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What did you think of your year?

2016 Wrap

What did you think of your year?

On connecting the dots between artists Unathi Sigenu, Beauford Delaney, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Edmund…

Art Fair Success and the Laws of the Market

Art Market Trends for 2016 & 2017

Art Fair Success and the Laws of the Market

In 2016, new art fairs, auctions and galleries focusing on Africa have supported…

An Urgent Recognition 

Afro-Brazilian Manifestations

An Urgent Recognition 

The Brazilian artist and essayist Beto Shwafaty visits an exhibition about artists of…

Part of the Community

A New Gallery in Joburg

Part of the Community

Melville, a well known Johannesburg suburb, doesn’t have the best reputation. And yet,…

The Year in Art for Nigeria and Africa 

2016 in review

The Year in Art for Nigeria and Africa 

Our author Bukola Oye looks back at the highlights from the past 12…

Nigerian Art Speaks Louder from the Outside

Collectors' View: Nigeria

Nigerian Art Speaks Louder from the Outside

Contemporary art from Africa has become a beautiful bride, says our author Obidike…

Malick Sidibé, Nuit de Noël, 1963

Love actually...Tokini Peterside

Malick Sidibé, Nuit de Noël, 1963

A new series inviting artists, cultural producers, and writers to share their thoughts…

In Conversation with Donna Kukama

32nd Bienal de São Paulo

In Conversation with Donna Kukama

In collaboration with Cathy Byrd from Fresh Art International, C& presents a new…

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…

De Dakar au monde – du monde à la Havane

Deux biennales – deux pays

De Dakar au monde – du monde à la Havane

Dans le cadre de notre série de brèves sur les biennales, Sabrina Moura…

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…