DEEDS.CALENDAR: Ken Aïcha Sy. Survival Kit – Ifa-Galerie Stuttgart | until 22.02.2026
The exhibition Survival Kit – Between Us and History: The Hidden Archive at the ifa Gallery Berlin presents for the first time in Germany the key findings of the five-year research project Survival Kit by curator and cultural activist Ken Aïcha Sy on the key moments in contemporary Senegalese painting between 1960 and 1990. The exhibition will be shown in both ifa galleries – first in Berlin, then in Stuttgart. In two locations and with different scenographies, it explores a common focus: the intimate connection between a family archive and the collective dimension of a shared heritage – the history of contemporary Senegalese painting from 1960 to 1990. With a selection of works from German museum collections, the exhibition aims to bring these artists out of storage and make them accessible to the public in order to shed new light on their artistic legacy.
WHEN?
Ken Aïcha Sy: Survival Kit
Opening: October 31, 2025, 7–9 p.m.
Exhibition dates: Saturday, November 1, 2025, to Sunday, February 22, 2026
Opening hours ifa-Galerie Stuttgart:
Wednesday to Sunday: noon to 6 pm
Closed on Mondays and public holidays
WHERE?
ifa-Galerie Stuttgart:
Charlottenplatz 17
D-70173 Stuttgart
COSTS?
Free entry
Image above: Ausstellungsansicht Ken Aicha Sy. Survival Kit – Between Us and History: The Hidden Archive, ifa-Galerie Berlin, 2025 © ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Foto: Victoria Tomaschko.
