Essay

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…

Laboratoire AGIT’art and Tenq in Dakar in the 1990s’,

Brothers in Arms:

Laboratoire AGIT’art and Tenq in Dakar in the 1990s’,

In the space of three weeks between April and May 1996, the parallel…

The search for a common source between her readings and her performers.

Doa Aly's artistic process

The search for a common source between her readings and her performers.

Our author Mia Jankowicz explores Doa Aly's artistic process.

Images of Change

A portrait photographer George Hallett

Images of Change

M. Neelika Jayawardane portraits George Hallett, the photographer who showed Nelson Mandela to…

An insurgent whose heart and mind no empire can win

'Surveys (from the Cape of Good Hope)': Jane Alexander at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan

An insurgent whose heart and mind no empire can win

When I heard that Jane Alexander’s work would be shown in the Cathedral…

The Africa Issue

An essay by Sean O’Toole

The Africa Issue

Several European Magazines have in recent years devoted entire issues to Africa. Whose…

Exceptional Circumstances

An Essay by Sean O’Toole

Exceptional Circumstances

Despite prophecies about the demise of the national exhibition, it continues to prosper.…

Whose oyster is this world?

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Whose oyster is this world?

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's work has brought success and attention in recent years from contemporary…


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