The art of decolonisation : Dakar-Paris, 1950-70 /

"The Art of Decolonisation examines how artists challenged colonial legacies and reconfigured power through transnational networks of art and diplomacy. Adopting a global and transhistorical perspective, it explores artistic, political, and institutional relations between France and Senegal du...

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Main Author: Murphy, Maureen, 1976- (Author)
Other Authors: Buck, Paul, 1946- (Translator), Petit, Catherine, 1962- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.
Series:Rethinking art's histories
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Exchanging rather than returning ; 2. Behind the masks ; 3. Overthrowing colonial legacies ; 4. Creating a new art for a new nation ; 5. The Musée dynamique: platform for decolonisation ; 6. The École de Dakar in Paris.