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C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship: Wanini Kimemiah
Fellow Wanini Kimemiah presents an editorial essay that introduces eight texts exploring the complex legacies of colonial histories in Kenya.
C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship
Cynthia Nyakiro Ngunjiri presents a visual art project in process featuring plant motifs inspired by her family’s generational knowledge of medicinal.
In her contribution, Mwende Ngao explores the complex relationship between urban life and nature in a rapidly developing Nairobi.
Inside the Library
C& regularly takes a look into book collections holding rare publications. Keren Lasme chooses five books from the feminist library AWU in Dakar.
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Year-in-Review
It has been another year of expanding networks, fostering dynamic collaborations, and producing exceptional art writing.
14th African Biennal of Photography
The continent's leading photography festival is a rallying cry for African self-reliance and a platform for new voices, writes Obidike Okafor.
News
The Deputy Director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York will lead the next edition of documenta to be held from June 12 to September 19, 2027.
Additional prizes were awarded to Wilfried Vanie and Victor Adewale, with honorable mentions for Seyba Keita, Dior Thiam, and John Moussa Kalapo.
C& Center of Unfinished Business
Our author Aaliyah Lauterkranz was inspired to write a poem by Hall's pioneering thinking in the context of identity.
A Limited Collection of all C& and C&AL Print Issues
We are thrilled to announce that the C& Collectors Box, until now only available to our Patreon members, is for sale!
The award honors artists driving social change and community work, including Sana Na N’Hada, Myrlande Constant, Rosa Chávez, and Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi
Koyo Kouoh, director of Zeitz MOCAA, has been appointed to curate the main exhibition of the 61st Venice Biennale, which will open in spring 2026.
MACAAL reopens in February with a new permanent exhibition, showcasing one of the most comprehensive art collections on the continent and more.
Events
Exhibition
Selebe YoonDakar, Senegal 08 Nov 2024 - 22 Feb 2025
Sakhile&MeFrankfurt, Germany 28 Nov 2024 - 01 Feb 2025
Welancora GalleryNew York, United States 23 Jan 2025 - 20 Mar 2025
Museum of Science and TechnologyAccra, Ghana 26 Dec 2024 - 26 Jan 2025
Cécile Fakhoury GalleryAbidjan, Ivory Coast (cote D`ivoire) 13 Feb 2025 - 12 Apr 2025
The Melrose GalleryJohannesburg, South Africa 07 Feb 2025 - 09 Mar 2025
Gallery 1957Accra, Ghana 16 Jan 2025 - 02 Mar 2025
Art Fairs
Cape Town International Convention Centre Cape Town, South Africa 21 Feb 2025 - 23 Feb 2025
Selebe YoonDakar, Senegal
08 Nov - 22 Feb 2025
Sakhile&MeFrankfurt, Germany
28 Nov - 01 Feb 2025
Welancora GalleryNew York, United States
23 Jan - 20 Mar 2025
ÀsìkòCairo, Egypt
Museum of Science and TechnologyAccra, Ghana
26 Dec - 26 Jan 2025
The musée du quai Branly - Jacques ChiracParis, France
Cécile Fakhoury GalleryAbidjan, Ivory Coast (cote D`ivoire)
13 Feb - 12 Apr 2025
The Melrose GalleryJohannesburg, South Africa
07 Feb - 09 Mar 2025
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We spoke to visual artist Massoud Hayoun about his paintings, which aim to stand in opposition to anti-human politics and nihilism.
Installation View
An exhibition centering Somali voices explores how citizenship in Somaliland, the Somali region, and its diaspora is shaped and redefined through art.
C& Projects
07 Sep 2024 – 05 Jan 2025 DAS MINSK, Potsdam
07 Sep 2024 – 05 Jan 2025
DAS MINSK, Potsdam
Dak'Art 2024
Haja Fanta takes a look at the important biennial, questioning its conceptual coherence while admiring its composition.
From November 7 to December 7, 2024, the 15th Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar will be held under the theme “The Wake – L’Éveil.”
Racism: a bigger picture
Exhibition Histories
Venice Biennale 2017
Dak’art 2024
Six prestigious prizes are being awarded among the 58 artists selected for the official international lineup.
Ahead of the rescheduled Dakar Biennale, we spoke with Odur Ronald, whose distinctive works explore themes of power, mobility, and identity.
Restitution
Can the French restitution of some of Benin’s royal treasures constitute a new beginning? Mati Diop’s new film, Dahomey, delves this question.
"Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice“ will take place as of September 2025 at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in São Paolo, Brazil
Letter from Nairobi
Mūhunyo Maina reviews a pertinent exhibition at NCAI, following protests against the 2024 Finance Bill, exploring ways to democratize art viewing.
The 9th edition explores future visions of Africa and its diasporas taking place from October 31st to November 3rd at The Federal Palace in Lagos.
Call for applications The musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
Paris, France
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Ghana
Call for applications Forecast
Berlin, Germany
Call for applications Central Museum of Textiles
Łódź, Poland
![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-320x200.png)
