[Civsoc-mw] Okwui Enwezor, Pivotal Curator of Contemporary Art, Is Dead at 55 -ARTnews

[Tony Thontholani]

Curator Okwui Enwezor, whose incisive, free-thinking, and ambitious exhibitions were essential in pushing the art world to embrace a global view of contemporary art and art history, has died at the age of 55. He had been battling cancer for years. Among the first to share news of his passing was the Venice Biennale, whose 56th edition he curated in 2015.
http://www.artnews.com/2019/03/15/okwui-enwezor-dead-55/