El Hadji Malick Ndiaye is Head of Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (IFAN) Cheikh Anta Diop University, and the Curator of the Théodore Monod Museum of African Art in Senegal. Malick was the Artistic Director of the 14th edition of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art (2022) and co-curator of the exhibition Picasso à Dakar, 1972-2022 (Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar 2022). His publications focus on contemporary art, African museum institutions, and cultural policies. He holds a doctorate in Art History from Université Rennes II. He is also a graduate of the National Institute of Heritage (Paris) and a former fellow of the National Institute of Art History (Paris).