Kouoh, the first African woman to lead the Venice Biennale, was due to present her plans for the prestigious international ...

Ms. Kouoh had recently been named to oversee next year’s Venice Biennale. She died just days before she was scheduled to ...

Fed up with life in the Swiss city of Zurich, Kouoh returned to Africa in 1996. She worked as a curator in Senegalese capital ...

Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, has died at age 58, her home institution in South Africa said in an ...

Koyo Kouoh has died suddenly. The Cameroon-born art legend was set to become the first African woman to lead the 2026 Venice ...

The Biennale organization described the curator’s passing as leaving “an immense void in the world of contemporary art.” ...

A prominent name in global art, Koyo Kouoh, passed away at the age of 57 on May 10, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland.

In December 2024, Kouoh was named curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale, poised to become the first African woman to lead the ...

Koyo Kouoh, a world-renowned art curator who celebrated Black artists, died suddenly at 57, leaving an indelible imprint on ...

Koyo Kouoh, the director and chief curator of (Zeitz MOCAA), has died at age 57. Kouoh was appointed curator of the 2026 ...

Koyo Kouoh, executive director and chief curator of Zeitz MOCAA and curator of the next Venice Biennale, died suddenly ...