blaxTARLINES KUMASI is an artist collective, organizational network and art incubator based out of the Kumasi region of Ghana. It was invited to participate in the main exhibit of the 2026 Venice Biennale and was ranked #69 on ArtReview’s Power 100 ranking of the most influential figures in contemporary art. History The collective started out of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), a Ghanaian arts institution in Kumasi. Since then, its artists network has grown to cover five continents.
The project was one of six groups invited to participate in the 2026 Venice Biennale in 2025. It brought the project SLOW DOWN: CATTLE BATTLE AHEAD, whose title was inspired by a 1995 painting of the same name by Kąrî'kạchä Seid'ou, an African historian and artist.
Mission The collective defines itself as an “open-source” artistic coalition, an educational experiment, a working movement, and a sharing economy.
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