Revue Noire (magazine)

Infobox Magazine
title = Revue Noire Magazine

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editor = Jean Loup Pivin and Simon Njami
frequency = infrequent
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category = Sociao-political
company = Private
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country = Flag|France
language = English French
website = [http://www.revuenoire.com/ revuenoire.com/]
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Revue Noire is a contemporary cultural magazine specialized on Africa. Revue Noire was created in France in 1991 and has and had a major role in studying, promoting, facilitating access and comprehension around African artistic productions in all its fields, disciplines and approaches.

Revue Noire was conceived by Jean Loup Pivin in 1991, as a printed manifestation of the arts at the time.It covered varying subjects from art, architecture and photography, to cinema, literature, theatre, fashion, African cities, AIDS and even gastronomy. Design played a key role in forwarding its objectives and Revue Noire was glossy, fashion savvy and distinctly Parisian. Images were combined with largely informative texts that highlighted artistic responses to the international media and the touristic gaze as well as the production of discourses of cultural identity on the continent, the framing the African body, urban sites and rapidly changing dynamics between African aesthetic values and Western influences.

From the beginning Revue Noire was aimed at the widest possible audience: Art lovers and Africa lovers, as well as readers interested in intercultural subject matter.Distributed internationally, it was bilingual (English/French), sometimes even trilingual. This language policy and its focus on specific regions - from Abidjan to London, Kinshasa to Paris - not only facilitated access to information on African artistic production but also forged new links between artist based on the continent and those working in the diaspora.

After 34 issues Revue Noire interrupted the printing of the journal in 2001 and refocused its attention on publishing books, curating exhibitions and posting occasional online content.

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External links

* [http://www.revuenoire.com/ Revue Noire web-site]