Table of contents : Cover Half title Title Copyright Content List of Illustrations Contributors Acknowledgements Notes on Texts Introduction Part I Historical Perspectives Chapter 1: The Foundation and History of the Biennale of Dakar Chapter 2: A Politico-Economic History of Modern and Contemporary Art in Senegal : From Négritude to the Logics of the Open Society Chapter 3: The ‘Distancing Children’ from Senghor’s Openness Take a Stance Part II: Dak’Art – the Biennale of Contemporary African Art Chapter 4: Selection Committees, Selection Processes and Application Procedures Chapter 5: Encounters and Exchanges: An Intellectual History of the Biennale of Dakar Chapter 6: Dak’Art and the Production of its Public Chapter 7: The Biennale of Dakar and the State of Senegal Chapter 8: Reimagining the Biennale of Dakar Part III: Contemporary African Art at Dak’Art Chapter 9: The Making of a Canon: Historicizing Contemporary African Art at Dak’Art Chapter 10: All the City is an Exhibition: The Dak’Art –Off in the Biennale and in Dakar’s Art World City Chapter 11: Dak’Art’s Ecosystem: In and Out of Senegal Epilogue: Global Biennial Discourses: A Critical View from Dak’Art Notes References Index