Review

Ayo Akinwande, Installation Deaf vs.Dumb, 2017. Photo: Obidike Okafor

Debut Lagos Biennial

The Biennale that Lives on the Edge

Nigeria’s largest city now has its own art biennale. Entitled “Living on the…

Installation by Pathy Tshindele, Musée National de Lubumbashi. Photo: Costa Tshinzam

5th Lubumbashi Biennale

Dazzling Art: An Aspiring Congolese Biennale

The fifth edition of the Lubumbashi Biennale runs from October 7 to November…

Thania Petersen, Flamingo (detail), 2017. Backlit photographic print in lightbox Courtesy the artist and Everard Read, Cape Town

Photography at Zeitz MOCAA

Absence and Omission

Asserting black identity, photographers take center stage at the new museum in Cape…

Mary Sibande, In the Midst of Chaos, There is Opportunity (2017). Courtesy Zeitz MOCAA

Zeitz MOCAA

Who is Your Audience?

Zeitz MOCAA, the recently opened Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town,…

Emo de Medeiros, Kaleta-Kaleta, 2013-2017, Videoinstallation on three channels. Courtesy of Sesc_Videobrasil.

Review 20th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil

Spreading the South

Since its 8th edition the Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil has focused on the…

Mahdi Ehsaei, Afro Iran. (Detail). Courtesy the artist.

Found Footage

The African Merchants of the Indian Ocean Region

Led by African merchants, African migration in the Indian Ocean region was a…

Carolyn Mims Lawrence, Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free (Detail), 1972. Courtesy the artist and Tate Modern.

Tate Modern: Soul of a Nation

Art in the Age of Black Power

An exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, curated by Zoe Whitley and…

Tschabalala Self, For the Gods (detail), 2015. Courtesy the artist.

Tschabalala Self: Body Agency

Painting the Whole Picture of the Black Female Experience

Tschabalala Self belongs to a new generation of painters depicting a three-dimensional representation…

The sniper position in Galindo’s piece El Objectivo (The Objective), 2017. Photo: Courtesy of the author

Documenta 14

Regina José Galindo and the Weapons Industry

With two works at documenta 14 in Kassel, artist Regina José Galindo unpacks…

The Colour Black

Kerry James Marshall: The Mastry

The Colour Black

Where in the primary place of artistic experience do we encounter the Black…

A Series of Discordant Arguments

Jamaica Biennial 2017

A Series of Discordant Arguments

Despite featuring a few strong works, the Jamaica Biennial 2017 lacks in curatorial…

Narimane Mari, Le fort des fous, 2017, vidéo numérique, ​vue de l'installation, Ballhaus, Cassel, documenta 14, photo: Fred Dott

Review documenta 14

“Killing the Hierarchy Within You”

The resounding message of documenta 14 Kassel is that we need to give…


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