News
![5 star reviews & interviews with John Akomfrah for 'Listening All Night to The Rain', British Pavilion, Venice](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/29006/JA_WEB.jpg)
In the Press
5 star reviews & interviews with John Akomfrah for 'Listening All Night to The Rain', British Pavilion, Venice
![The Guardian: Interview with John Akomfrah and five-star review of the artist's British Pavilion commission for the 60th Biennale di Venezia](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/28876/John_Akomfrah_British_Pavilion_2024_Jack_Hems_1.jpg)
In the Press
The Guardian: Interview with John Akomfrah and five-star review of the artist's British Pavilion commission for the 60th Biennale di Venezia
![‘Another layer of pigment needed adding to the canvas’: artist John Akomfrah on changing the narrative, from Windrush to colonialism – The Guardian](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/28869/AKOM230001.jpg)
In the Press
‘Another layer of pigment needed adding to the canvas’: artist John Akomfrah on changing the narrative, from Windrush to colonialism – The Guardian
![British Council announces title and further details of John Akomfrah's British Pavilion commission for the 60th Biennale di Venezia](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/28180/AKOM_VENICE_WEB_Crop2.jpg)
News
British Council announces title and further details of John Akomfrah's British Pavilion commission for the 60th Biennale di Venezia
![John Akomfrah in 'Entangled Pasts, 1768–now' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/28157/ENTANGLED_PAST_WEB.jpg)
Museum Exhibition
John Akomfrah in 'Entangled Pasts, 1768–now' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
!['John Akomfrah: the film-maker exposing the colonial adventures of microorganisms and more' – The Art Newspaper](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/27843/AKOM_web.jpg)
In the Press
'John Akomfrah: the film-maker exposing the colonial adventures of microorganisms and more' – The Art Newspaper
!['John Akomfrah on exploring colonialism, migration and globalism through ‘bricolage’' - Financial Times](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/27171/AKOM_ST_WEB_v1_CianOba-Smith.jpg)
In the Press
'John Akomfrah on exploring colonialism, migration and globalism through ‘bricolage’' - Financial Times
!['John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations' at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., USA](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/26887/AKOM_SNMAA_WEB.jpg)
Museum Exhibition
'John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations' at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., USA
![John Akomfrah in 'Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America' at AAMP and the PAFA, Philadelphia, PA, USA](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/26372/AKOM_AAMP_Web.jpg)
Museum Exhibition
John Akomfrah in 'Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America' at AAMP and the PAFA, Philadelphia, PA, USA
!['John Akomfrah: Purple' at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/24640/AKOM_Purple_Web.jpg)
Museum Exhibition
'John Akomfrah: Purple' at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA
![Five Murmurations by John Akomfrah in 'The Healthy City' at Utrecht Centraal Musuem](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/23940/AKOM210009_web.jpg)
Museum Exhibition
Five Murmurations by John Akomfrah in 'The Healthy City' at Utrecht Centraal Musuem
![John Akomfrah and Garrett Bradley films feature in 'Family' at Art Gallery of New South Wales](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/22507/AKOM_AGNSW_WEB.jpg)
Museum Exhibition
John Akomfrah and Garrett Bradley films feature in 'Family' at Art Gallery of New South Wales
![Art lovers, get set! The exhibitions to see when London galleries open – Evening Standard](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/19863/OLUL210003_STORY_CROP.jpg)
In the Press
Art lovers, get set! The exhibitions to see when London galleries open – Evening Standard
![John Akomfrah RA on his artistic roots, upcoming London show, and being left-handed – RA Magazine](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/19255/AKOM_Web.jpg)
In the Press
John Akomfrah RA on his artistic roots, upcoming London show, and being left-handed – RA Magazine
![Limited edition John Akomfrah print to raise funds for Frieze x Deutsche Bank Emerging Curators Fellowship](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/18671/AKOM_Edition_v1.jpg)
News
Limited edition John Akomfrah print to raise funds for Frieze x Deutsche Bank Emerging Curators Fellowship
![Frieze magazine's October 2020 issue features cover by and interview with John Akomfrah](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/18460/JA_NEWPOST-2.jpg)
In the Press
Frieze magazine's October 2020 issue features cover by and interview with John Akomfrah
![Watch now: John Akomfrah, Anish Kapoor and Liu Xiaodong feature in season 10 of Art21's 'Art in the Twenty-first Century'](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/18275/KAPO_Art21_Web1.jpg)
Video
Watch now: John Akomfrah, Anish Kapoor and Liu Xiaodong feature in season 10 of Art21's 'Art in the Twenty-first Century'
![John Akomfrah Film Screening Series & Talk presented by The Africa Institute, the Sharjah Foundation and the Royal College of Art, London](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/17642/MLK_Akomfrah.jpg)
Event
John Akomfrah Film Screening Series & Talk presented by The Africa Institute, the Sharjah Foundation and the Royal College of Art, London
![Listen Online: John Akomfrah speaks to Broadcast about the fallout following the death of George Floyd](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/16923/AKOM_Jack_Hems.jpg)
In the Press
Listen Online: John Akomfrah speaks to Broadcast about the fallout following the death of George Floyd
![Works by John Akomfrah and Allora & Calzadilla on view at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/14843/NARODIZKIY4973.jpg)
Museum Exhibition
Works by John Akomfrah and Allora & Calzadilla on view at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow