Black Rock Senegal today announces that they are now accepting applications for the 2022 cycle of their multidisciplinary artist-in-residency program located in Dakar, Senegal. After two successful years welcoming over thirty artists from around the world to Kehinde Wiley’s coastal compound, they are thrilled to once again open their doors to a new cohort of artists for their 2022 artist-in-residency cycle.

Find the full story here: https://blackrocksenegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/210917_BR-APP-ANNOUCEMENT.pdf

Black Rock Senegal is named one of the top 5 emerging residencies in the world by L’OFFICIEL ART.

Find the full story here: https://www.lofficielusa.com/art/artist-residencies-travel-2021

On the eve of the 2021 artist announcement, Founder Kehinde Wiley discusses the intersection of arts and activism with Christiane Amanpour and explores the impact of Black Rock Senegal’s incoming class.

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https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/02/02/amanpour-kehinde-wiley-art-artist-black-lives-matter-activism-obama.cnn

The New York Times announces the release of the 2021 artist list for Black Rock Senegal and explores how the global group of artists share Kehinde Wiley’s passion for using art to explore social change.

Find the full story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/arts/design/kehinde-wiley-black-rock-senegal.html

Dakar, Senegal, February 2, 2021–Black Rock Senegal today announced the 2021 participants for the second year of its Artist-in-Residence program.

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Black Rock Senegal is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Kehinde Wiley to create a line of merchandise featuring iconic works from the artist’s archives. Launched in 2020, the collection’s debut series includes a notecard set and a 100% silk scarf. Also available for sale is The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia beach towel, reissued to celebrate this inaugural campaign.

Available exclusively at: https://kehindewileyshop.com/

Founder Kehinde Wiley speaks about living and creating work in Dakar at Black Rock Senegal during the global pandemic.

Find the full story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/arts/design/kehinde-wiley-monument.html

In conjunction with the recent announcement from the Senegalese government of the reopening of borders, we are excited to announce the application cycle for Black Rock Senegal 2020/2021 is now open. We will be accepting applications until 11:59 PM (GMT) on August 31, 2020.

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https://blackrocksenegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200802_prs_application-cycle-3.pdf

In the latest issue of The New Yorker, the artist Grace Lynne Haynes, in her début for the magazine, paints a portrait of Sojourner Truth. Haynes speaks about the influence the residency had on her place in the art world and challenged her perspective.

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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2020-08-03 

Here, we honor the art of illustration with drawings of looks handpicked from the Vogue Runway archive by seven artists. Designs by Black Rock artist Grace Lynne Haynes are featured.

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https://www.vogue.com/article/fashion-illustrators-draw-couture-looks-for-vogue

The 50 artworks in Art on the Grid form a decentralized group exhibition on the city’s public transportation and communication infrastructure. Work by Black Rock artist Tunji Adeniyi-Jones on display.

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https://www.publicartfund.org/exhibitions/view/art-on-the-grid-july27/

Contemporary Art Matters is proud to present an exhibition of Heather Jones, an accomplished artist based in South-Western Ohio. Jones was recently an inaugural artist-in-residence at Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock Senegal.

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https://contemporaryartmatters.com/heather-jones-black-rock-and-beyond/ 

This has been a remarkable year for Black Rock. We opened our doors May 26th 2019, sharing Kehinde Wiley’s magnificent vision with our friends from near and far. In August 2019 we launched the inaugural year of the Black Rock Senegal artist residency, welcoming the first 3 artists to live and make work on the compound. As of today, we have hosted 15 artists working in literature, multimedia, painting, photography, sculpture and textiles.

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https://blackrocksenegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200811_br_prs_year-1-updates.pdf

A visit to German-Ghanaian artist Zohra Opoku’s studio opens up a conversation on personal identity, social commentary and her connection with Ghana.

Find the full story here: https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/culture/art/we-step-inside-artist-zohra-opokus-ethereal-studio

We are proud of announce our partnerships with Dr. Abdou Karim Diop, head of the West Health District of Dakar, and with the Association des Femmes de la Cité Biagui et Toundourya (AFBET) for the donation of 700 masks to combat the spread of COVID-19.

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https://blackrocksenegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2000803_br_prs_mask-donation.pdf

From the Armory Show to Independent to SPRING/BREAK, this week’s New York fairs offer a sampling of exciting new talents. Black Rock artists Tunji Adeniyi-Jones and Devin Johnson stand out.

Find the full story here: https://news.artnet.com/market/7-rising-star-artists-to-look-out-for-at-armory-week-2020-in-new-york-1788804

Founder Kehinde Wiley kicks off Miami Basel 2019 in discussion with Swizz Beatz about philanthropy and the arts.

Find the full story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81do8RIpZn8

Black Rock Artists Grace Lynne and Tunji Adeniyi-Jones make the Forbes 30 Under 30 list: Arts & Style.

Find the full story here: https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/art-style/#66bb1e1b4e11

Artist Kehinde Wiley created the programme to help artists embrace the creativity he saw in Senegal. “I was tired of having Africa as my own little secret. It turned out that as much as I travelled all over the world with my art, I increasingly found that there was a lightness, a creativity that exists here,” he told the BBC.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-50466984/creating-an-artist-residency-programme-in-senegal 

To envision a space created for artists, one that inspires cross-disciplinary and intergenerational collaboration set against the beauty of coastal Senegal, is a dream all its own. For Kehinde Wiley, that dream is now a reality.

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https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/kambui-olujimi-kehinde-wiley-black-rock-senegal-residency

Obama’s official portrait artist aims to create a marketplace of ideas. Kehinde Wiley discusses his studio practice and the opening of Black Rock Senegal with Vanity Fair.

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https://blackrocksenegal.org/staging/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/KW-VF-COVER-3.pdf

Kehinde Wiley and Absolut Art are pleased to reveal an exclusive new print edition as part of a charitable partnership to support Black Rock Senegal artist in residence program.

Find the full story here: https://www.absolutart.com/us/artist/kehinde-wiley/artwork/head-of-a-young-girl-veiled/

Tajh Rust introduces a new series of figurative oil on canvas paintings influenced by the artist’s experiences during his residency at Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock Senegal in Dakar. The title is a play on the word “eve,” referencing the time of day (eve-ning), the beginning point of an observed event (New Year’s Eve), or the name of the biblical character in the Garden of Eden.

Find the full story here: https://www.sakhileandme.com/exhibitions/tajh-rust-eve-2019.htm

Black Rock Senegal is a multidisciplinary artist in residence program created by artist Kehinde Wiley. The project aims to bring together an international group of artists in his newly created studio in Dakar, which opened in May 2019 in the presence of Naomi Campbell and Alicia Keys.

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https://africanshapers.com/16-artistes-selectionnes-pour-la-premiere-residence-au-black-rock-senegal/ 

Black Rock Senegal, the residency program launched by artist Kehinde Wiley earlier this year, announced today that sixteen multidisciplinary artists have been invited to live and work in Dakar from August to April 2020.

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https://www.artforum.com/news/artists-selected-for-kehinde-wiley-s-inaugural-residency-program-in-senegal-80382

Black Rock Senegal today announced the official selection of artists for the inaugural year of its artist-in-residence program developed by Kehinde Wiley. Between August 2019 and April 2020, Black Rock will host 16 international, multi-disciplinary artists to live and work in Dakar, Senegal, on the westernmost point of continental Africa.

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https://blackrocksenegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Black-Rock-Press-Release-July-2019-English.pdf

On the eve of the opening of Black Rock Senegal, founder Kehinde Wiley gives the New York Times a sneak peak into the residency compound and his vision for incoming artists.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/arts/design/kehinde-wiley-senegal.html

Inside the opening event for Black Rock, which welcomed friends and artists from around the world to Dakar in May 2019.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/inside-obama-portraitist-kehinde-wileys-west-african-art-partywere-doing-us/2019/05/28/e044fae2-8159-11e9-9a67-a687ca99fb3d_story.html 

Made famous for his portrayal of Barack Obama, the American painter creates portraits of men and women from marginalized communities.

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https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2019/05/17/kehinde-wiley-le-peintre-qui-magnifie-les-hommes_5463472_4500055.html 

The painter—at the top of his game following a headline-grabbing portrait commission of former U.S. president Barack Obama—is talking about Black Rock, the brand-new artist residency that he’s launching in Dakar, Senegal.

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https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-inside-kehinde-wileys-vibrant-new-artist-residency-senegal 

Architectural Digest explores the design elements that make the Black Rock compound so unique, including collaborations with Abib Djenne, Fatiya Djenne, and Aissa Dione.

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https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kehinde-wiley-new-artist-residency-black-rock-senegal

The first time Kehinde Wiley visited Dakar, Senegal, he was a 19-year-old art student on his way to Nigeria in search of his father.

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https://www.cnn.com/style/article/kehinde-wiley-senegal/index.html

An intimate discussion with Kehinde Wiley about living and working alongside visiting artists in a cliffside compound in Senegal.

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Kehinde Wiley is pleased to announce the opening of a new multidisciplinary artist-in-residency program, Black Rock Senegal.

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