Vale: Malick Sidibé

We remember the late photographer Malick Sidibé (1936–2016) with our previous post when the Gallery acquired a group of photographs taken soon after independence was declared in the north-west African country of Mali. Know Brisbane through the Collection / Hear artists tell their stories / Read about the Australian Collection / Subscribe to QAGOMA YouTube to go behind-the-scenes #QAGOMA

Malick Sidibé: Regardez-moi (Look at me!)

With the generous assistance of Tim Fairfax, AC, the Gallery recently acquired a group of photographs by Malick Sidibé, taken soon after independence was declared in the north-west African country of Mali. Malick Sidibé (1935 – 2016) is one of Mali’s most distinguished photographers. In 2003, he won the Hasselbad Award, the Golden Lion for…