PROJECT A BLACK PLANET, the art and culture of Panafrica

383pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2024

ISBN: 9780300278996

Published in conjunction with the exhibition organised by The Art Institute of Chicago and MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, in collaboration with KANAL-Centre  Pompidou in Brussels.

The exhibition gathers more than 350 objects from the 1920s to the present made by artists on four continents: Africa, North America, South America, and Europe, and includes an extensive display of books, magazines, record albums, and ephemera.

With contributions by KJ Abudu, Sophia Azeb, Bruno Baptistelli, Antawan Byrd, Sandrine Colard, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Ntone Edjabe, Fehras Publishing Practices, Brent Hayes Edwards, Sarah Estrela, Merve Fejzula, Adom Getachew, Tsitsi Jaji, Mpho Matsipa, Matthew Witovsky and Musab Younis.

Antawan I. Byrd is Associate Curator of Photography and Media, Art Institute of Chicago, and Assistant Professor of Art History, Northwestern University.

Elvira Dyangani Ose is Director of the Museu d’Art Dontemporani de Barcelona.

Adom Getachew is Professor of Political Science and Race, Diaspora and Indigeneity, University of Chicago.

Matthew S. Witkovsky is Vice President for Strategic Art Initiatives and Sandor Chair of Photography and Media, Art Institute of Chicago.