Antawan I. Byrd, Adom Getachew, Matthew S. Witkovsky and Elvira Dyangani Ose in Conversation 

To mark the opening of Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, the curatorial team will delve into the exhibition’s main themes with the aim of exploring some of its most relevant aspects and sharing their research processes with the public. 

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica takes the first Pan-African Congress (1919) as a starting point to explore the concept of Pan-Africanism as a cultural and political movement capable of offering an alternative vision of the world. This exhibition champions the artistic expressions of the African diaspora as the core of an ongoing dialogue with the continent, and delves into topics such as the origins of Pan-Africanism, the study of Blackness, symbolic and political representation, and the significance of religious and animist beliefs, as well as forms of public protest, anti-racism movements and civil rights struggles. 

Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director of MACBA and co-curator of the exhibition, will engage in conversation with Antawan I. Byrd, Associate Curator of Photography and Media at the Art Institute of Chicago; Adom Getachew, Professor of Political Science, Race, Diaspora and Indigenous Studies at the University of Chicago; and Matthew S. Witkovsky, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator of Photography and Media. All three are co-curators of the exhibition. 

participants

Antawan I. Byrd

Elvira Dyangani Ose

Adom Getachew

Matthew S. Witkovsky

with the support of

_{Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.}

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exhibition

From 6 November 2025 to 6 April 2026

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica