Black Joy & Art with USEN - S2 E1 Artwork

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Black Joy & Art with USEN - S2 E1

January 13, 2021 • Qali Id • Season 2 • Episode 1

On this episode of The Qonnect, Qali speaks with USEN, an auteur and curator based in between New York and Lagos. He founded HAUSEN, a gallery and cultural institution dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, out of his Brooklyn apartment when he was 25 years old and is on the acquisitions committee for the Young Collectors Council at the Guggenheim Museum.

During this conversation, USEN and Qali are talking about the transformative power of Black joy, the power of art and the importance of collecting it

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