John Akomfrah was a founding member of the influential Black Audio Film Collective, which started in London in 1982.

His work is characterised by a rich, multi-layered visual style that is as poetic as it is political and which frequently fuses contemporary issues with history, fiction and mythology.

Collaging archival film footage, still photography and newsreel with new material, he investigates personal and collective memories, post-colonialism, temporality and aesthetics in works that explore the experience of the African diaspora in Europe and the US.

Akomfrah will represent Britain at the Venice Biennale 2024.

Kapwani Kiwanga (b. 1978, Hamilton, Canada, lives in Paris) traces historical narratives, excavating and considering the global impact of international relationships—including colonialism—in its manifold aspects, and how it permeates contemporary culture.

This is the first reference monograph on one of the most discussed contemporary artists active today, this publication, documents her entire body of work since her beginnings in 2009.

Kiwanga will represent Canada at the Venice Biennale 2024.

Franco-Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga’s work traces the pervasive impact of power asymmetries by placing historic narratives in dialogue with contemporary realities.

She questions the ways in which the writing of history, power systems and the generation of knowledge function, undermining the official understanding of truth by expanding history with popular belief and spirituality.

Kapwani Kiwanga lives and works in Paris. She received the Frieze Artist Award and was the winner of the annual Sobey Art Award in 2018.

In 2024 she will represent Canada at the Venice Biennale, 2024.