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Viewing Sir John Akomfrah’s ambitious commission for the 60th Venice Biennale is finally unveiled

The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah and Tarini Malik, British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah and Tarini Malik, British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto I, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto I, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto IV, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto IV, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto VII, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto VII, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto V, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto V, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto-VIII, Listening All Night To The Rain British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto-VIII, Listening All Night To The Rain British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
Above  Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
The Wick Culture - Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
Above  Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
The Wick Culture - Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
Above  Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
The Wick Culture - Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
Above  Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah and Tarini Malik, British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah and Tarini Malik, British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto I, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto I, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto IV, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto IV, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto VII, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto VII, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto V, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto V, Listening All Night To The Rain. British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - John Akomfrah, Canto-VIII, Listening All Night To The Rain British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
Above  John Akomfrah, Canto-VIII, Listening All Night To The Rain British Pavilion, 2024 Photo by Jack Hems
The Wick Culture - Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
Above  Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
The Wick Culture - Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
Above  Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
The Wick Culture - Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
Above  Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
The Wick Culture - Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films
Above  Still from Listening All Night To The Rain by John Akomfrah, commissioned by the British Council. Courtesy of Lisson gallery and Smoking Dogs Films. Copyright Smoking Dogs Films

John Akomfrah, Listening All Night To The Rain

British Pavilion, La Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, Venice,
20 April – 24 November, 2024

Sir John Akomfrah RA represents Great Britain at this year’s 60th International Art Exhibition. Curated by this week’s Monday Muse, Tarini Malik (who tells us more about the pavilion in our interview) Listening All Night To The Rain is an eclectic exploration, conceived as a single installation with a staggering eight interconnected multi-screen sound and time-based works. Akomfrah expands on themes he has explored for decades – memory, migration, injustice and climate change – but here also communes with the ‘ghosts’ of the pavilion. Akomfrah invites audiences to be immersed, and to listen – and perhaps, come out feeling a little different about the world.


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20 April 2024 — 24 November 2024
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