Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives

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Date and Time

May 1, 2026
08:45AM - 03:30PM EDT

Location

Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center

104 Mount Auburn Street
Floor 2R
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Program
Poster

The symposium gathers an interdisciplinary group of scholars, thinkers, and museum professionals to investigate the history, status, and future of exhibiting art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-speaking Caribbean and Amazonia from plural sociological, historical, art historical, and museological perspectives. It is organized by Audrey Célestine (NYU), Cécile Fromont (Harvard) and Claire Tancons (EXTEMPORA) in conjunction with the Alain Locke Gallery’s upcoming exhibition curated by Claire Tancons by invitation of Cécile Fromont Van Lévé: Sovereign Visions of the Creole and Maroon Americas and Amazonia(September 2026-June 2027).

Thursday Apr 30, 2026

Welcome and Introduction 1:00pm to 1:30pm 

A Vast Caribbean  1:30pm to 3:30pm 

France/Antilles: the Politics of Caribbean Art 3:45pm to 5:45pm 

 

Friday May 1, 2026 

Lost and Found:  Histories of Caribbean art and artists 8:45am to 10:45am 

Poetics of Knowledge  11:00am  to 12:15pm 

Public Facing  1:30pm to 3:30pm 

 

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