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!

In Conversation

We spoke to visual artist Massoud Hayoun about his paintings, which aim to stand in opposition to anti-human politics and nihilism.

News

An invitation to our extended community to join and support us!

News

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.

News

MACAAL reopens in February with a new permanent exhibition, showcasing one of the most comprehensive art collections on the continent and more.

Installation View

An exhibition centering Somali voices explores how citizenship in Somaliland, the Somali region, and its diaspora is shaped and redefined through art.

Dak'Art 2024

Haja Fanta takes a look at the important biennial, questioning its conceptual coherence while admiring its composition.

Installation View

From November 7 to December 7, 2024, the 15th Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar will be held under the theme “The Wake – L’Éveil.”

Dak’art 2024

Six prestigious prizes are being awarded among the 58 artists selected for the official international lineup.

Dak'Art 2024

Ahead of the rescheduled Dakar Biennale, we spoke with Odur Ronald, whose distinctive works explore themes of power, mobility, and identity.

Restitution

Can the French restitution of some of Benin’s royal treasures constitute a new beginning? Mati Diop’s new film, Dahomey, delves this question.

News

"Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice“ will take place as of September 2025 at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in São Paolo, Brazil

Letter from Nairobi

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

News

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.

News

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

News

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

Installation View

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

In Conversation

The painter discusses It Will All End in Tears, her site-specific installation at London’s Barbican Center, made with architect Remco Osório Lobato.

Museum for Yoruba Culture and History

C& author Obidike Okafor shares what to expect from the new architectural marvel in Nigeria’s art capital.

Afterlives of History

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

Available Now!

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

Installation View

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

C& Artists’ Edition

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.

Out Now!

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.

In Conversation

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

“Auf Deutsch”

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

Impundu Arts Centre

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

Round Table

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

News

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.

60th Venice Biennale

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

C& Book #02

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

Artist Portrait

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

News

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

Studio Visit

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.

Njabala Foundation

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

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

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

News

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

News

The self-taught artist from Zimbabwe receives a residency and solo exhibition at Bag Factory Artists’ Studios in Johannesburg.

In Memoriam

The Moroccan artist passed away in May 2024. The curator Syham Weigant, his friend and colleague, highlights special moments of his life and career.

OtherNetwork x C&

The queer-feminist collective shares its actions and visions with the newly founded W'AHU Magazine, which celebrates Ghana's diverse communities.

Installation View

The OFF is ON! Find here are some impressions of the exciting exhibitions, talks and performances happening in Dakar right now!

Artist Portrait

Kim M Reynolds dives into the poetic work of multifaceted visual artist Manyaku Mashilo, encountering the possibility of invention.

News

The team assembled by chief curator Ndikung is made up of Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz, Thiago de Paula Souza, Keyna Eleison and Henriette Gallus.

News

With 'Precarious Joys', curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López present 36 Canadian and international artists at 12 venues around the city.

In Conversation

Janka’s latest solo exhibition is a deeply personal journey into his spirituality, his closest friendship, and the circumstances of his life.

News

For her exhibition at Foam Amsterdam in 2023, Lebohang Kganye receives the prestigious prize endowed with £30,000.

News

El Masry's work “Fragments” convinced and touched the audience through the deep reflection of her own personal memories and inner world.

60th Venice Biennale

Vibrant and challenging complexities of decolonial thinking, intimacy, resistance, and joy are displayed in Venice, writes María Inés Plaza Lazo.

15th Dakar Biennale

Here, Black Pages from Dakar shares a long list of exciting exhibitions and events taking place alongside the OFF Biennale.

News

Following changes in Senegal's cultural and political leadership, the country is postponing the Biennale until November 7 to December 7, 2024.

Letter from Nairobi

Mūhunyo Maina reviews the artistic offerings in Kenia’s capital in the first quarter of 2024.

Installation View

Find some impressions of the pavilions curated by Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa, Aindrea Emelife and Simon Njami.

News

The Turner Prize 2024 shortlisted artists are Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur and Delaine Le Bas.

C& Center of Unfinished Business

Our library offers a wide selection of books that are connected to the topic of (post-) colonialism in various ways and help us to understand the now.

Installation View

Here are some impressions of the pavilions spread across the city. Benin and Ethiopia make their first appearance at the Venice Biennale.

News

Since 1953 the ars viva prize of Visual Arts goes to young artists under 35 based in Germany, associated with a solo exhibition and art residency.

Installation View

Here are impressions of some of the National Pavilions at Giardini.

60the Venice Biennale

Multimedia artist Karimah Ashadu is awarded with the Silver Lion for a Promising Young Artist in the International Exhibition.

Installation View

Find here some first impressions of the exhibition curated by Adriano Pedrosa.

60th Venice Biennale

The 60th Venice Biennale is about to open its doors to the public and here you will find an overview of all African and diasporic perspectives.

News

Kitso Lynn Lelliott is the fourth recipient of the Henrike Grohs Art Award, conceived by the Goethe-Institut and Grohs family.

In Memoriam

Artist and activist Faith Ringgold died in her home in Englewood on 13 April. Her death was reported by ACA Galleries, which has represented her work.

In Conversation

With this interview from 2018, we would like to pay tribute to a true trailblazer: artist, storyteller and activist Faith Ringgold.

2024 Venice Biennale

18 National Pavilions present artists from Africa and the global diaspora at the 60th Venice Biennale, including four debutants.

60th Venice Biennale

Marny Garcia Mommertz and Cristian Baena reflect on a recent press trip to Martinique alongside the artist and curator of the French Pavilion.

News

With "In Praise of the Missing Image" Yemsi will curate a biennial in Montreal that aims to rethink narratives about time, history and the world.

“Reimagining Heritage, Archives and Museums: Today/Tomorrow”

Vusumzi Nkomo attended a conference in Cape Town that explored multiple aspects of creating a fairer, more sustainable art ecosystem.

News

Tonderai Koschke, Charlotte Ming, Percy Nii Nortey, Yangkun Shi and Theresa Weber are the artists selected for the annual residency program in Berlin.

News

HKW Director and SAVVY Contemporary Founder Ndikung will be chief curator of the 36th edition of the biennial, scheduled for the second half of 2025.

60th Venice Biennale

We spoke to the curator of Benin’s first national pavilion – none other than Azu Nwagbogu – about the concept, the artists, and the biennale.

Sharjah Art Museum

A comprehensive survey offers insights into the Ethiopian painter’s career and makes the case for multiple modernisms.

In Conversation

From theory and exile to exhibiting and the art market, this interview spans various aspects of Chamekh’s life and approach to making art.

News

With works by more than 70 artists and collectives, New York's Whitney Museum is opening the doors for its biannual signature event.

C&‘s Second Book is Out Now!

Get your copy now! The book is a curated selection of texts representing a plurality of voices on contemporary art from Africa and the diaspora.

MMK Tower

Maria Ines Plaza Lazo bears witness to Catlett's artistic skill and commitment to social justice in the late artist’s most comprehensive show to date.

High Museum of Art

Enos Nyamor visited "We Are Each Other" in Atlanta focused on the Clark's community-centric and participatory projects.

News

A jury of five global art experts selected the Moroccan multimedia artist as the winner among 27 finalists from Africa and the global diaspora.

Installation View

Addressing global topics such as history, ethnicity, cross-border migration and ecologies, the biennale presents more than 60 artists.

Decolonising Art Book Fairs

On the occasion of a new publication, editor and curator Nkule Mabaso looks into power relations of knowledge production and citation.

In Conversation

Elisa Pierandrei talks to the photographer who wants to create a more diverse picture of masculinity – in between comfort and discomfort.

Lagos Biennial 2024

Joseph Omoh Ndukwu examines the 4th edition of Nigeria's seminal biennial, which aimed to create a space to dream alternate paths in a systemic crisis

In Conversation

On the occasion of the 1-54 Marrakech, we spoke to the transdisciplinary artist, who will be showing works that he is currently preparing at RAAR.

Installation View

A Biennial reflecting on the concept of nation-state, important historical events on the continent and new exhibition making.

Venice Biennale 2024

Curated by Adriano Pedrosa 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere', brings together 331 artists and collectives - mainly from the Global South.

News

Managed by the Institute of Creative Repair, "Quiet Ground" is curated by Portia Malatjie and will feature new work by MADEYOULOOK.

Female Pioneers

Fondation H is dedicating its first exhibition to an icon of the Malagasy art scene: Madame Zo. Here, Hemerson Andrianetrazafy reflects on her work.

In Conversation

We spoke to artist Diana Ejaita about her residency at the Villa Romana, her multidisciplinary work, and the many uses of symbols and images.

Greetings from Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo

On a curatorial research trip through Switzerland, curator Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo shares her impressions in five postcards with a loved one in Nairobi.

News

One of the world’s highest honours in architecture goes to architect, educator, author and curator Lesley Lokko.

Female Pioneers

Writer Ethel-Ruth Tawe reflects on the multiple narratives of Mabel Cetu’s photojournalistic work.

Kunsthalle Basel

On a research trip through Switzerland, Khanya Mashabela delved into the works of the two artists exhibiting at Kunsthalle Basel.

Installation View

An exhibition presented by Ghanaian blaxTARLINES and the art communities of Uganda at Amasaka Gallery in Masaka City until 13 January, 2024.

In Memoriam

The visual artist and educator died on December 23 at the age of 68 in Chicago, USA.

Best of 2023

From climate colonialism to new perspectives from queer artists in Mozambique, these are some of our most-read articles this year.

C&’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY

2023 marks a special year for Contemporary And (C&): the platform has turned TEN!

Special Focus

We want to share some resources on the important movements that help us to see a more differentiated picture of these complex times.

Inside the Library

Adwoa Amoah, artist, curator, and co-director of FCA Ghana, asked regular visitors of the library to pick their favorite book.

News

Nairobi-based artist and writer Wanini Kimemiah is the first young editor of the editorial fellowship hosted by C& and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

In Conversation

Musician, filmmaker, and multitalented artist Baloji talks to C& about his first feature film and his connection with the diaspora.

Cultural Funding

Cultural coverage in Nigeria is presently limited, writes Obidike Okafor, and that corresponds with scarce training and income opportunities for such

Retrospective

HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, is showing a retrospective of seven pieces by artist and choreographer Ligia Lewis from November 15 to 19.

News

Curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López reveal their first pick of artists for the 3rd edition of the Toronto Biennial running in Fall 2024.

C&10

It's still C&10 and we retrieved another treasure from our archive: a conversation…

News

The prestigious prize 2023 goes to Alexandre Silberman, Gilleam Trapenberg, Jake Green, Carl Francois van der Linde, and Serena Brown.

Installation View

The exhibition in Copenhagen proposes new explorations into the connections between botanical histories, colonial legacies and diasporic experiences.

News

Paris-based interdisciplinary artist and Djane Christelle Oyiri is honored for her clear and free observations of everyday life.

News

A wide-ranging fair programme features special exhibitions, ART X Live! and ART X Talks, and the debut of ART X Cinema to be held from 2-5 November.

News

Mário Macilau has been awarded the prestigious prize for his series Faith documenting the practice of animism in contemporary Mozambique.

The BENIN BRONZES Roundtables

Agwu Enekwachi recently participated in a roundtable discussion in Abuja on the impetus and action around the promised return of the Benin Bronzes.

News

The 30th Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize goes to Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem.

News

Southnord Artfest, hosted by Kulturhuset, brings together Black and Afro Nordic artists. It takes place between 26 Oct 2023 and 14 Jan 2024.

In Conversation

Artist-curator Aderemi Adegbite shares his insights on the crucial role of language and culture in our postcolonial moment

Installation View

Inspired by the writer Emmanuel Dongala, Le Feu des origins, will run until 4th November in Ouagadougou celebrating contemporary crafts and art.

News

Running from October 27 to December 31, LagosPhoto Festival announces its first expansion beyond Lagos hosting 38 national and international artists.

News

For her powerful work, the Antwerp-based artist wins the 2025 Nasher Prize exclusively awarded to contemporary sculpture.

In Conversation

The artist talks about her collage practice in relation to intuition and the meaning of a hybrid identity.

News

This edition will host over 60 international exhibitors, its largest number to date and more than 170 artist from Africa and the Global Diaspora.

Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Edna Bonhomme examines how a Berlin institution pays tribute to anti-colonial feminists and applauds its new international team.

C&10

To celebrate our authors' writing we've dug up a few pieces from our archive. Here, Zineb Sedira on "identity" and the “burden of representation".

In Conversation

The actor, writer, and producer reflects on dominant cultural narratives and the complex lives of Black and queer characters on screen and stage.

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&.

C& and Arts Everywhere

In a new series C& and Arts Everywhere commission essays and articles inspired…

News

The curatorial team around Azu Nwagbogu will put works together by Romuald Hazoumé, Chloe Quenem, Ishola Akpo, and Moufoli Bello.

In Conversation

Ludo by Yadi highlights local design and production while embracing community recreation and functional art.

News

Artist, researcher, writer and founder, Senam Okudzeto receives on of the highest Swiss art prizes for her socio-politically relevant work.

News

Starting in January 2024, Ngcobo will continue the Rotterdam Institution's collaborative approach to face acute questions of our time.

In Conversation

Prior to her retrospective at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, the artist discusses the choices behind key works in her oeuvre.

News

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.

News

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.

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.

News

For the second Nigerian Pavilion, Aindrea Emelife will curate a group exhibition with eight artists around the theme "Nigeria Imaginary".

News

Along with Tiago Sant’Ana, C&AL Associate Editor Yina Jímenez joins Raphael Fonseca’s artistic team of The Mercosur Biennial’s 14th edition.

In Conversation

The Malmö-based curator talks about his current project at Skånes konstförening, creating immersive experiences, and rearranging history.

News

Nadia Ettwein, Carlos Idun-Tawiah, Léonard Pongo, Yasmin Forte and Maheder Haileselassie awarded with Prize for Contemporary African Photography.

News

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.

News

From 17th July on, the recently revamped Africa Centre in London has a new CEO: renowned strategic leader and multi-sector stakeholder Olu Alake.

Essay

Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung on the psychological burden of being racialized while doing art.

Installation View

Haus der Kunst in Munich is showing the works of the self-taught artist and his wealth of forms, patterns, colors, materials and techniques.

News

From Sept 6 to Dec 10, Choreographies of the Impossible will present 120 participants in the exhibition and spatial design by the architects of Vão.

In Conversation

They have worked together as a collective since 2019. And their shared practices highlight the various ways in which clothes can speak.

In Conversation

The artist adapts the book The Sex Life of African Women and paints a candid picture of sexual experiences – the troublesome and the joyful.

Out Now!

We are thrilled to announce the first joint issue between C& and C&AL reflecting on neocolonial structures and the climate crisis.

Ecologies

The Colombian artist of Nonuya origin is known in the art world by using drawing to preserve the memory of Amazonian flora at risk of extinction.

In Memoriam

Heiko-Thandeka Ncube, the artist, filmmaker, educator and activist has passed away in Berlin.

Ecologies

The artist’s earth-based practice in the mopane woodlands is based on the reciprocity between her ancestral home and the offerings of her art works.

Installation View

The multi-chapter exhibition traces links between Asia and Africa, looking at their increased political, economic and cultural importance.

In Conversation

After a fellowship at Fotogalleriet in Norway, Dahir Hussein was inspired to curate a group show on identity and indoctrination.

In Conversation

Following her debut solo exhibition, the artist reflects on Blackness, the gift of intuition, and the potency of African spirituality in her work.

Inside the Library

Keren Lasme introduces five books from 1949, Abidjan’s only library of women writers.

In Conversation

The curator of the twelfth Liverpool Biennial links emancipated artistic practices to the city, generating new questions about colonial histories.

Ecologies

Our writer Edna Bonhomme speaks to Mae-ling Lokko about agrowaste, fungi, and her evolution as an artist.

African Art Hubs

How do new arts hubs from Accra to Antananarivo relate to ongoing collective efforts that have enabled production in inconceivable circumstances?

Contemporary Black Discourses

Afrofuturism and Afropessimism both seek to step outside of limiting narratives and invite self-awareness into the conversation around Black lives.

Ecologies

Ama Josephine Budge on how to resist climate colonialism through a capacious, trans-temporal Blackness.

In Conversation

As we launch our new C& Artists' Edition, we revisit our interview with Agnes Waruguru from 2020 and asked her about the process behind the new work.

C& Artists’ Editions

We are thrilled to announce our new C& Artists' Edition with Agnes Waruguru!

News

At this year's New York edition, taking place from 18-21 May, 26 galleries presenting the work of over 80 artists from Africa and its Global Diaspora.

Installation View

This solo show by Syowia Kyambi includes a site-specific multi-media installation, photo-based works, video works, and sculptures from 2019-2023.

In Conversation

Louise Thurin met Laila Hida, co-founder of Le 18 in Marrakech, to talk about the genesis and visions of the creative hub.

Installation View

The exhibition at KENU in Dakar marks the launch of a research project on environmentalism, sustainability and colonial entanglements by Nyabinghi Lab

In Conversation

Experimentation and exchange are the focus at Kemi Adeyemi’s arts writing incubator in Seattle.

Abattoir, U.S.A!

In Chicago, Dean helps us experience connections between animal slaughter, violence towards Black peoples, and the brutalization of captured bodies.

News

Interdisciplinary South African artist Senzeni Marasela wins the award for her work on race, identity and gender inequalities during Apartheid.

News

ifa and Cookies invite independent art spaces to join OtherNetwork, a collaborative digital platform that connects cultural projects worldwide.

News

Kairos Futura, Wajukuu Arts and Brush Tu Artist Collective have teamed up to create the Nairobi Space Station to envision the future of Nairobi.

C&10

To celebrate our authors' writing we've dug up a few pieces from our archive. Today, Elisabeth Wellershaus' text on the African Futures Festival 2015.

Having But Little Gold

A retrospective carefully explores Berni Searle’s main subjects – ruins, residues, and loss as a uniquely legitimate site for meditating on liberation

Installation View

Mukwazhi's presents a new body of work consisting of textile paintings and video works at Secession, Vienna running through 16 April 2023.

Amt 45 i

The traces of racialised enslavement can be found in various German cities. The artist’s exhibition follows them through Frankfurt am Main.

News

The three residents are Bianca Xunise, Bunga Siagian and Jere Inkongio, selected by a jury chaired by Hou Hanru and N'Goné Fall.

News

The artist, designer and architect Demas Nwoko is awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

News

The Republic of Benin Announces First Ever Venice Biennale Pavillion curated by Azu Nwagbogu at the 60th edition in 2024.

News

The painter receives the Public Vote Price endowed with R25,000 for their work ‘XALÉ TEY – Enfants d’aujourd’hui (2021)’.

Sem Sombras

Curators Onyịnye Alheri and Carolina Policarpo display collaborations between artists from Mozambique, Nigeria, and Angola.

Nigeria’s Obidient Movement

Peter Obi stirred an outpour of hope during the Nigerian elections. Agwu Enekwachi looks at some of the artworks made to reflect that spirit.

News

HKW Berlin announces conceptual lines, practices, and programmes for 2023 and beyond, and presents its team headed by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung.

News

To strengthen the focus on Modern and Contemporary Art, the museum appoints Chike Okeke-Agulu as senior advisor and Aindrea Emelife as curator.

In Conversation

Exploring resistance through performance, the exhibition Wish You Were Here presents the artist’s interpretations of Aida Overton Walker's legacy.

News

New role will advance scholarship and public engagement with African Diasporic Art and Culture and generate new pipeline for curatorial talent.

C&10

To celebrate our authors' writing we've dug up a few pieces from our archive. One of our first commissioned text we published is from Sean O'Tool.

Black Womanhood

The artist visualizes her inner dialogues with a creative force that is challenging the white-cis male-dominated Dutch art world.

Inside the Library

V for 5 introduces five books from our C& Reading Room, that are rarer and often forgotten publications but nonetheless essential to the discourse.

Installation View II

SB15 reflects on Okwui Enwezor’s visionary work, which transformed contemporary art and has influenced institutions and biennials around the world.

Installation View

SB15 reflects on Okwui Enwezor’s visionary work, which transformed contemporary art and has influenced institutions and biennials around the world.

Installation View

Gratiot Griot is the first solo museum exhibition of artist Judy Bowman highlighting her extensive career as a storyteller of African American life.

News

In its second edition, the award recognizes Magassa's work with R500,000 and a solo exhibition at the Norval Foundation.

13th Edition of the Bamako Encounters

Participating artist and writer Annie-Marie Akussah shares her views on the Biennale of Photography.

News

With her insightful multidisciplinary work on power asymmetries, Kiwanga is recognized as one of the country’s most acclaimed contemporary artists.

News

The artist and filmmaker has been selected for his quality in-depth art films and video installations on colonial legacies and climate issues.

In Conversation

In this Q&A, arts practitioner and blogger Zimkhitha Xwashu talks about her many projects to support the country’s young and upcoming artists.

News

Independent curator, researcher and writer Tawanda Appiah returns to the Malmö art hub and will take up his new position for three years.

Installation View

The Bamako Encounters pay a powerful tribute to the spaces in between and reflect on multiplicities of being - on view until 8 February 2023.

News

For this years' Dekoloniale Berlin Residency (open to apply) writer and curator Hou Hanru and curator N'Goné Fall are the presidents of the jury.

News

Commander is succeeding the outgoing and founding deputy director, Kinshasha Holman Conwill, and takes up her new role on 30 January.

Out Now!

A celebration of the work that has been produced in the frame of the C& Critical Writing Workshops and the C& Mentoring Program since 2016.

News

The ICP’s Infinity Awards honor outstanding achievements in photography and visual arts. Ming Smith and Zora J Murff are among the winners in 2023.

Out Now Soon! C& Special Print Issue #artofcritique

Bwanga Kapumpa, Enos Nyamor, Miriane Peregrino and Lorna Telma Zita speak to Rose Jepkorir about their motivations and practice in recent years.

News

Founded by Victor Mutelekesha, the LuCAC is dedicated to contemporary Zambian artists and research into Zambian arts.

In Conversation

The artist talks about the Venice Biennale, her multiperspective practice, and her interest in masquerade cultures.

Rencontres de Bamako – Biennale Africaine de la Photographie

The distinguished author looks back on a year of turmoil: on coups, wars and embargos, but also on artistic connection with the world.

Installation View

Entitled The Words Create Images, the fifth edition takes place in two stages. Find some first impression of part one here on C&.

News

The artist opens a residency space with a gallery, studio, café and art library, designed by Sir David Adjaye to support the country's art scene.

Best of 2022

From the major art events that have shaped this year to a joyful celebration of Black lives and art: these are the editors favourite picks of 2022.

Casablanca International Bienniale

The biennial explores the links between various art forms and makes way for visual narratives that challenge established storytelling.

News

The French-Caribbean visual artist and poet will propose a totally new project for the French Pavilion.

Installation View

Take a look at the exhibition at Para Site featuring the C& Center of Unfinished Business, curated by Nomaduma Rosa Masilela and Thiago de Paula Souza

News

The £25,000 prize honours Ryan's "personal and poetic way she extends the language of sculpture", to be seen at Tate Liverpool until 19 March 2023.

News

Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López co-curating the Toronto Biennale's third edition taking place from September 21 - December 1, 2024.

Casablanca International Bienniale

For the Casablanca Biennale, the artist explores feminist propositions as a tool for achieving emancipation and better ways of living together.

In Conversation

The Lagos-based artist invites audiences to share their innermost secrets in her mobile exhibition Dirty Laundry.

News

Ailton Krenak, María Medrano, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, May al-Ibrashy, Hassan Darsi and Alain Gomis are the first-ever winners of this new award.

News

The award celebrates South African artists and alongside awardees in theatre, poetry, dance, jazz and music, LADY SKOLLIE wins for Visual Arts.

News

The Award enables a UK arts institution to present a solo exhibition by a woman artist who may not have received the recognition it deserves.

Installation View

With its inaugural exhibition "Potsdamer Schrebergärten" by Stan Douglas, DAS MINSK opened its doors to the public in August 2022 in Potsdam, Germany.

News

The two curators applied for the vacancy as a duo and will take up their position as heads of the new Amsterdam space on December 1, 2022.

News

C& facilitates writing workshops for young art writers since 2016, in 2023 they will take place in Atlanta and Dallas, United States.

News

Filmmaker and Photographer, Dafe Oboro, wins Nigeria Award, and Artist, Writer and Researcher, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, wins the Africa/Diaspora Award

In Conversation

Magnus Rosengarten met up with the artist to talk about the body, emotional landscapes, parents, and how all this comes together in their work.

Zambian Women’s History Museum

A digital museum wants to preserve Zambian culture from a female perspective and make it accessible for a broader audience.

Transplantation

Amandine Nana has opened a mobile cultural space that engages with Black art practices in contemporary and historical contexts.

Open Letter

The Student Working Group for an Anti-racist and Anti-Colonial Art History of Freie Universität Berlin has written an open letter. Read it here.

Nigerian Modernism

In his three-decade-long practice and through the use of varied media, Buhari has intimately reflected on himself and his sociopolitical environment.

documenta fifteen

Our author highlights the inspiring artistic positions of this year’s documenta that took place from 8 June to 25 September 2022 in Kassel, Germany.

Inside the Library

Featured this time in connection with the project #weavingnetworks with documenta fifteen: Sa Sa Art Projects' reading room in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Common Life

Researchers and arts initiatives collaborate to investigate overlaps between arts and community organization in Africa.

News

30 artists are shortlisted for the second edition of the art prize, which includes a cash prize and a solo exhibition at the Norval Foundation.

7th Lubumbashi Biennale

Costa Tshinzam visited the Biennale that is held “unmistakably horizontal and collective” until November 6, 2022 under the artistic direction of Picha

News

G.A.S is an non-profit project with two major new Nigeria-based creative hubs dedicated to art, design, architecture, agriculture and ecology.

Installation View

The exhibition of pioneering Sudanese artist Kamala Ibrahim Ishag celebrates the breadth and importance of her work spanning from the 1960s to today.

Redefining Pottery

The artist’s solo exhibition explores his relationship with the earth and how his pottery is woven into the complex structures of Ghanaian society.

Art and the City

Different experiences and identities form a city. Joseph Omoh Ndukwu writes about how art examines the interior spaces of urban belonging.

Lubumbashi Biennale

Find here a response by the curators of the 7th Lubumbashi Biennale to our author’s critical piece, published ahead of the opening.

Photography

The very personal photographic series "Wearing the Inside Out" by Hady Barry captures the lives of the Guinean artist’s extended family and friends.

Installation View

Dekoloniale Berlin presents an exhibition by Lulu Jemimah, Maya Alam and Vitjitua Ndjiharine,…

News

OtherNetwork will go online end of October as digital platform that networks independent art spaces and art projects around the world.

In Conversation

The artist and activist talks about the importance of ecological resistance and how it connects to our ancestors through the earth.

In Conversation

C& talked to the recently appointed head of the Graphics Collection at Museum Ludwig about her strategies, visions, and wishes.

In Conversation

The artist talks about making art that is hard to decipher and the importance of portraying Blackness.

News

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.

Reintroducing Paul Wade

Nyadzombe Nyampenza looks at the exhibition that reflects his unstoppable interest in making art and his ongoing influence on the country’s art scene.

News

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

News

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

Biennale de Lubumbashi

In the run-up to the Biennale, C& mentee Gloria Mpanga takes a critical look at its relevance, history and curatorial concept.

Erotic Empiricism

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.

Cultural Charity

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

#weavingnetworks

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

#weavingnetworks

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

News

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

Globalisto: A Philosophy in Flux

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

News

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

Installation View

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.

World Unbound

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

In Conversation

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

Out now! New Print Issues: C& and documenta fifteen

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

News

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

Installation View

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

In Conversation

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

News

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

News

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.

Installation View

The Triennale curated by Elke aus dem Moore brings together more than 50 artists from all over the world to look at the the vitality of things.

15th Triennial Kleinplastik Fellbach

The inaugural Young Artist Award of Fellbach Triennale goes to artist Stéphané Edith Conradie for her ornate sculptures and prints.

2nd Yango Biennial of Kinshasa

Costa Tshinzam has attended the second edition of a long-awaited biennial that has managed to put itself back on the world map of artistic events.

Inside the Library

Take a look into libraries and collections holding some of the rarer and often forgotten publications - this time: The Diasporic Library, Brussels.

ARCHITECTURE IS A PARTY

A event night in Ghana’s capital addressed issues of public spaces and architectural history from unconventional perspectives.

12th Berlin Biennale

A chat with Cuban artist Susana Pilar Delahante about her career and the work she presented at the 12th Berlin Biennale.

In Conversation

In a conversation with each other, the two reflect on their experiences as Black artists in the Czech Republic.

News

Curators and cultural producers from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania visit three cities in Ghana: Accra, Kumasi and Tamale in August 2022.

News

Out of 12 finalists, the ANNA Award selection committee will select the winner, who will be announced on August 10, 2022.

News

A new grant will support a juried competition that selects four local Black artists per year for a solo show at the Museum of the African Diaspora.

News

This first-of-its-kind auction, titled Ode to Mastery, will feature five prominent Nigerian artists who are key drivers of the contemporary art scene.

Installation View

The group show at MAMC+ invites artists who invent new worlds, question the status quo of the current modality and critique power systems.

In Conversation

The founders of the Kinshasa based art project speak about artistic complexities and concepts of the foreign.

Installation View

The Museum gathers stories of Black artists and entertainers who rose to prominence in what has been a predominantly white entertainment industry.

Installation View

El Hadji Sy's works, on view at Selebe Yoon in Dakar, are made with a variety of materials blurring boundaries between functionality and aesthetics.

News

Sam Gilliam, one of the great innovators in postwar American painting, has passed away.

Centre for Contemporary Art Lagos and Sotheby’s

With over 1 million dollars raised at a Sotheby’s CCA Lagos Benefit auction, one of Nigeria’s most respected art institutions is getting a major rehab

News

Amina Kadous, Remofiloe Nomandla Mayisela, Lee-Ann Olwage, Mahefa Dimbiniaina Randrianarivelo, and 
Pamela Tulizo…

Installation View II

Ruangrupa takes lumbung as the starting point of documenta fifteen: principles of collectivity, resource building and equitable distribution.

News

Representing the five regions of Canada, Tyshan Wright, Stanley Février, Azza El Siddique, Divya Mehra and Krystle Silverfox are listed for the prize.

Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU

Gideon Appah paints between memory and fantasy, referencing a Ghana of the 1950s to 1980s, helping us – perhaps – to imagine a new vision.

News

Our mentors Fadzai Muchemwa, Enos Nyamor, Miriane Peregrino, and Costa Tshinzam selected four new mentees for 2022.

Installation View

Running for 100 days through 25 September, the 15th edition of documenta in Kassel, Germany, opens its door. Find some first impressions here.

News

Mutiti is a designer, visual artist, and educator with a deep interest in community engagement. She will take over her new position in August.

Dak’art Biennale 2022

Isabelle N’diaye on the biennial that aims to create the conditions to forge realms out of fire and in action.

Installation View

With its political profile, the current edition of the Berlin Biennale takes place from June 11 to September 18, 2022, and is curated by Kader Attia.

12th Berlin Biennale

An interview with the political scientist, film producer, curator, activist, and educator on her participation at the 12th Berlin Biennale.

News

The artists will explore the history between Ghana and former Yugoslavia, to (re-) establish connections the local Slovenian and international artists

News

The project is a platform for artistic experimentation and new commissions connected to pan-African experiences.

In Conversation

The saxophonist and composer from Philadelphia speaks about his new album and how visual art informs his music.

Venice Biennale

Mia Harrison on how the exhibition became a platform for womxn artists to articulate, build, and contextualize their individual and collective dreams.

News

The five winners of the 10th CAP Prize for Contemporary African Photography 2022…

Giving Back to the Continent

We talk to Christine Eyene, curator and initiator of the contemporary art project founded in 2022 in Lolodorf, Cameroon.

Installation View

Here are some installation views of the 14th Dakar Biennale taking place from…

News

The Grand Prix Léopold Sédar SENGHOR goes to Ethiopian artist Tegene Kunbi at the opening of the 14th Biennial of Contemporary African Art 2022.

News

Taking place in two stages, exhibitions and events will run from 17 November to 17 December 2022 and from 9 February to 11 March 2023.

place

place

place

place

place

place

place

place

place

place

place

News

To follow up on the 350 private initiatives that make up the "OFF", you can find the maps and a small selection here.

In Conversation

The filmmaker upholds experiences of being Black and Greek and creates an archive for the community and for generations to come.

News

With Ĩ Ndaffa, the fourteenth edition of the Dakar Biennale calls for the transmutation of concepts and the foundation of new meanings.

In Conversation

In 2020, in the midst of the Amazon forest in French Guiana, artist Tabita Rezaire founded a space for spiritual being and creative exchange.

59th Venice Biennale

It has received a special mention for its inaugural pavilion in Venice, yet Uganda’s global art venture has just begun, writes author Gloria Kiconco.

La Biennale di Venezia

With the national pavilion model, the Venice Biennale masquerades provincialism as worldliness. And it’s Global South artists who pay the price.

In Conversation

We talked to the collective that is questioning the selection process and intentions…

News

Haynes joins the Queens Museum from the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University to start in mid-July.

Les Ateliers de la Pensée

The 4th Les ateliers de la Pensée brought together artists and intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora at the Dakar Museum of Black Civilizations

59th Venice Biennale

The prestigious award goes to Leigh for her participation in the main show and to Boyce's British Pavilion, special mentions to Uganda and France.

Installation View: 59th Venice Biennale

Find some impressions of the pavilions and artists' work that have been honored at the 59th Venice Biennale here.

Installation View: 59th Venice Biennale

Here we share some installation views of the art work we spotted during the opening week at the Pavilions of the 59th Venice Biennale.

Installation View: 59th Venice Biennale

Here are some installation views of the 59th Venice Biennale taking place from 23 April to 27 November 2022 curated by Cecilia Alemani.

Full Ground

The London gallery opening is one of the several recent art highlights in the Nigerian capital including Yinka Shonibare’s newly launched foundation

News

Among two other artists, Ingrid Pollard and Veronica Ryan are on the shortlist for this year's Turner Prize.

The Evidence of Things Not Seen

The US artist’s first solo and retrospective exhibition in Germany takes the name of a Baldwin essay and features a variety of media.

In Conversation

The curator tells C& about an exhibition of Rosa-Johan Uddoh’s films, libraries as exhibition spaces, and Britain’s colonial legacy.

News

Being the first Black woman to represent Britain, Boyce’s will show a multi-media installation comprising video, sound, wallpaper and sculptures.

In Conversation

The curator and researcher features three Moroccan artists in her current exhibition who challenge monotone perspectives of their country.

News

The curator and art historian has been appointed Lecturer in Contemporary Art at Liverpool University and Research Curator at Tate Liverpool.

When Rain Clouds Gather

This exhibition at Norval Foundation shows a detailed history of pioneering Black South African female artists from 1940 to 2000.

News

12 artists from 9 African countries will jointly reflect on the future of cities and communities to find and push forward new urban agendas.

News

Dekoloniale and C& choose Lulu Jemimah, Maya Alam and Vitjitua Ndjiharine for the 2022 residencies in Writing, Architecture and Design.

News

For her "melancholic meditation on Zambia’s colonial and postcolonial histories", visual artist Kalichini wins the prize in memory of Henrike Grohs.

Installation view

The exhibition at ICA Miami highlights Fadojutimi's wide range of techniques, her complex emotions and the inspiration she takes from her environment.

News

The Toronto Biennale of Art honored Camille Turner, whose work reveals colonial Canada's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.

Opening of Efiɛ Gallery

As the first African-owned art gallery in the UAE, Efiɛ may have to interrogate existing cultural legacies in the region, writes Nantume Violet.

Installation View

At ar/ge art, Adji Dieye shows works that began with archival research in Senegal to look at the country's post-independent situation.

News

Writer an Curator Fadzai Muchemwa will take the curatorial lead of Contemporary Art at one of Harare's oldest and most important art museums.

Installation View

The first exhibition devoted to an Ivorian artist at MoMA presents Bouabré’s artworks from the 1970s until his death in 2014.

Looking Back

While in Istanbul Baldwin used fierce artistry to unmask the USA’s façade as the custodian of freedom and democracy, explains curator Gürsoy Doğtaş.

News

Pioneering in sustainable architecture, Francis Kéré empowers and transforms communities through the process of his work.

Installation View

At Dortmunder Kunstverein, Atkinson illuminates a neglected part of African-American–German history on personal, social and political level.

Installation View

The show at Kunsthalle Zürich is akin to a park, a landscape that absorbs and surrounds us with the everyday, desire, narrative and countless contrast

ArtHARARE 2021

This edition of artHARARE, navigating through the city and diasporic experiences, allowed reflections on the possibilities of presenting art online.

News

Manuel Borja-Villel, Grada Kilomba, Diane Lima, and Hélio Menezes will co-curate the next Biennale taking place in 2023.

59th Venice Biennale 2022

We are sharing the open letter by artists and organizations in Namibia, expressing their concern about the National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

News

They are Akademie der Künste, Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City, Hamburger Bahnhof, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Stasi Headquarters.

News

ANNA and Latitudes, two female-centric South African brands, have joined forces to create an new art award nurture a new generation of women artists.

News

The National Pavilion of Namibia announces a Land Art project curated by Marco Furio Ferrario.

News

Currently Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the VMFA, Valerie Cassel Oliver has organized numerous acclaimed exhibitions.

In Conversation

In his exhibition Set It Off, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste investigates the relationship between sound, Black cultural traditions, and the body

From the Archive

From the reenactment of art conferences in Africa to South-South collaborations, we revisit articles that examine Blackness in a global art context.

News

Kresiah Mukwazhi, Wallen Mapondera, Terrence Musekiwa and Ronald Muchatuta are part of ‘I did not leave a sign?’ curated by Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa.

News

As part of Pace’s global sales team, Drew will work with and support the gallery’s artists, develop strategies, exhibitions, and public programming.

In Conversation

Nandi’s aim is to enable economic participation and cultural preservation of African creative content in the age of non-fungible tokens.

News

Under the theme "Radiance - They Dream in Time" curator Shaheen Merali invites Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo to present their work.

News

Curated by Amè Bell, South Africa's pavilion will feature works by Lebohang Kganye, Phumulani Ntuli and Roger Ballen.

Artist Portrait

The South African photographer presents us with an alternative and joyful portrait of Black experiences on the continent.

News

In the main exhibition "The Milk of Dreams”, curator Cecilia Alemani invited 213 artists to present their work from April 23 to November 27.

News

The London-based artist is honored for his sensual and poetic visual narrative that breaks down barriers between different artistic disciplines.

Responding to the Global Pandemic

In a recent exhibition, the London-based photographic arts organization Autograph ABP addressed multi-perspective takes on Covid by British photograph

A Latin American Universe

Aldeide Delgado looks for C&AL into the implications and opportunities of the term “Latinx”.

News

Cape Town-based independent curator, artist and sociologist Khanyisile Mbongwa will curate UK’s largest contemporary visual arts festival in 2023.

News

Curated by Nana Oforiatta Ayim, Ghana presents "Black Star: The Museum as Freedom" featuring Na Chainkua Reindorf, Afroscope and Diego Araúja.

News

The photographer and activist passed away on 21 January 2022. 

Giving Back to the Continent

We talk to Michael Armitage, artist and initiator of the non-profit visual art space founded in 2020 in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.

News

AKB Stiftung and SAVVY Contemporary have teamed up to launch this new and long-term commission grant for artists of colour based in Germany.

In Conversation

We spoke to the US arts activist about an exhibition in which she invites artists to create public works that question ownership of open spaces.

News

Located in one of Nairobi's first mall buildings, the office will host artists, writers and curators and provide a home for ongoing conversations.

In Conversation

enorê, whose work challenges the idea of fluidity by connecting digital and non-digital art, speaks to C& about visible and invisible realities.

Best of 2021

From the restitution of the Benin Bronzes to the overdue celebration of female artists from Africa; these are some of our most read articles in 2021.

News

Zimbabwean emerging artists Wilfred Timire and Franklyn Dzingai are joint winners and will present a solo exhibition at Gallery 1957 in 2022.

Open Letter

The international arts and culture scene condemns the judging irregularities at the Venice…

Let us Mourn in Peace

Enos Nyamor looks back at a year in the arts marked by collective mourning as a cosmic bond between Africa and the diaspora.

In Memoriam

The pathbreaking writer died on December 15 at the age of 69 and left us a colossal intellectual heritage.