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Installation view of ’60 Years: the NCAI Collection’ at the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Kenya.

Letter from Nairobi

An Exhibition Aims at Accessibility Against a Backdrop of Protest in Kenya’s Capital

Mūhunyo Maina reviews a pertinent exhibition at NCAI, following protests against the 2024 Finance Bill, exploring ways to democratize art viewing.

Fred Ebami, Kaper Jesse Legacy (Detail), 2024. Presented by Galerie Mam.

News

ART X Lagos 2024 Reveals Theme, Gallery List and Program

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.

(left) Gaëlle Choisne. Photo credit: Hugues Lawson-Body. (right) Ruche – Creole Garden in Normandie, 2024. In the background Safe Space for a passing history – Ère du Verseau 99999, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Romainville, Grand Paris © Adagp, Paris, 2024

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Gaëlle Choisne is the Winner of Prix Marcel Duchamp 2024

Recognized for her delicate multidisciplinary installations, Gaëlle Choisne has been named the winner of France's most prestigious art award.

Portrait of Nkule Mabaso. Photo: Jacob Sweep

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Fotogalleriet Announces Nkule Mabaso as Director from 2024 to 2028

Nkule Mabaso’s strong interest in networks and their potential for institutions and artists will elevate Norway’s only kunsthalle for photography.

Elolo Bosoka: What he saw sees when he went goes strolling

Installation View

Elolo Bosoka: What he saw sees when he went goes strolling

Elolo Bosoka blends painting, sculpture, and digital media, offering a unique interpretation of everyday life through visual compositions.

Filipa Bossuet, MANKAKA KADI KONDA KO II, 2022. Act I, Performance at MAAT, Lisbon. Courtesy of Pedro Pina.

Afterlives of History

Filipa Bossuet: Performance as Conversation, Intimacy as Power

Having started as a vlogger, the artist uses her biography to create shared reference points beyond self-referentiality.

& Artists’ Edition by Zohra Opoku. Left and right: Give Me Back My Black Dolls (2024), shown in two of five different color variations. Photo: C&.

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C& Artists’ Editions #5 Zohra Opoku

We are very excited about our new C& Artists’ Edition by artist Zohra Opoku - one of our collaborators from the very beginning!

Noah Davis, Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, 2014. Miguel Pimentel © The Estate of Noah Davis. Courtesy The Estate of Noah Davis and David Zwirner.

Installation View

Noah Davis

Noah Davis' visionary art is on view at DAS MINSK Potsdam until January 2025, showing 60 works in his first international institutional retrospective.

Zohra Opoku, Thinking Historically in the Present, 2023. Installation View 3. Photography by Sanabas Jamaluddin. Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation.

C& Artists’ Edition

Zohra Opoku: Empowering Children of Color to Love Themselves

In the run-up to our new edition, we spoke to the artist about her passion for fabric and photography, her childhood, and how her new work came about.

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Become a Moon Member on Patreon and get an exclusive and bespoke little treasure chest: our C& Collector’s Box - a collectible of all print issues.

Agape Harmani: Trauma as an Essential Part of Diaspora

In Conversation

Agape Harmani: Trauma as an Essential Part of Diaspora

Curator Nicolas Vamvouklis chats with London-based artist Agape Harmani about her latest project, her Greek-Ethiopian roots, humor, and mental health.

Sarah Ama Duah, To build, To bury to remember, 2022, exhibition view, Galerie Wedding, Berlin. photo©ceeceeberlin

“Auf Deutsch”

Sarah Ama Duah: A Journey Towards Building Contemporary Monuments

The artist purposefully contributes to the sculptural visibility of various Black narratives as part of Germany's history and culture of remembrance.

One of the young women's exhibitions previously held in Kigali. Photo: Andrew I.Kazibwe.

Impundu Arts Centre

Rwanda’s Creative Sector Holds Vast Potential Through Women Artists

Andrew I Kazibwe met with Jemima Kakizi, artist, curator, and organizer of arts mentoring programs, to speak about the potential for female artists.

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Listen to artist interviews, reviews, features, and opinions about crucial topics on contemporary art, to stay up to date with discussions surrounding art from Africa and the Global Diaspora.

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Installation view, Elolo Bosoka, Flying Onions, 2024, Photo: Morel Donou, Courtesy Galerie Atiss Dakar

Round Table

In the Wake of Dak’Art Biennale 2024: A Momentum for Reflection

Four curators from West-Africa reflect on Dakar’s cultural resilience and collective symbiosis following the Biennale’s unexpected postponement.

The curatorial team of the 14th Bamako Encounters: (clockwise) Lassana Igo Diarra, Nadine Hounkpatin, Manthia Diawara, Patrick Mudekereza, Soufiane Er-Rahoui, and Oyindamola (Fakeye) Faithfull. Courtesy of Bamako Encounters.

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Rencontres de Bamako 14 Reveals Artist List for 2024

30 artists have been selected for the 14th African Biennal of Photography that will be held from November 16, 2024 to January 15, 2025 in Bamako.

Tesfaye Urgessa, detail from on of his works of the series

60th Venice Biennale

Breaking New Ground with an Ethiopian Pavilion

For Dagmawit Abebaw Hunz the inaugural pavilion of Ethiopia shines, but also brings up colonial wounds and art-world inequalities.

Ruth Ige, Queen from the 7th earth (part 2), Detail, 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150cm. Courtesy of Stevenson.

C& Book #02

I thought I knew the depths of you (Blackness)

In reference to the title with C&’s latest book, Ruth Ige has written a poem to share her very own relationship with Blackness.

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Syncretical,

Artist Portrait

From the Collective Narrative to the Singularities of North African Identities: A Dive into the World of Syncretical

The artist creates dialog between his North African heritage and his native French culture, merging traditions, pop culture, and philosophical teachin

(clockwise) Yasmil Raymond, Gridthiya Gaweewong, N'Goné Fall, Yilmaz Dziewior, Mami Kataoka, Sergio Edelsztein. Fotos: Valentina Knežević / F. Diouf PHOTOGRAPHY / Angkrit Ajchariyasophon / © Städelschule 2020 / Falko Alexander / Ito Akinori / Albi Serfaty

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N’Goné Fall is Part of the Documenta Finding Committee

Six international art experts have been appointed to documenta’s new Finding Committee to search for artistic director of Documenta 16 in 2027.

Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

Studio Visit

Anaïs Cheleux: Connecting Caribbean Identity Through Photography and Performance

Marny Garcia Mommertz visits Anaïs Cheleux in her Guadeloupe studio to chat about sugar-cane syrup and her work at this year's Off Biennale in Dakar.

Helena Uambembe, In memory We love, 2022. Installation view at Njabala Foundation. Photo: Royal Kenogo.

Njabala Foundation

An Exhibition that Welcomed Grief at the Door and Pulled out a Chair

On a curatorial trip to Kampala, curator Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo shares her impressions in a letter to a loved one in Nairobi.

Installation view of Giants: Art from the Dean Collection. Photo: Paula Abreu Pita.

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

A Show of Parallels and Superlatives

C&'s Nan Collymore visited the highly acclaimed exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and found many things to fall in love with.

(left) Nobel Koty; (right) Nobel Koty, Voile #5, 2024, 130 x 110 cm, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the artist.

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Nobel Koty Receives 2024 ellipse Prize

This year dedicated to the Beninese art scene, the French art prize goes to Nobel Koty, who creates intimate self-portraits.

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