On 28 November, 14.00–17.30, at the Stedelijk Museum, we explore how artistic communities create impact, build legacies and transform what they inherit. The programme brings together the 2026 Prince Claus Fund Impact Award recipient kąrî’kạchä seid’ou and his collective blaxTARLINES KUMASI, alongside Impact Award jury members Ibrahim Mahama, Daniela Ortiz and Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy.
Cover image by Owusu K. Gyamfi, © blaxTARLINES KUMASI.
How is impact created and sustained? What makes a legacy meaningful? And how can we think about inheritance not only as something we receive from the past, but as something we actively transform, share and pass on?
The afternoon opens with a conversation moderated by Stedelijk curator Amanda Pinatih, as the Impact Award jury reflects on how impact is understood in socially and politically engaged artistic practices.
The programme then turns to kąrî’kạchä seid’ou and blaxTARLINES KUMASI, who share the ideas, methods and collective practices that have reshaped how art is taught, made, shared and circulated in Ghana and beyond. The session includes a screening, a new publication launch by Archive Books, a performance of Boundaries, Scars, and Sores and a public address by seid’ou, followed by a conversation and Q&A.
Throughout the afternoon, storytelling collective Mezrab co-hosts and facilitates the programme. We close with words and a toast, inviting guests to encounter seid’ou’s work and the community that makes it possible.
The event is supported by Gemeente Amsterdam through our Exchanges Programme.
About Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is Amsterdam’s leading museum for modern and contemporary art and design. Its collection spans painting, sculpture, photography, film, design and new media, bringing together historic movements and contemporary practices from around the world. Through exhibitions, research and public programmes, the museum creates space for new ideas, critical dialogue and diverse perspectives on art and society.
