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We do art because life is not enough. Art is the place where we can expand ourselves and be free.Koyo Kouoh

Angela Harutyunyan (left) and Paula Nascimento. Image courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation.

News

Paula Nascimento and Angela Harutyunyan Announced as Curators of Sharjah Biennial 17

The two curators will weave new narratives across geographies, histories, and imaginaries for the 17th edition, opening in January 2027.

Hassan Musa, I love you with my AK47(1), 2019. Oil on printed fabrics on wood, 121 cm x 190 cm. Photo courtesy of the Galerie Maïa Muller.

Art in Crisis

Sudan Art Archive Aims to Reclaim a Canon from Afar

As war threatens Sudan’s cultural heritage, Sudan Art Archive works to digitally preserve 50 years of art through diaspora-led stewardship.

Adama Delphine Fawundu An Offering at Kongo River, 2025 Fotografia de arquivo jato de tinta 60,96 x 88,9 cm Cortesia da artista Foto: Adama Delphine Fawundu

News

Fundação Bienal de São Paulo Announces List of Participants for its 36th Edition

The 36th Bienal de São Paulo brings together 125 participants, proposing an urgent reflection on humanity, nature, and listening.

Samson Mnisi, Arreola II, XXX, Mixed Media, 179.6 x 86 cm. Detail. Artworks © Artist. Photo © Vela Projects (Mia Thom).

Artist Portrait

Samson Mnisi: A Master Posthumously Receives His Due

A recent Samson Mnisi exhibition was a testament to how the artist could invite viewers into a spiritual place he occupied.

Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku, winner of the ellipse 2025 Prize © Courtesy ellipse art projects - 2025 ellipse prize

News

Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku Wins 2025 Ellipse Prize Focused on Ghana’s Emerging Art Scene

The multidisciplinary artist repurposes textiles to explore identity and climate - see his work at AKAA, Oct 24–26, 2025.

AMANI kukita | kung’oa – German and Tanzanian Perspectives on a Colonial Collection

Installation View

AMANI kukita | kung’oa – German and Tanzanian Perspectives on a Colonial Collection

The exhibition resurfaces a century-old collection of Tanzanian objects - art and research shed light on their colonial journey and meaning today.

Med Hondo on the set of Soleil Ô, 1970. © Med Hondo

Film & Cinema 

Image Interventions in “The African Gaze”

Extending an ongoing conversation around the evolution of image practices in Africa, Amy Sall’s The African Gaze offers further insights.

The curatorial team (left to right) with Koyo Kouoh in the center: Siddhartha Mitter, Gabe Beckhurst Feijoo, Marie Hélène Pereira, Rasha Salti and Rory Tsapayi. Biennale Arte 2026. Photo by Andrea Avezzù. Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia.

News

Venice Biennale 2026 Will Follow Late Koyo Kouoh’s Vision

"In Minor Keys" marks a return to the sensory, affective, and subjective dimensions of art, and will be presented exactly as Koyo Kouoh conceived it.

Installation View „Archives and Memories“ at Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Lagos. Courtesy of CCA Lagos.

In Conversation

‘To Treat Process with Care and Intention’: Favour Ritaro Carries Forward Important Curatorial Legacies

Navigating what it means to curate across geographies, Ritaro reflects on her recent exhibition at CCA Lagos and the legacy of Bisi Silva.

(left) Lindokuhle Sobekwa; (right) Detail from I Carry Her Photo With Me, 2024. Published by MACK.

News

Lindokuhle Sobekwa Wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025

Awarded for his moving photobook, Sobekwa turns personal loss into a powerful reflection on memory, grief, and the enduring fractures of South Africa.

Koyo Kouoh. Photo: Emeka Okereke.

In Memoriam

Koyo Kouoh (1967 – 2025)

The curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale, chief curator of Zeitz MOCAA, and founder of RAW Material Company has passed away at age fifty-seven.

Tint Library Space. Photo: Haja Fanta

Inside the Library

Dispatches from Tint Library’s London Pop-Up

Following a series of community activations by the independent library in London, Haja Fanta highlights key titles from its diverse collection.

(left) Kapwani Kiwanga. Photo: Angela Scamarcio. (right) Terrarium, 2022. Mixed Media. Installation View at La Biennale de Venezia. Image Courtesy: Galerie Tanja Wagner

News

Kapwani Kiwanga Wins the 2025 Joan Miró Prize

Kiwanga receives the prestigious award in recognition for her powerful, research-based installations exploring history, power, and social structures.

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Libation March through the city of Ouagadougou during FESPACO 2025. Photo: Makella Ama.

Film & Cinema

FESPACO 2025 Made Space for the Ceremony of African Cinema

Founded in 1969, the FESPACO is reviving itself while staying alert to the political and alchemical possibilities of film.

Kombo Chapfika, Borderlands, augmented reality installation, 2018. Photographer: Mark Lewis

In Conversation

Kombo Chapfika and Uzoma Orji: What Else Can Technology Be?

The two artists exchange thoughts on their common interest in the interplay of technology and culture, and how the tools we use reshape us.

Imagining a Future for the Arts in the US

Arts in Crisis

Imagining a Future for the Arts in the US

From mutual aid to getting in trouble, what can we do as cultural workers amid the federal fearmongering in the US?

Soñ Gweha, Nyum Elucubris, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.

Review

‘Apprendre à Flamboyer’: Collective Joy in Practice at Palais de Tokyo

Curator Amandine Nana brings celebration and community as tools of resistance in her most recent exhibition.

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Family photograph, Ethel Tawe. Courtesy of the artist.

Editor’s Note

Stewarding an Antidisciplinary Practice

Reflecting on oral tradition, rhizomes, and opacity, C& Magazine’s new editor-in-chief, Ethel-Ruth Tawe, shares 3 notebook entries and an invitation.

Photo: Ethel-Ruth Tawe.

News

Ethel-Ruth Tawe to Lead C& Magazine as Editor-in-Chief

A bold new editorial direction grounded in critical inquiry, collective care and creative…

Africa Depot at Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, 2015. Photo: Marion Benoit.

C& x Académie des Traces

Examining De/Colonial Traces Through Colonial Collections

In collaboration with Académie des Traces, seven emerging scholars and museum professionals explore the traces of colonial heritage.

(left) May Ayim, Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out, 1992. (right) Johnny Pitts, Afropean: Notes from Black Europe, 2019.

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Thinkers and Titles: On Black German Literary Tradition

From eighteenth-century philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo to Johny Pitts’ twenty-first-century perspective via May Ayim.

Inside the Library of AWARE in Paris. Photo: Keren Lasme.

Inside the Library

AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions)

In this series, C& explores special book collections. This time, Keren Lasme shares her top five books from the queer-feminist space AWARE in Paris.

(Clockwise) Sena Burgundy, Final Ascent, 2024; Nana Frimpong Oduro, Family Matters, 2024; Reginald Boateng, OUR WATERS TURNS RED, The Scream For Urgency, 2024; Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku, Shredde Connections In The Alley II, 2025; Dela Anyah, Elementary Rebirth, 2023. All courtesy of artists and ellipse art prize.

News

Ellipse Prize 2025 Announces Finalists of 5th Edition

Dedicated to the emerging scene in Ghana, the final 5 are Sena Burgundy, Reginald Boateng, Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku, Nana Frimpong Oduro, and Dela Anyah.

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