TALKS
2019
Art and Agency: Osei Bonsu and Ibrahim Mahama (Conversation) Tuesday 7 May, 2019, 1:00pm - 2:00pm, African Art Forum in Venice, Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
African Art at the Venice Biennale: History, Challenges and Opportunities (Panel) Tuesday 7 May, 2019, 10:00am - 11:30am, African Art Forum in Venice, Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, Venice, Italy.
Picasso in Dakar: A Story of Modernism and the Musée Dynamique (Lecture) Thursday 2 May, 2019, 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Raw Material Company, Dakar, Senegal.
Models of Exhibition Making in Dakar (Lecture), Wednesday 6 March, 2019, 6:30pm - 7:00pm, Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, Sciences Po, France.
2018
Kendell Geers in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation), Saturday 16 June, 2018, 6:00pm - 7:45pm, Afropolitan Art Talks, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium.
Instituting the Forces of Imagination: Shumon Basar, Osei Bonsu, Nicola Dietrich, and Mark Rappolt (Panel), Sunday 15 April, 2018, 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Miartalks, Miart Fair, Milan, Italy.
Andreas Gursky: Digital Post Production (Guided Tour) Saturday 7 April, 2018, 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Hayward Gallery, London, UK.
Lyle Ashton Harris: Today I Shall Judge Nothing That Occurs (Conversation) Tuesday 13 March, 2018, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France.
The Economy of Living Things: A Chorus (Symposium)Saturday January 20, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France.
Steffani Jemison and Mike Ladd in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation), Thursday 18 January, 2018, 7:00pm - 8:30pm, Kadist, Paris, France.
Jadé Fadojutimi in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation) Tuesday 16 January, 2018, 7:00pm – 8:00pm, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
2017
Contemporary African Art: Osei Bonsu, Sokari Douglas Camp, Emma Menell and Hansi Momodu Gordon (Panel), Thursday 26 October, 2017, 6:30 - 7:30pm, The Arts Club, London, UK.
Museum of Impossible Forms: The Economy of Living Things (Lecture) Tuesday 17 October, 2017, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland.
In Other Words: Contemporary African Art with Osei Bonsu, Zoe Whitley and Hannah O’Leary (Panel) 2017, Podcast, Art Agency Partners, London, UK.
Positions in Print: The Ethics of Art Writing with Osei Bonsu, Valentin Diaconov and Ana Teixeira Pinto (Panel), Saturday 23 September, 2017, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Vienna Contemporary, Vienna, Austria.
Curating Contemporary Art, Mres Course (Lecture), Monday 18 September, 2017, 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Ghost Marmalade: Satellite 10 (Lecture) Thursday 14 September, 2017, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France.
Osei Bonsu in Conversation with Yaw Owusu (Conversation) Thursday 29 June, 2017, 6:00pm - 8:00om, Gallery 1957, Kempinski Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
Non-Exchange: Language, Symbolism and Power with Osei Bonsu, Kodwo Eshun, Juliana Huxtable and Akwugo Emejulu (Panel), Friday 2 June, 2017, 2:00pm – 3:30pm, ICA, London, UK.
Writing Art Criticism (Lecture), Thursday 11 May, 2017, 11:00am - 1:00pm, European Cultural Academy, Venice, Italy.
Rikke Jørgensen in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Lecture) Wednesday 10 May, 2017, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Arts and Globalization Conference 2017, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Osei Bonsu in conversation with Sindika Dokolo and Jochen Zeitz (Lecture) Tuesday 9 May - Wednesday 10 May, 2017, African Art in Venice Forum, Hotel Monaco, Venice, Italy.
Art and Protest: Osei Bonsu and Heather Phillipson in conversation with Jennifer Higgie (Panel), Thursday 27 April, 2017, 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Rochelle School, London, UK.
2016
Demystifying African Art: Osei Bonsu, Hannah O’Leary, and Maria Varnava (Panel) Monday 21 November, 2016, 6:30pm - 8:00pm, 2016, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.
Larry Achiampong and David Blandy in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation) Wednesday 8 June, 2016, 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK.
Reframing Paul Strand: Nii Obodai in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation) Friday 3 June, 2016, 10.00am - 5.30pm, The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
Para Site International Residency Lecture (Lecture) Monday 16 May, 2016, 7:00pm – 8.00pm, Gübelin Jewelry Salon, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, Hong Kong.
Introduction: Black British Art (Lecture), Saturday 17 December, 2016, 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Network11 Peer Forum, Cubitt Galleries, London, UK.
Material Effects: Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Jelili Atiku, Osei Bonsu, Ibrahim Mahama and Yesomi Umolu (Conversation), Saturday 7 November, 2016, 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA.
2015
To Make Oneself Scarce (Mirage, 20 Years On: Enigmas of Race, Difference, and Desire) (Lecture), Saturday 31 October, 2015, 11:15am - 5:00pm, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK.
Meryem Sebti in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation) Friday 16 October, 2015, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair's Forum, Somerset House, London, UK.
The Exhibition as a Tool for Writing History (Para Site International Conference) (Lecture) Monday 5 October - Sunday 11 October, 2015. Sunbeam Theatre, Hong Kong.
Dawit Petros in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation) Saturday 6 June, 2015, 3:00pm - 4:30pm, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK.
Arts and Globalization Conference 2015 (Conversation) Tuesday 26 May - Thursday 28 May, 2015, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Disseminating Identities - Black Art from 1960 to Now (Reappearing Acts: Bliz-aard Ball Sale by David Hammons) (Lecture) Friday, 24 April, 2015, 10.30am - 5.30pm, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
Christopher Cozier in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation) Friday 27 March, 2015, 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK.
Pangaea II: New Art from African and Latin America (Guided Tour) Wednesday 11 March, 1pm – 2pm, 2015, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
2014
Ibrahim Mahama in conversation with Osei Bonsu and Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith (Conversation) Friday 5 December, 2014, 12:00pm – 1:00pm, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
Sammi Baloji in conversation with Osei Bonsu and Elvira Dyangani Ose (Conversation) Saturday, 18 October, 3:00pm – 4:00pm, 2014, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair's Forum, Somerset House, London, UK.
Ibrahim Mahama in conversation with Osei Bonsu (Conversation) Friday 17 October, 2014, 3:00pm – 4:00pm, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair's Forum, Somerset House, London, UK.
Issa Samb: From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire Without Signs (Guided Tour) Saturday 28 June, 2014, 3:00pm – 4:00pm, Institute of International Visual Arts, Rivington Place, London, UK.