Together with Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, the Mondriaan Fund is organising a new edition of HERE: Heritage Reflections.
This edition will focus on the theme of restitution.
Dr. Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, Curator of African Arts at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in the USA, and CATPC artists Ced’art Tamasala, Matthieu Kasiama, and Mbuku Kimpala will speak about the loan of the Balot sculpture.
In 2024, the sculpture temporarily returned to Congo as part of the Venice Art Biennale. What preceded this remarkable loan? What obstacles had to be overcome? What lessons learned do they want to share? And also: what are the next steps?
