Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, is a place for the production and presentation of contemporary art. By doing exhibitions, academic research and teaching, by taking care of the collection and the archive as well as providing residencies for artists, recent developments in contemporary African and Diaspora culture are presented and refined together with artists and institutions. The Iwalewahaus collection comprises over 12,000 works of art, making it the largest institutional collection of contemporary African art in Europe. The mission of Iwalewahaus is to research, document and teach rece
Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, is a place for the production and presentation of contemporary art. By doing exhibitions, academic research and teaching, by taking care of the collection and the archive as well as providing residencies for artists, recent developments in contemporary African and Diaspora culture are presented and refined together with artists and institutions. The Iwalewahaus collection comprises over 12,000 works of art, making it the largest institutional collection of contemporary African art in Europe. The mission of Iwalewahaus is to research, document and teach recent African culture. The focus is on visual arts, everyday culture, the media and music. The house provides space for lectures, conferences, concerts, film screenings and readings and is a vivid forum for artists, researchers, students of African studies and the interested public. thumb|Iwalewahaus at Wölfelstraße 2, 95444 Bayreuth
==Research and teaching== alt=Contemporary Artist Mallam Mudi Yahaya, Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth 2023|thumb|Contemporary Artist Mallam Mudi Yahaya, Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth 2023 Most of the Iwalewa-projects are developed in close cooperation with institutions from Africa and Europe and are supported by publications. The focus of the research is contemporary art, popular culture, the media - especially photography - as well as African modernity and museology.
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