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Colonial Ghosts Haunt Accra’s Jamestown

32nd Bienal de São Paulo

Colonial Ghosts Haunt Accra’s Jamestown

Brazil’s history as the largest slave-owning country prompted a group of artists, curators,…

Peeping in the Vacuum Left in that Space of ‘Darker than Blueness’ –  On, Of, For, With Ben Patterson

In Memoriam

Peeping in the Vacuum Left in that Space of ‘Darker than Blueness’ – On, Of, For, With Ben Patterson

Ben Patterson, influential musician and a founding member of Fluxus passed away at…

From Dakar to the world – from the world to Havana

Two Biennials - Two Countries

From Dakar to the world – from the world to Havana

As part of our Biennale-short-series Sabrina Moura sets the scene in her discussion…

Not Blessed, But Definitely Enchanted

A Tour of the 12th Dak'Art

Not Blessed, But Definitely Enchanted

At Dak’Art, international artists show their vision of the continent and the global…

The State of Visual Arts in Lesotho

Focus Lesotho

The State of Visual Arts in Lesotho

The landscape of visual arts in the small mountain country of Lesotho is…

Bowie in Africa

Wearing many hats

Bowie in Africa

In the mid-1990s, while his music career was in hibernation, David Bowie jobbed…

BEHIND EVERY MAP, THERE IS A PERSON: GABRIEL & MARCUS

Focus Migration

BEHIND EVERY MAP, THERE IS A PERSON: GABRIEL & MARCUS

These maps by Philippe Rekacewicz, published here on C& every day over the…

A Review of Mainly South African Things

2015: The Year in Review

A Review of Mainly South African Things

Sean O'Toole reveals his highlights of this past year...

Come on, don’t be so white! 

Radical exchange

Come on, don’t be so white! 

Rebelling against old thought patterns and stereotypes is a survival strategy for many…

A Biennale with Naughty Coded into its DNA

Indonesia meets Nigeria

A Biennale with Naughty Coded into its DNA

The Indonesian city of Yogyakarta is one of the most important centers of…

Tradition and change in Malian photography

Bamako Encounters 2015

Tradition and change in Malian photography

A new generation of Malian photographers is tenaciously defining their own visual language,…

Framing History

Interaction between artistic and academic research

Framing History

Our author Gauthier Lesturgie in conversation with Virginie Bobin , curator of “The…


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