Fondation H in Antananarivo, Madagascar, presents 'Kabarin-javakanto: A Reading of the Fondation H Collection,' an exhibition curated by Abdellah Karroum that reinterprets the foundation’s international holdings through the Malagasy oratorical tradition of kabary. Rather than a conventional display, the show activates works from Africa and its diasporas across three galleries, emphasizing dialogue, community, and relational viewing.
This exhibition matters because it challenges Western curatorial norms by grounding a global collection in local epistemology, proposing that collecting is a form of storytelling open to continual rewriting. It signals Fondation H’s commitment to cultural transmission and accessibility, asking how collections can speak to collective futures beyond static ownership.