American artist Derrick Adams has paid tribute to the late curator Koyo Kouoh , who oversaw this year’s Venice Biennale , by installing a monumental portrait of her in the Italian city. The painting has been placed on the façade of a building facing the Rio della Tana, around the corner from the Arsenale, one of the Biennale’s two main venues. The installation was spearheaded by Francesco Bonami , the Italian curator and writer who came to know Kouoh after inviting her to serve on the jury of the 50th Venice Biennale, “Dreams and Conflict,” which Bonami curated. “My aim was to honor Koyo Kouoh, not just in an image but also in the spirit of the project, which adheres to the South African concept of Ubuntu that Koyo professed dearly. Ubuntu translates as ‘I am here because we are,'” Bonami said over email. “Derrick and I wanted the project to be both a homage and a surprise—something less formal and less exclusive than all the things that happen in Venice.…