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Ibrahim Mahama on his first visit at the International Centre of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana. Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.

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Ibrahim Mahama Appointed Artistic Director of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts

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

Javett-UP Launches Collaborative Platform SCENORAMA

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Javett-UP Launches Collaborative Platform SCENORAMA

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

Robert Nzaou Kissolo, Louzolo, 2022.

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CAP PRIZE 2022 Shortlist Announced

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

Photo courtesy of Tegene Kunbi⁠

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Tegene Kunbi Receives Dak’Art Main Prize

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

Image: Amira Hanafi, Vocabulary Box, 2014

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Casablanca Biennale Announced New Dates

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.

Spacecraft_KT, Fabrication d#un fablab mobile: a prototype of a mobile fablab for arts, Dak'art OFF, 2018. Kër Thoissane. Photo: C&

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14th Dakar Biennale: The OFF Program

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

Abdoulaye Konaté, 'Composition 3', (Detail) bazin teint, 228x146cm, 2012

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Dak’Art Announces Theme and Program

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

Photo: Derrick Beasley

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Lauren Haynes Appointed Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs at Queens Museum

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

(left) Simone Leigh. Foto: Shaniqwa Jarvis/Courtesy of the Simone Leigh and Hauser & Wirth via Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art/AP/dpa. (right) Sonia Boyce, commissioned by the British Council for the British Pavilion 2022. Image: Cristiano Corte © British Council

59th Venice Biennale

Golden Lion to Simone Leigh and Sonia Boyce

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.

Clockwise: © Veronica Ryan. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: Steven Probert; Ingrid Pollard. Photo Emile Holbar; Heather Phillipson. Photograph by Rory Van Millingen; Sin Wai Kin crop by Vic Lentaigne

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Turner Prize Announces Finalists in 2022

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

Sonia Boyce. Photo: Sarah Weal.

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Sonia Boyce Represents UK in Venice

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

Christine Eyene. Photo: Aliyah Leger.

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Christine Eyene Joins LJMU and Tate Liverpool

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


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