Space explorer – an interview with Kapwani Kiwanga
Edward Behrens
APOLLO
17 APRIL 2024

If there is one mood that characterises a conversation with Kapwani Kiwanga, the Canadian artist who is representing her country at this year’s Venice Biennale, it is thoughtfulness. She speaks with a measured consideration that is all too rare in the conversation of artists. Each word is weighed, evaluated and considered before it is allowed to stand.

Kapwani Kiwanga
Seeds: Containers of a World to Come
Group exhibition curated by Meredith Malone & Svea Braeunert
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint-Louis
Feb 21 – Jul 28, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Inner Spirits and Outer Landscapes
Group exhibition curated by Mistura Allison
Hangar Center for Artistic Research, Lisbon
Nov 22, 2024 – Jan 11, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
BIO – The Biennial of Design in Ljubljana, Double Agent
Group exhibition curated by Alexandra Midal
Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana
Nov 21, 2024 – Apr 6, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
DANCING WITH ALL: The Ecology of Empathy
Group exhibition curated by Yuko Hasegawa
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Nov 2, 2024 – Mar 16, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Flowers Forever. Flowers in art and culture
Group exhibition curated by Kathrin Baumstark
Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg
Oct 12, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy
Group exhibition curated by Key Jo Lee
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
Oct 2, 2024 – Mar 2, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Dig Where You Stand — From Coast to Coast
Group exhibition curated by Delali Ayivi
Foundation Zinsou, Cotonou and Ouida & Les Ateliers Coffi Galerie, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, West Africa
Sep 27 – Dec 27, 2024
Frieze London 2024
With works by Annabel Daou, Elisa Giardina Papa, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga, Grit Richter, Anna Steinert & Angelika J. Trojnarski
Booth: D22
The Regent's Park
Oct 9 – 13, 2024