[Many thanks to Veerle Poupeye (Critical.Caribbean.Art) for bringing this item to our attention.] “Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives— A Symposium” will take place on Thursday, April 30, 2026, and Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center, Harvard University. The center is located at 104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 2R, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Description: The symposium gathers an interdisciplinary group of scholars, thinkers, and museum professionals to investigate the history, status, and future of exhibiting art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-speaking Caribbean and Amazonia from plural sociological, historical, art historical, and museological perspectives. It is organized by Audrey Célestine (NYU), Cécile Fromont (Harvard) and Claire Tancons (EXTEMPORA) in conjunction with the Alain Locke Gallery’s upcoming exhibition curated by Claire Tancons by invitation of Cécile Fromont Van Lévé: Sovereign Visions of the Creole and Maroon Americas and Amazonia (September 2026-June 2027).
Thursday Apr 30, 2026
Welcome and Introduction 1:00pm to 1:30pm
A Vast Caribbean 1:30pm to 3:30pm
France/Antilles: The Politics of Caribbean Art 3:45pm to 5:45pm
Friday May 1, 2026
Lost and Found: Histories of Caribbean art and artists 8:45am to 10:45am
Poetics of Knowledge11:00am to 12:15pm
Public Facing 1:30pm to 3:30pm
For more information, see https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/event/exhibiting-art-french-and-creolekreyol-speaking-caribbean-and-amazonia-sociological?occ_id=0
[Image shown above: Gwladys Gambie’s “Anatomie du sensible #4,” 2020.]
[Many thanks to Veerle Poupeye (Critical.Caribbean.Art) for bringing this item to our attention.] “Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives— A Symposium” will take place on Thursday, April 30, 2026, and Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins