Okwui Enwezor

Okwui Enwezor
Born
Okwuchukwu Emmanuel Enwezor

(1963-10-23)23 October 1963
Calabar, Nigeria
Died15 March 2019(2019-03-15) (aged 55)
Munich, Germany
OccupationCurator
Spouse(s)Jill S Davis (divorced)
Muna El Fituri (divorced)
Children1

Okwui Enwezor // (23 October 1963 – 15 March 2019)[1] was a Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator, specializing in art history. He lived in New York City[2] and Munich. In 2014, he was ranked 24 in the ArtReview list of the 100 most powerful people of the art world.[3]

  1. ^ Russeth, Andrew (15 March 2019). "Okwui Enwezor, Pivotal Curator of Contemporary Art, Is Dead at 55". ARTnews. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ Rutger Pontzen, "I have a global antenna" (Interview with Okwui Enwezor), in Virtual Museum Of Contemporary African Art.
  3. ^ "2014 POWER 100". Art Review. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.