Art, Culture & Institutions

Angélique Kidjo can credibly be described as a woman of exceptional impact—but the nature of that impact must be defined carefully. Her significance does not rest only on fame, awards, or philanthropic activity. It lies in her ability to convert cultural authority into four distinct forms of power: narrative power, institutional access, economic opportunity, and political voice. Her cultural impact is global and historically significant. Her activist record is unusually susta

What can a postage stamp reveal about how culture moves through Switzerland? A reflection on Giacometti, institutions, and the quiet infrastructure of cultural memory.

An evening at the Kunsthaus Zürich became more than a vernissage. Reflecting on the opening of Kerry James Marshall: The Histories, this essay explores how one exhibition quietly shifts the historical center of gravity within a European museum and what that moment means culturally, historically, and socially for Switzerland.

What drew me in wasn’t an abstract theme, but Kourtney as a person. Kourtney as a practice. A way of thinking through the body rather than around it. Three Black women. On a spectrum of Blackness, creativity, curatorial responsibility, and curiosity. Each of us shaped by different contexts — the US' South, Switzerland, Europe and beyond — yet meeting in the same question: how do we move between institutions and intimacy without losing ourselves?