1-54 Forum London 2019 | Àsìkò: A Pan-African, Mobile Initiative
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1-54 FORUM London
1-54 Forum London 2019 | Transforming Education Systems from Within and Developing new Infrastructures
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1-54 Forum London 2019 | Reimagining Africa's Place In The Indian Ocean
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1-54 Forum London 2019 | The Value Of Developing and Maintaining Cultural Archives
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1-54 Forum London 2019 | Research Based Art Practices
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1-54 Forum London 2019 | Artist Talk: Seizing Public Space with Mary Sibande
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1-54 Forum London 2019 | Opening Remarks and Reflecting On The Roles Played By Women in the Arts
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1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Publication Launch: Some Writers Can Give You Two Heartbeats
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Reading: The Zulus Of New York
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1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Butterfly Burning: Performativity and Aesthetics
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1-54 FORUM New York
1-54 Forum New York 2019 | In The courtyard: a space for Black art
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2019 | To Exhibit Means To Show: the making of an artist's book
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1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Milk And Moon: Black Aesthetics, Essentialism and Futurisms
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1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Without A Name: On living and working between spaces
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2019 | A Treehouse In The City Of Lagoons
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2019 | From The Pavement, A Gallery: Curator As Broker
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1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Opening Spaces
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum New York 2019 | The Queen Lozikeyi Lecture
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1-54 Forum New York
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Ted Joans in Context: Notes and Thoughts on Filmmaking
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Jazz is My Religion
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1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Surrealism and Animated Photography
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Maghrebian Surrealism
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Comic Sounds
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Surrealism Vs. Scribbles: The Surrealist Movement in Egypt
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Public Programme Marrakech 2019 | Le Palais De Lomé
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Public Programme Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Keepin' Words Surreal
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Opening Remarks and Ted Joans, Surrealist Traveller
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1-54 Forum Marrakech
1-54 Forum London 2018 | Reading Group - Black Togetherness as Lingua Franca
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1-54 Forum London
1-54 Forum London 2018 | Artist Talk with Hurvin Anderson
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1-54 Forum London
1-54 Public Programme London 2018 | Report Launch: Contemporary African Art Ecology with Mary Corrigall
