Frame welcomes you to meet curators Noor Bhangu and Kholisile Dhliwayo on Thursday 3 September, from 5 to 7 pm at our office in Töölö (Töölönkatu 11 A, Helsinki).
In August-September, Noor Bhangu and Kholisile Dhliwayo are participating in the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP), organised in collaboration between Frame and HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme.
At the event at Frame, Bhangu and Dhliwayo will discuss their curatorial practices and research done at the HICP curatorial residency this Autumn. The presentation is followed by an informal gathering over refreshments. The event is open to all to participate.
If you can’t attend in person, you can join the discussion online via Zoom (link below).
Warm welcome!
Biographies
Noor Bhangu, based in Oslo, Norway, is a curator and scholar whose practice is rooted in relational curatorial aesthetics and practices. In 2026, she completed her PhD in Communication and Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University in Tkaronto, Toronto. Her dissertation investigates cultures of sexuality within Islamic visual culture to develop a queer genealogy, linking the past to the contemporary.
Kholisile Dhliwayo is an African Australian architect, artist, and curator. His interdisciplinary practice draws on cultural practices and collective histories, particularly those of diasporas, to produce community-centered architecture, art, and installations. Kholisile is also the founder of afrOURban Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to documenting and celebrating more accurate narratives about the spaces occupied by Black people, both in the diaspora and on the African continent.
Co-organised by Frame and HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, HICP offers one-month residencies for contemporary art curators. The programme aims to allow internationally active, professional curators to connect with the Finnish contemporary art field and plan projects in collaboration with artists and partner organisations in Finland. During the last decade, the programme has hosted 35 contemporary art curators from 25 countries across 5 continents.
Noor Bhangu (left) and Kholisile Dhliwayo. Noor’s photo: Christina Hajjar