Essay

John Akomfrah (British, born 1957) . The Unfinished Conversation. 2012. Three-channel video (color, sound). 45 min. The Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art, The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, and through the generosity of Bilge Ogut and Haro Cumbusyan, 2016. © 2017 John Akomfrah.

C& Center of Unfinished Business

, so I dream: An Ode to Stuart Hall

Our author Aaliyah Lauterkranz was inspired to write a poem by Hall's pioneering thinking in the context of identity.

Filipa Bossuet, MANKAKA KADI KONDA KO II, 2022. Act I, Performance at MAAT, Lisbon. Courtesy of Pedro Pina.

Afterlives of History

Filipa Bossuet: Performance as Conversation, Intimacy as Power

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

Ruth Ige, Queen from the 7th earth (part 2), Detail, 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150cm. Courtesy of Stevenson.

C& Book #02

I thought I knew the depths of you (Blackness)

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

Syncretical,

Artist Portrait

From the Collective Narrative to the Singularities of North African Identities: A Dive into the World of Syncretical

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

Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

Studio Visit

Anaïs Cheleux: Connecting Caribbean Identity Through Photography and Performance

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.

Henok Melkamzer, Untitled (Detail), 2023. Image courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation. Photo: Shafeek Nalakath Kareem

Sharjah Art Museum

Positioning Telsem in Global Art History with Henok Melkamzer

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

Madame Zo: From Re-Creation to Quest for Meaning

Female Pioneers

Madame Zo: From Re-Creation to Quest for Meaning

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

A collage made using ephemera collected during the trip. Photo: Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo

Greetings from Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo

Darling, this is Switzerland

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

left: Nefertiti, Neues Museum Berlin. rigth: Cover, Black Women in Antiquity, edited by Ivan Van Sertima, 1988.

C& and Arts Everywhere

Fatima El-Tayeb: Reclaiming Nefertiti

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

Heiko-Thandeka Ncube, The early rains which wash away the chaff before the spring rains, 2023. Video, 12 mins, film still.

Essay

Every Straw Is a Straw Too Much

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

Photo: Nappy/Pexels

Contemporary Black Discourses

Navigating Pain and Possibility

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

Torkwase Dyson, Liquid A Place, 2023. Homme Adams Park 72500 Thrush Road, Palm Desert at Desert X. Photography courtesy of Lance Gerber.

Ecologies

Locating Blackness In Intimate Ecologies

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


All content © 2024 Contemporary And. All Rights Reserved. Website by SHIFT