N’Goné Fall
N’Goné Fall is a Senegalese independent curator and cultural policy specialist, trained at the École Spéciale d’ Architecture in Paris, where she graduated with honours. She served as editorial director of Revue Noire (1994–2001), the first contemporary African art magazine in Paris, and has edited major publications on African art and photography.
She has curated exhibitions across Africa, Europe, and the United States, including guest curating the Bamako and Dakar biennales (2001–2002), and a major 2016 group exhibition in Denmark inspired by Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Fall has authored strategic plans and evaluation reports for leading international institutions such as the Prince Claus Foundation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, among others.
An experienced academic, she has taught at institutions including Senghor University in Alexandria, the Michaelis School of Arts in Cape Town, and Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey. In 2018, she was appointed by French President Emmanuel Macron as General Commissioner of the Africa2020 Season, which featured over 1,500 events across 210 cities in France.
She serves on the boards of ART X Lagos, the Lagos Biennale, C&, ICA Cape Town, and the Nesr Foundation, and curated the carte blanche for El Anatsui’s first solo exhibition in France as part of Africa2020.