Performance Art in Senegal

Action and live art in Senegal.

Art d’action et art vivant au Sénégal.

Artist and Performance Art Groups
  • Artists
  • Groups

Information, resources, and more

  • Elizabeth Harney, In Senghor’s Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960–1995 (Duke University Press, 2004) — the standard scholarly history, with substantial treatment of Laboratoire Agit’Art’s performance practice.
  • Dak’Art (Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art), founded 1990/92 — the continent’s most prominent contemporary-art biennial, regularly including performance in its programming.
  • RAW Material Company (Dakar), founded by curator Koyo Kouoh — a leading center for art, knowledge, and society with strong performance/public-space programming.