10 YEARS OF HIGHLIGHTS

Artist stories

Omar Victor Diop

Omar Victor Diop

Otobong-Nkanga

Otobong Nkanga

Kapwani Kiwanga

Kapwani Kiwanga

Special projects

NFT Collaboration with Christie's

NFT in collaboration with Christie’s

1-54 Courtyard Projects

Courtyard Projects

Performance Art

Performance Art

1-54 Forum

1-54-Forum-2013-Chris-Dercon-and-Koyo-Kouoh
1-54 Forum 2013: Chris Dercon and Koyo Kouoh. Image courtesy of 1-54 © Denzil Hugh Dean

‘Forums have an urgency, a permanent need to make sense of where we’re at.’

John Akomfrah

From 2013 to 2017, Forum, curated by Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, Koyo Kouoh, presented films, lectures, and panel discussions featuring artists and thinkers like John Akomfrah, Chris Dercon, Dr Maria Balshaw, Olafur Eliasson, Meschac Gaba, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Renée Mussai, and many more.