Staff of Umoja Art Gallery Denied Visas Before Africa Basel
The event occurred a week before the opening of the Africa Basel art fair on June 17
Courtesy Umoja Art Gallery, Kampala
Staff from Umoja Art Gallery, in Kampala, Uganda, were denied Swiss entry visas the week before the opening of the Africa Basel art fair on June 17 – as reported by Alexander Morrison for The Art Newspaper.
A sign on the gallery’s empty booth at the fair reads: “An empty booth stands as a reminder that despite the ambition of a global art ecosystem, physical borders and administrative barriers still determine whose voices can be present.”
Africa Basel was launched last year to coincide with Art Basel’s flagship event in Switzerland. This year, it encompasses 19 international galleries promoting work by African and African diaspora artists.
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