From Restitution to Contemporary Creation⁣

The current debate on restitution is often focused on the transfer of objects and the infrastructure of repatriation. This panel brings together administrators, curators and artists to explore the creative and generative potential of object restitution and the impact of history on contemporary art.

With:⁣
Georges Adeagbo, Artist
Stephan Koehler, Chairman, Founder at Kulturforum Sud-Nord
Alicia Knock, Curator for Contemporary Art and Research, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Yassine Lassissi, Artistic and Commercial Director, Galerie Nationale du Benin
Coline Toumson-Venite, Head of the Mission of Culture and Arts of Benin’s Republic President

Moderated by Silvia Forni, Senior Curator of Global Africa, Royal Ontario Museum

Presented in collaboration with Kulturforum Sud-Nord with the support of the Presidency of the Republic of Benin, echoing the event-exhibition produced by the Presidency of the Republic of Benin at the Palais de la Marina, Cotonou "Art of Benin, from Restitution to Revelation: Royal Treasures and Contemporary Art of Benin"