GUAP in collaboration with NATIVE

Celebrating 12 West African talents shaking up their industries

Due to the wealth of talent on the continent, particularly in West Africa, the first-ever Blacklist West Africa aims to celebrate creative and professional talent from the continent at a pivotal time for the culture coming out of the scene.

THE GUARDIAN

Across Generations: a Black History Month exhibition – in pictures

The work of four Black photographers who capture their subjects in a variety of settings, from historic events to intimate moments, is being displayed in an exhibition marking Black History Month.

VOGUE

Gida Is the New Journal Dedicated to African Creatives

For Gida’s debut issue, Hassan-Odukale tapped Ivorian visual artist Nuits Balnéaires to create the cover image. The result is a striking visual of a person in a white shirt turned away from the camera while the shadows of leaves fall on them.

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NUITS BALNÉAIRES | THE SEA AND THE NIGHT

Hi Nuits Balnéaires! Your artist name, Nuits Balnéaires, translates to “seaside nights” in English. How did you choose this name and what does it mean to you?

THE GUARDIAN

‘A deep, spiritual connection’: ancient families of Ivory Coast – in pictures

Nuits Balnéaires worked with local artisans and craftsmen to tell the stories of the seven great families of the N’zima Kotokô tribe – from banana planters to gold miners.

OCULA ART

Fifty Years of Photography in Africa at ART X Lagos

Fifty years of African photography will go on view across ART X Lagos, which returns for its sixth edition at The Federal Palace on Victoria Island in Lagos (4–7 November 2021) after its 2020 online-only fair.

By Rebecca Anne Proctor

THE AFRICA REPORT

ART X Lagos is raising the bar for African art and culture

ART X Lagos is running as a physical fair from November 4-7, while its online version runs from November 4-21. Works of young and veteran artists dot the galleries, each telling a unique story about Africa’s culture and lost identities.

By Dele Yusuf

FRANCE 24

Côte d'Ivoire : à Grand-Bassam, havre de la création, l'art a le vent en poupe

Alors que le village artisanal autrefois prisé de Grand-Bassam est en voie de disparition, une nouvelle génération d'artistes contemporains se réapproprie ce centre culturel emblématique et lui donne un nouveau souffle.

Par : Hannane FERDJANI |Samuel BERNARD

WORLD PRESS PHOTO

The Power of Alliances

"Nuits Balnéaires' work is telling a story that is intimately rooted in tradition, culture, and imagination. He allows us to envision another world dimension, filled with poetry, light, beauty, ritual, and spirituality. He has created a powerful document enlightening the rich bonds at the foundation of Ivorian culture." - Emilie Regnier, photographer and West Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship mentor.

BUBBLEGUM CLUB

Ivorian artist Nuits Balnéaires | A leading visual voice of young Côte d’Ivoire

Dadi is an Ivorian visual artist and creative director based in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire. Nuits Balnéaires is his artist name — translating to seaside nights in English — and it is also his main project in development originally inspired by a poem he wrote.

Interview by Lindiwe Mngxitama

MANIFESTO

Nuits Balnéaires: When Art Moves Beyond Geographical Borders

Internationally known under the name of Nuits Balnéaires, Dadi is an Ivorian visual artist and creative director from Abidjan living in Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire — an oasis of creative minds, as he himself describes it. 

Interview by Gilda Bruno

CONTEMPORARY AND

SCENT OF APPOLONIA

When exploring the waters and landscapes along the Ivorian coastline, visual artist Nuits Balneaires often questions and imagines the centuries of history that the landscapes and waters must have seen and how the passing of time and the impact of people(pollution, infrastructure creation and developments) continues to transform these coastlines.

Words : Bayo Hassan Bello

NATAAL MEDIA

SCENT OF APPOLONIA

An ode to his adopted home since leaving Abidjan in 2019, photographer Nuits Balnéaires captures the essence of Appolonia through Scent of Appolonia, an exhibition staged at the Hotel Particulier in Cocody in collaboration with conceptual events agency, Pulp Concepts.

Words : Stéphane Gaboué

REPUBLIK

KÜSTENNÄCHTE UND DIE POESIE DES GOLFS

Der Ivorer Dadi lebt in einer alten Königsstadt, zwischen einer ruhigen Lagune und den Wellen des Atlantiks. Als sein Viertel überschwemmt wurde, nahm er die Kamera in die Hand – und schuf eine Arbeit, die ihn näher zu den Menschen dort brachte.

Von Flurina Rothenberger

NATAAL MEDIA

ABIDJAN V COVID-19

“This period forces us to focus on what matters to us as artists and human beings” says Dadi, the photographer known as Nuits Balneaires.

Words : Stéphane Gaboué

NOUVELLE CHAINE IVOIRIENNE

La télé d'ici

Nuits Balnéaires est l’un des invités de La télé d’ici lors de l’émission consacrée au come up des artistes africains .

Présentée par : Cheick Yvane , Princesse et Pierre Akpro .

WORLD PRESS PHOTO

West Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship

The West Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship will support three emerging visual journalists and storytellers from Burkina Faso, Ghana, and the Côte d'Ivoire .

QUARTZ AFRICA

Floods ravaged a World Heritage site in Côte d’Ivoire

From late September until the beginning of November, unprecedented floods swallowed the streets and homes of the Quartier France of Grand-Bassam, a UNESCO World Heritage site .

Words : Nuits Balnéaires