I have an urge to share those stories, to honor these women, that knowledge, that work, that ability to alchemize cassava – and the natural environment in a broader sense – into whatever is needed.Kosisochukwu Nnebe
C&’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
2023 marks a special year for Contemporary And (C&): the platform has turned TEN!
In Conversation
The artist and curator discusses how the positions of marginalized people give us access to particular forms of knowledge about our societies.
News
By combining local materials and skills with innovative design and smart engineering solutions, architect Diébédo Francis Kéré wins the coveted award.
Installation View
The curatorial team of this edition has chosen 121 participants from various countries, with an emphasis on artists of indigenous and African descent.
Art Networks in Zimbabwe
In Harare, a cathartic group exhibition celebrates the work of collectives who bridge the gap between a feeble art market and scant resources.
C&10
C&'s tenth anniversary is a very special moment for us. We have asked people from our network to share their thoughts, memories, and wishes for C&.
Another find from our great archive: Fatima El-Tayeb on how European institutions have consistently appropriated Black historical personalities.
The curatorial team around Azu Nwagbogu will put works together by Romuald Hazoumé, Chloe Quenem, Ishola Akpo, and Moufoli Bello.
Ludo by Yadi highlights local design and production while embracing community recreation and functional art.
Artist, researcher, writer and founder, Senam Okudzeto receives on of the highest Swiss art prizes for her socio-politically relevant work.
Starting in January 2024, Ngcobo will continue the Rotterdam Institution's collaborative approach to face acute questions of our time.
Prior to her retrospective at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, the artist discusses the choices behind key works in her oeuvre.
Bwo established in Central Africa by founders under the age of 30 plans to open in Douala with an inaugural exhibition on September 2, 2023.
Events
Exhibition
Galerie Cécile FakhouryDakar, Senegal 23 Sep 2023 - 04 Nov 2023
Goodman GalleryCape Town, South Africa 21 Sep 2023 - 11 Nov 2023
Mariane IbrahimParis, France 01 Sep 2023 - 07 Oct 2023
Jogja, Indonesia 06 Oct 2023 - 25 Nov 2023
Montague ContemporaryNew York, United States 07 Sep 2023 - 21 Oct 2023
ReleLagos, Nigeria 10 Sep 2023 - 21 Oct 2023
DAS MINSKPotsdam, Germany 16 Sep 2023 - 04 Feb 2024
Exhibitions
Dallas Museum of ArtDallas, United States 22 Oct 2023 - 11 Feb 2024
Afri-EurotextVienna, Austria
Galerie Cécile FakhouryDakar, Senegal
23 Sep - 04 Nov 2023
Goodman GalleryCape Town, South Africa
21 Sep - 11 Nov 2023
Mariane IbrahimParis, France
01 Sep - 07 Oct 2023
Jogja, Indonesia
06 Oct - 25 Nov 2023
Montague ContemporaryNew York, United States
07 Sep - 21 Oct 2023
Guest Artists Space FoundationLagos, Nigeria
ReleLagos, Nigeria
10 Sep - 21 Oct 2023
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2023 marks a special year for Contemporary And (C&): the platform has turned TEN! Find here all information about our events and special projects.
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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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Nada Baraka, an Egyptian artist based in Cairo, is the 2023 ANNA Award recipient.
Inside the Library
C& regularly takes a look into book collections holding rare publications. This time, Keren Lasme introduces five books she found in Abidjan.
C& Education
In Dallas and Rio de Janeiro, in 2023
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Tender Photo
The artist has created a participatory digital archive around the tenderness in photographs, refusing temporal linearity by drawing out a kinship.
Ecologies
The artist discusses her practice in the context of changing climatic realities and how symbolic actions can have an impact.
Racism: a bigger picture
Exhibition Histories
Venice Biennale 2017
For the second Nigerian Pavilion, Aindrea Emelife will curate a group exhibition with eight artists around the theme "Nigeria Imaginary".
Along with Tiago Sant’Ana, C&AL Associate Editor Yina Jímenez joins Raphael Fonseca’s artistic team of The Mercosur Biennial’s 14th edition.
The Malmö-based curator talks about his current project at Skånes konstförening, creating immersive experiences, and rearranging history.
Nadia Ettwein, Carlos Idun-Tawiah, Léonard Pongo, Yasmin Forte and Maheder Haileselassie awarded with Prize for Contemporary African Photography.
After Studio Museum Harlem announced the end of its collaboration, Sharjah‘s Africa Institute also stops plans for a campus designed by the architect.
18th Venice Architecture Biennale 2023
In presenting a compelling interplay between reality, fiction and crisis, Lokko delivers a lesson on accountability for curatorial practices.
Call for papers Afri-Eurotext
Vienna, Austria
Residencies Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Lausanne, Switzerland
Call for entries 28 Piazza di Pietra Fine Art Gallery
Rome, Italy