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Fractured Self
15 Episodes · Active
Fractured Self
Identity is fragmented, nonlinear, imperfect. Through collage, artists reassemble past and present into visual diaries embracing the messiness of memory.
Expanded Bodies
6 Episodes
Expanded Bodies
Bodies become porous — stretching across materials, technologies, and shared environments. Embodiment constantly reconfigured through movement and transformation.
Collective Selves
2 Episodes
Collective Selves
Identity unfolds as a shared terrain, shaped by intertwined memories and layered histories. Art becomes co-created, fluid, and responsive to community.
Rituals and Creativity
4 Episodes
Rituals & Creativity
In the rhythm of daily acts, creativity quietly takes shape. Repeated gestures and careful attention transform ordinary moments into meaningful practice.
Mourning and Melancholia
9 Episodes
Mourning & Melancholia
Art externalizes trauma, transforming invisible emotional wounds into tangible visual forms — turning personal grief into shared experience.
Make Your Life
1 Episode · New
Make Your Life a Work of Art
Art can intertwine with a life so completely that it becomes a way of seeing, feeling, and remembering.
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Nantene Traore
Painting
Nantene Traore
West African textile traditions meets contemporary abstraction.
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Gal Schindler
Sculpture
Gal Schindler
The body as a site of negotiation between culture and memory.
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Remi Ajani
Mixed Media
Remi Ajani
Bridging Nigerian heritage and diasporic experience through installation.
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Jess Atieno
Photography
Jess Atieno
The politics of visibility for Black women in urban environments.
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Tyler Eash
Painting
Tyler Eash
Tension between figuration and abstraction, landscape and interiority.
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Stephanie Santana
Mixed Media
Stephanie Santana
Afro-Latina identity and the aesthetics of survival through textile and paint.
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Divine Southgate-Smith
Collage · Archive
Divine Southgate-Smith
Black, queer, and feminine identity through layered archival collage.
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Mie Yim
Painting
Mie Yim
Psychedelic figurative painting drawing on Korean heritage and mythology.
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Elladj
Ceramics · Sculpture
Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux
West African spiritual iconography reclaimed in ceramic form.
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K Birkin
Photography
K Birkin
Challenging conventions of portraiture and the politics of looking.
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Barbara Moura
Painting
Barbara Moura
The diasporic body traced across literal and imagined landscapes.
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Chloe Quenum
Sculpture · Installation
Chloe Quenum
Fashion, branding, and the hypervisibility of Black women interrogated.
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Case study
Case Study · Art Basel Paris 2024

When a heritage brand and a generation of artists meet.

Hôtel de Crillon — A Rosewood Hotel — invited Docent to curate contemporary works inside its neoclassical interiors. Artists including Prix Marcel Duchamp nominee Bianca Bondi echoed and reframed the Palace's architectural grandeur.

Cultural Strategy Curatorial Direction Artist Matching
Paris
Art Basel · Hôtel de Crillon · Rosewood
Bianca Bondi
Prix Marcel Duchamp Nominee
"Cultural alignment between a heritage brand and the artists shaping what comes next."
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