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Dedicated to the emerging scene in Ghana, the final 5 are Sena Burgundy, Reginald Boateng, Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku, Nana Frimpong Oduro, and Dela Anyah.
Formerly at Zeitz MOCAA, the curator is appointed to lead the Africa collection and enhance community engagement at Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
In Conversation
C& partners with C/O Berlin for a book residency at ‘A World in Common. Contemporary African Photography’ exhibition curated by Osei Bonsu.
Dr. Zoé Whitley will curate the Focus Exhibition at the 26th Art Toronto, showcasing art from participating galleries for collectors to view and buy.
C& Projects
15 Mar 2025 – 27 Apr 2025 Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck 24 Jan 2025 – 30 Apr 2025 Theater RAMPE x ifa Library x UTOPIA Kiosk, Stuttgart 01 Feb 2025 – 07 May 2025 C& Book Residency at C/O Berlin, Berlin
15 Mar 2025 – 27 Apr 2025 Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck
24 Jan 2025 – 30 Apr 2025 Theater RAMPE x ifa Library x UTOPIA Kiosk, Stuttgart
01 Feb 2025 – 07 May 2025 C& Book Residency at C/O Berlin, Berlin
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Material Culture
In a subversive reconfiguration of images and objects, the exhibition “No One Has Ever Called Their Child Hunger” conjures a cosmos.
Fadugba becomes the fourth recipient of this prestigious award, honored with a cash prize, a solo exhibition, and a residency in 2025.
Film & Cinema
Vusumzi Nkomo reflects on The Other Side of Now at Zeitz MOCAA, an exhibition that explores the past and ongoing impacts of imperial war.
“Afterlives of History”
Ana Nolasco explores César Schofield Cardoso’s work, examining Cabo Verde’s colonial past, memory, and the impact of global capitalism on identity.
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.
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.
Events
Exhibition
Gallery 1957Accra, Ghana 06 Mar 2025 - 26 Apr 2025
BWO GalleryDouala, Cameroon 06 Mar 2025 - 26 Apr 2025
Salon 94New York, United States 19 Feb 2025 - 29 Mar 2025
KunstpalastDüsseldorf, Germany 12 Feb 2025 - 01 Jun 2025
TAXISPALAIS KunsthalleTyrol, Austria 15 Mar 2025 - 27 Apr 2025
Buro StedelijkAmsterdam, Netherlands 27 Feb 2025 - 24 Apr 2025
blankCape Town, South Africa 08 Feb 2025 - 29 Mar 2025
The Renaissance SocietyChicago, United States 01 Mar 2025 - 27 Apr 2025
Gallery 1957Accra, Ghana
06 Mar - 26 Apr 2025
BWO GalleryDouala, Cameroon
Salon 94New York, United States
19 Feb - 29 Mar 2025
SprinngNigeria, Ghana, Liberia, South Africa
Ngalabi Short Film Festival
EUNICSub-Saharan Africa
KunstpalastDüsseldorf, Germany
12 Feb - 01 Jun 2025
TAXISPALAIS KunsthalleTyrol, Austria
15 Mar - 27 Apr 2025
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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.
C& Education
March 27 – 29, 2025 New Orleans, USA
March 27 – 29, 2025
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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.
Racism: a bigger picture
Exhibition Histories
Venice Biennale 2017
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.
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.
Call for proposals EUNIC
Sub-Saharan Africa
Call for papers Sprinng
Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, South Africa
Call for entries Ngalabi Short Film Festival
![(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)
