I’m pretty sure that for visitors coming from different perspectives and political ideologies, one work can create ease and distress at the same time. The main question that remains is: why and for whom do we do what we do?Marie Hélène Pereira

Rencontres de Bamako

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Bamako Encounters Announce New Dates, Venues and Concept

In 5 chapters and with 75 artists from the African world, the 13th Rencontres de Bamako will be held from December 8, 2022 to February 8, 2023.

Pamela Z, Ars Electronica, 2008. Photo: Rubra.

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Pamela Z Awarded 2022 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

Composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist Pamela receives the 100K USD prize that includes a residency at MIT in fall 2022.

(Clockwise): Taofeek Badru (Nigeria), Malebogo Naticia Molokoane (South Africa), Chelsea Selvan (South Africa) and Gandor Collins (Ghana). All images courtesy of Absa.

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Pan-African Absa L’Atelier Initiative Announces Winners

After receiving a record number of registrations, the jury awarded Chelsea Selvan, Gandor Collins, Taofeek Badru and Malebogo Naticia Molokoane.

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Ranti Bam Is Searching for Common Ground

In her first solo show the artist displays her delicate and tender clay hearths, and here she offers her insights on the commons and spirituality.

The Africa Centre Interior. Photo: Felix Speler

Cultural Charity

The Return of the Africa Centre in London

Years after the Africa Centre in Covent Garden closed, its recently refurbished Southwark building reflects current connections to the continent.

[curators of the 35th Bienal, from left to right: Hélio Menezes, Grada Kilomba, Diane Lima and Manuel Borja-Villel © Levi Fanan/Fundação Bienal de São Paulo]

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São Paulo Biennale Announces Title and Theme

Entitled "choreographies of the impossible", the Biennale is an "invitation to radical imaginations" and will take place in autumn 2023.

(left) vanessa german. Photo: Joshua Franzos; (right) Cauleen Smith. Photo: Joshua Franzos

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27th Heinz Awards for the Arts Honors vanessa german and Cauleen Smith

The Heinz Family Foundation recognizes the artists for their enduring impact in the arts with its coveted award of $250.000.

A work by Ralph Lemon included in the 2022 Whitney Biennial. Photo: Whitney Museum.

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2022 Bucksbaum Award Goes to Ralph Lemon

The interdisciplinary artist is the recipient of the 2022 Bucksbaum Award for his outstanding contribution to the history of American art.

Senga Nengudi. Photo: Ron Pollard. Courtesy Sprüth Magers Gallery

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Senga Nengudi is Recipient of the 2023 Nasher Prize

American artist Senga Nengudi receives the prestigious $100,000 award presented by the Nasher Sculpture Center for genre-expanding sculpture.

Hambre Publications. Courtesy of Hambre.

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Thoughts on Collective Archives

The collectives Hambre, Kayfa ta, Jatiwangi art Factory, and the Black Archives discuss perspectives on collective publishing and archiving.

La Impresora, Installation View exhibition documenta fifteen, 2022. Courtesy of La Impresora.

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Amplifying the Voices of Local Communities

The collectives LA IMPRESORA, Más Arte Más Acción, Jalada Africa, and Sa Sa Art Projects talk about collaborative publishing and sharing practices.

(Clockwise) Karimah Ashadu. Portrait by Aigberadion Israel Ikhazuangbe; Film Still Detail

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Prize of the Böttcherstraße 2022 goes to Karimah Ashadu

The artist Karimah Ashadu wins one of the most renowned art prizes in the German-speaking world for her film installation "Cowboy".

Gerard Sekoto, Song of the Pick, 1947, huile sur carton, Courtesy South 32 Collection, dépôt à Javett Arts Centre, Pretoria © ADAGP, Paris 2022

Globalisto: A Philosophy in Flux

Mo Laudi’s Take on Pan-Africanism

The exhibition Globalisto: A Philosophy in Flux at MAMC+ shares observations on translocality and cultural hybridity.

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Ijeoma Loren Uche-Okeke (1972 – 2022)

Ijeoma Uche-Okeke, curator and director of Asele Institute, has passed away.

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Tony Cokes: Fragments, or just Moments

Haus der Kunst is hosting Germany’s first solo show of the artist Tony Cokes who is becoming one of the most important, post-conceptual artists.

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. Le Dieu Solaire APIS (Égyptien) me présente, ici, l’aspect d’un message pictographique que j’essaie d’interpréter à ma façon, au verso du tableau from Connaissance du monde. 1991. Colored pencil and ballpoint pen on board, 6 ⅜ × 12 ⅜” (16.2 × 31.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Jean Pigozzi Collection of African Art. © 2022 Family of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

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With Substance and Context against Misinterpretation: Fédéric Bruly Bouabré’s Retrospective at MoMa

The exhibition pays Ivory Coast’s most significant 20th-century artist long-overdue appreciation and manifests his importance within art history.

Sammy Baloji, …AND TO THOSE NORTH SEA WAVES WHISPERING SUNKEN STORIES (II), 2021, installation view, 12th Berlin Biennale, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg, 11.6.–18.9.2022, photo: dotgain.info

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Marie Hélène Pereira: “I’m very fond of conversations that take you out of the over-intellectualization of things”

Magnus Elias Rosengarten met up with the co-curator of the Berlin Biennale to talk about real encounters, global challenges, and inspirations.

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Ann Mbuti looks behind the scenes of a joint project between C& and documenta fifteen that has resulted in four very unique print issues.

Rindon Johnson Receives Ernst Rietschel Art Prize for Sculpture 2022

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Rindon Johnson Receives Ernst Rietschel Art Prize for Sculpture 2022

Johnson's art practice blurs the lines between sculpture, photography, performance, poetry and virtual reality, fusing language with art.

Victor Fotso Nyie. Installation View, SEDIMENTS. After Memory @ Mattatoio, Roma 2022 © SPAZIO GRIOT. Photo: Elia Buonora

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SEDIMENTS. After Memory

At Mattatoio in Rome, the group exhibition reflects on the hypermodern (dis)order of the world and examines the question of what will remain.

Oumar Ball, Installation View Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou 2021. Courtesy of Jérôme Legrand.

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Nyaba Léon Ouédraogo on the Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou

Louise Thurin speaks to the Burkinabe photographer and co-founder to recapitulate the history and importance of the initiative launched in 2018.

Lubaina Himid by Magda Stawarska Beavan

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Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize Goes to Lubaina Himid

Himid will present a solo exhibition in Austin and later New York, including an exhibition publication and public programming.

Lerato Nkosi. Courtesy of Latitudes.

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Lerato Nkosi Wins First ANNA Award

Lerato Nkosi’s entry for the ANNA Award features words inspired by Bell Hooks’ All About Love and is endowed with a cash prize and a residency.

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