Kouoh, the first African woman to lead the Venice Biennale, was due to present her plans for the prestigious international ...

Ms. Kouoh had recently been named to oversee next year’s Venice Biennale. She died just days before she was scheduled to ...

Fed up with life in the Swiss city of Zurich, Kouoh returned to Africa in 1996. She worked as a curator in Senegalese capital ...

A prominent name in global art, Koyo Kouoh, passed away at the age of 57 on May 10, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland.

The Biennale organization described the curator’s passing as leaving “an immense void in the world of contemporary art.” ...

Koyo Kouoh, executive director and chief curator of Zeitz MOCAA and curator of the next Venice Biennale, died suddenly ...

Koyo Kouoh, a giant of the contemporary art world who tirelessly championed African artists and became the first woman from ...

Koyo Kouoh, a world renowned art curator who celebrated Black artists, died shockingly at 57, leaving an indelible imprint on ...

Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, has died at age 58, her home institution in South Africa said in an ...

Koyo Kouoh, the visionary Cameroonian-born curator and Executive Director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa has ...

Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh has died at the age of 58. She was the first African woman invited to lead the Venice Art ...

Koyo Kouoh, curator of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Biennale Arte 2026, has died, aged 57 ...