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Azu Nwagbogu

Azu Nwagbogu is the Founder and Director of African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), a non-profit organization based in Lagos, Nigeria. 

Nwagbogu was elected as the Interim Director/ Head Curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art in South Africa from June 2018 to August 2019. He also serves as Founder and Director of LagosPhoto Festival, an annual international arts festival of photography held in Lagos. He is the creator of Art Base Africa, a virtual space to discover and learn about contemporary African Art. 

Azu Nwagbogu served as a juror for the Dutch Doc, POPCAP Photography Awards, World Press Photo Contest, Prisma Photography Award (2015), Greenpeace Photo Award (2016), New York Times Portfolio Review (2017-2018), W. Eugene Smith Award (2018), Photo Espana (2018), Foam Paul Huf Award (2019), Wellcome photography prize (2019) and is a regular juror for organizations such as Lensculture and Magnum.  

For the past 20 years, he has curated private collections for various prominent individuals and corporate organisations in Africa. Nwagbogu obtained a Masters in Public Health from The University of Cambridge. He lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria.  

Azu Nwagbogu

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#34

Manifestation

November 14, 2023
7:00 – 19:00
Until December 14, 2023
Studio Space

#34 What Can’t It Do?

See the work by Waèl Allouche in our Studio Space. He asked an early version of the current ChatGPT: “What is it a flag can’t do?” This question unexpectedly got answered in a very political way.

#16

Manifestation

November 30, 2023
Until January 25, 2024
Central Space

#16 Descent into Fungal

The third group show in the Central Space with Milena Anna Bouma, Don Yaw Kwaning, Andrey Shental and YUME YUME – Opening on Thursday November 30, with an opening performance by the Queer Choir Amsterdam, 18:30 – 20:30

#10

Manifestation

August 3, 2023
14:00 – 16:00
Studio Space

#10 Beauty Basics for Queer People

Trans-inclusive makeup workshop by Timothy Paul. Join Caribbean Queer Salon for this live make-up tutorial.

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site Local

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

#3

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
21:00 – 1:00
Until March 25, 2023
Off-site Local

#3 Afterparty – Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent at kanaal40

with 1.06 Music Library and Michael Ekow & May

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

#4

Manifestation

June 4, 2023
16:00
Until July 2, 2023
Off-site Local

#4 Keti Koti Westerpark X Buro Stedelijk

with Atelier Code Noir and Frank Creton

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

#6

Manifestation

July 6, 2023
12:30 – 13:15 / 14:30 – 15:15
Central Space

#6 Live performance: Visitation, with NO Stars (2030)

Geo Wyex will perform 'Visitation, with NO Stars' twice on July 6 at the Central space. A live performance as part of his ongoing work 'Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Blop Bloop' (2021).

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Memories of becoming (2022/2023)

by Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

Mirre Yayla Séur: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

#2

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#2 Opening – Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent

with an inaugural performance by Sedrig Verwoert, Alanna Archibald, Phantom Wizard and Ranie Riberio

#1

Manifestation

April 14, 2023
11:00 – 17:00
Until April 15, 2023
Off-site Local

#1 Listening Sessions

Buro Stedelijk’s manifestation #1 Listening Sessions, is an engaging and thought-provoking two-day event on April 14 and 15.

About

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Buro Stedelijk is hybrid, make sure to check the location per manifestation.

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

#35

Manifestation

November 15, 2023
19:00 – 21:30
Off-site Local

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

location

Off-site Int’l

Collaborator

Niels Staats

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

KC

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

kanaal40

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

#17

Manifestation

September 14, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#12 Rehearsing (the Care for) Decay

Mirre Yayla Séur performs 'Rehearsing (the Care for) Decay' on September 14 at our Central space. A live performance as part of her ongoing process during Manifestation #8: To Be Determined.

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

Kevin Osepa: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

#11

Manifestation

September 28, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#11 Mal Ora

Join us for an evening co-curated by Kevin Osepa with performances by Travis A. G. Geertruida, Lakisha Apostel, Guenn Ramon Gustina and Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi.

#16

Manifestation

November 30, 2023
Until January 25, 2024
Central Space

#16 Descent into Fungal

The third group show in the Central Space with Milena Anna Bouma, Don Yaw Kwaning, Andrey Shental and YUME YUME – Opening on Thursday November 30, with an opening performance by the Queer Choir Amsterdam, 18:30 – 20:30

From listening to reflecting: thoughts on the Manifestation #1 Listening Sessions

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Ammodo

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

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Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

by Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

About

Vision

Buro Stedelijk is a place to discover Amsterdam’s dynamic and forward-thinking art scene. 

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Grown head to toe outfit (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Bloop (2021)

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Anne Lakeman

Marcel van den Berg: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Queer Choir

Respect for the forest

Fragments of conversations in Saamaka tongo Recordings: January - March 2023 in Pikin Slee (SR) Marjet Zwaans, Edje Doekoe, at Buro Stedelijk Amsterdam (NL) Transcribed and translated with Vinije Haabo

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

#14

Manifestation

July 24, 2023
16:00
Studio Space

#14 Exiting the Photographic Universe

Prof. Fred Ritchin discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on photography in the digital age.

#20

Manifestation

November 16, 2023
Until November 19, 2023
Off-site Local

#20 Taking Root Among the Stars

In collaboration with Buro Stedelijk, Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yilmaz will create an intimate space at UNFAIR23. The booth will offer a moment of rest, pause, to go through the books and reflect on the patchwork sky.

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

#2

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
Until July 25, 2023
Central Space

#2 Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent

with Joël Andrianomearisoa, Narges Mohammadi and Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

#5

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
Until July 2, 2023
Studio Space

#5 Dia di Lucha pa Libertat

Every year on the 1st of July we commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolition of slavery: Keti Koti. Since we believe that Keti Koti should be a national holiday, we are closed on the 1st of July. We asked Lydiënne Albertoe to design a graphic work for this particular occasion. The work is placed on the door of our Central Space and the windows of the Studio Space.

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

#9

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
17:00 – 18:00
Off-site Local

#9 In conversation with Frank Creton

Join us Friday for a Q&A with artist Frank Creton at Meterhuisje

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

Collaborator

Q

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

#19

Manifestation

October 12, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#19 Raw Heat, Black Sweat

Join us for a co-curated evening by Marcel van den Berg, a block party at the Central Space celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop Culture with KC, Loopey, Farida Sedoc, Jeff Croese and Shigeo Arikawa.

#15

Manifestation

November 4, 2023
19:00 – 02:00
Central Space

#15 Cosmism

During Museumnacht, we present a selection of films by John Akomfrah, Saodat Ismailova, and Viktor Vasylenko in the Buro Stedelijk Central Space. The program explores cosmic musical forms and the (philosophical) potential of space, science fiction, immortality and infinity.

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

#34

Manifestation

November 14, 2023
7:00 – 19:00
Until December 14, 2023
Studio Space

#34 What Can’t It Do?

See the work by Waèl Allouche in our Studio Space. He asked an early version of the current ChatGPT: “What is it a flag can’t do?” This question unexpectedly got answered in a very political way.

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

location

Central Space

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

location

Online

www.burostedelijk.nl

Collaborator

Yvette Mutumba

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

#8

Manifestation

August 14, 2023
Until October 15, 2023
Central Space

#8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

location

Off-site Local

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker