Autor: Kerstin Pinther

Kerstin Pinther is professor for African Art History at the art history department of Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany. Her research focuses on contemporary art, architecture, urbanism and design in Africa and its diaspora. Her most recent publication looked at „New Spaces for Negotiating Art (and) Histories in Africa”. As a curator, she organized the exhibition „Afropolis. City, Media, Art” (2010-2012). Alexandra Weigand is a designer and art historian, who works interdisciplinarily as a curator, lecturer and researcher. Her exhibition projects include „Hit the Future_Design beyond the Borders” and „Hit the Future_Metropolitan Design” for Munich”s design weeks in 2014 und 2015. She is currently a senior researcher at the art history department of Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany, with a focus on design and urbanism in Africa.