Essay

Eneida Sanches, Transe Iluminado, 2007. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Tracy Collins.

Religion as Inspiration

Eneida Sanches – Trance and Dimensional Displacement

Among black women artists from Brazil, she is one of the few who…

Adriana Bustos, The Sea and its multiple tributaries, detail, part of the Return of the Repressed, 2017. Courtesy the artist.

Argentina's Black Legacy

Relationship Status: It’s Complicated

The “disappearance of the black” in Argentinian identity is one of the most…

Mahdi Ehsaei, Khaje-Ata, Bandar Abbas. 2015. Photo. © Mahdi Ehsaei. Courtesy of the artist.

Photography

Looking Beyond Documentation of Afro-Iranians

In recent years, the Afro-Iranian community has been under the spotlight. In 2015…

Glenn Ligon, Notes on the Margin of the

C& Center of Unfinished Business

The First Artist to Challenge the White Queer Gaze in a Biennial

In this series, C& and ArtsEverywhere commission texts inspired by the books in…

Where Do We Go From Here?

#BlackHistoryMonth

Where Do We Go From Here?

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth another article from the C& Archive! Cultural anthropologist Misa…

Christian Etongo, Performance at RAVY Biennale 2016. Photo: Francis Omgba

C& Print Issue #8

Yaoundé, a Contemporary Awakening

The Cameroonian capital’s very first contemporary art gallery is rekindling the ambition of…

Bandjoun Station. Photo: Etienne Nsom

C& Print Issue #8: Bandjoun Station

A Truly International Collection

Bandjoun, a small town around 300 kilometers from Yaoundé in Cameroon, reaches out…

Pascale-Marthine Tayou,
La Colonne Pascale, SUD2010.

C& Print Issue #8

Is Douala Cameroon’s Capital of Contemporary Art?

Curator Yves Makongo looks into whether Douala has become the national center of…

Scholars, Museum Directors, Curators and Artists at the International Conference on African Cultures, 1962. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art in Zimbabwe.

A Groundbreaking Congress in Zimbabwe

How the ICAC Highlighted the Global Influence of Artists from Africa in 1962

In the 1960s in Southern Rhodesia, the International Congress of African Culture made…

Aboubacar Traoré, Inch’Allah, 2015, photograph. Courtesy the artist.

A Sense of Wanderlust

The Importance of the African Motorcycle in Art

Serving as the symbol of freedom and Africa’s thriving economies, the motorcycle is…

Jelili Atiku performing at Arthouse Foundation. Photo courtesy Arthouse Foundation.

How To Extend Your Art Horizon

Nurturing and Expanding the Lagos Art Scene

With a rapidly expanding art scene, Nigeria and its artists have to seize…

Entrance Afirca Museum of Original Art in Pocheon.

Art from African Perspectives in South Korea

(Still) Adressing Stereotypes 

South Korean artists have been drawn to art from African Perspectives since the…


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