Essay

Kaleb De Groot (Dutch resident artist at Rockstone Sculpture Park), Zig/Zag Proxy, 2008. Cement blocks, plaster, explosives, marble and iron oxide/wax., 4x7x3,5m, Lusaka, Zambia. Courtesy of the artist.

C& Print Issue #7

Make Do

Rockston Studio is an artist-led project in the Zambian capital Lusaka whose ethos…

Three Periods of Engagement with the Bauhaus

Curriculum of Connections: Karo Akpokiere

Three Periods of Engagement with the Bauhaus

In this piece, artist Karo Akpokiere draws parallels between the Bauhaus and his…

Black Literature, Literature of the Periphery? A Blandishment to Readers already Tired of the Struggles and Cries from Sweet, Uncertain Labyrinths?

Black Cultures Matter

Black Literature, Literature of the Periphery? A Blandishment to Readers already Tired of the Struggles and Cries from Sweet, Uncertain Labyrinths?

New Afro-Brazilian literature, writes ALLAN DA ROSA, is a literature of discovery and…

AFRONTAMENTOS

Black Cultures Matter

AFRONTAMENTOS

Cia Os Crespos is a São Paulo theater collective that has researched the…

A New Kingdom of Sisters and Brothers

Radical Dance & Theatre

A New Kingdom of Sisters and Brothers

A wave of new Afro-Brazilian dance and theater in São Paulo is promoting…

How Do Black Lives Matter in MoMA’s Collection?

Images and Justice

How Do Black Lives Matter in MoMA’s Collection?

In this essay, Thomas J. Lax examines the links between racial violence and…

Meeting Malick 

In Memoriam

Meeting Malick 

In 2014, after a meeting with Malick Sidibé, Emmanuel Iduma wrote a little…

Heart to Heart: African Art Now

The Idea of Love

Heart to Heart: African Art Now

In anticipation of the major exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE, the writers Ashraf…

The Rising Contemporary African Art Brand and the Burden of Africanness 

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

The Rising Contemporary African Art Brand and the Burden of Africanness 

The show borrows its title from Sidney Poitier's 1967’s epic comedy-drama, a fitting…

Dancing in and out of Painting

El Hadji Sy

Dancing in and out of Painting

Philippe Pirotte takes a closer look at the sublte performative painting practice of…

The passion of two pioneers

Between Frankfurt And Dakar:

The passion of two pioneers

El Hadji Sy and Friedrich Axt published an anthology on contemporary art practice…

The Known and Unknown

Peter Clarke

The Known and Unknown

The pioneering modernist painter and writer died in April. Sean O'Toole recalls his…


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