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Fadugba becomes the fourth recipient of this prestigious award, honored with a cash prize, a solo exhibition, and a residency in 2025.
Artistic Communities
Anna Adima reflects on the embrace of community and resourcefulness despite infrastructural challenges in Kampala’s rapidly expanding artistic scene.
"Afterlives of History"
The multifacted work of Unidigrazz invites us to revisit domestic scenes as a way to critically reclaim public space.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Grant Announcement
Transforming how audiences engage with 10+ years of C& content with Mellon Foundation support.
Events
Exhibition
The Centre for Contemporary ArtLagos, Nigeria 12 Feb 2025 - 31 May 2025
Wunika Mukan GalleryLagos, Nigeria 08 Feb 2025 - 23 Feb 2025
Gallery 1957Accra, Ghana 15 Feb 2025 - 29 Mar 2025
THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBELisbon, Portugal 08 Feb 2025 - 21 Mar 2025
Talks / Workshops
Theater RAMPEStuttgart, Germany 27 Feb 2025
Theater RAMPEStuttgart, Germany 17 Feb 2025
KunsthausBregenz, Austria 01 Feb 2025 - 25 May 2025
Swiss InstituteNew York, United States 22 Jan 2025 - 13 Apr 2025
The Centre for Contemporary ArtLagos, Nigeria
12 Feb - 31 May 2025
Wunika Mukan GalleryLagos, Nigeria
08 Feb - 23 Feb 2025
RAW Material CompanyDakar, Senegal
Gallery 1957Accra, Ghana
15 Feb - 29 Mar 2025
THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBELisbon, Portugal
08 Feb - 21 Mar 2025
Theater RAMPEStuttgart, Germany
27 Feb
17 Feb
KunsthausBregenz, Austria
01 Feb - 25 May 2025
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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.
Racism: a bigger picture
Exhibition Histories
Venice Biennale 2017
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.
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.”
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.
Call for applications The musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
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Residencies Pro Helvetia
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![(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)
