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Emeka Okereke at his acceptance speech. Background: Ambassador of France to Nigeria Jérôme Pasquier. Photo: Nyancho Nwanri

Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres

Emeka Okereke awarded by Ministry of Culture of France

Nigerian photographer Emeka Okereke received the prestigious insignia of 'Chevalier dans l’ordre des…

Diedrick Brackens, in the decadence of silence, 2018. Cotton and acrylic yarn, 72 x 72 inches  (182.9 x 182.9 cm). Courtesy The Studio Museum in Harlem

Joyce Alexander Wein Prize

Studio Museum in Harlem’s Wein Prize Goes to Diedrick Brackens

Los-Angeles based artist Diedrick Brackens was honured for his deeply thoughtful and innovative…

Courtesy of PinchukArtCentre.

PinchukArtCentre

Shortlist Announced for 5th Edition of the Future Generation Art Prize

Monira Al Qadiri, Gabrielle Goliath, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Sondra Perry are among…

Mark Langer, CEO, HUGO BOSS; Simone Leigh, Hugo Boss Prize 2018 Winner; and Richard Armstrong, Director Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation.
Hugo Boss Prize 2018 Artists Dinner at the Guggenheim Museum.
Photo: Andrew Toth/Getty Images.

Hugo Boss Prize 2018

Simone Leigh Receives Guggenheim’s Hugo Boss Prize

The Prize honours Simone Leigh's longstanding and unwavering commitment to addressing black women…

Otobong Nkanga, 2018. Foto: Yannick Sas. Courtesy of Berliner Festspiele, Gropius Bau.

Gropius Bau Berlin Programme 2019

Otobong Nkanga is New Artist in Residence

After Wu Tsang in 2018, Otobong Nkanga continues the Artist in Residence programme…

Thierry Oussuo, 2018, Johannesburg

Tollman Award for the Visual Arts

Thierry Oussou Wins the 14th Tollman Award for the Visual Arts

Described as a ‘social archaeologist’, Thierry Oussou, born 1988 in Allada, Benin, uses…

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C& América Latina Print Issue #1

After being launched as a new online platform this spring, C& América Latina…

Studio Museum in Harlem: NINA CHANEL ABNEY, “Untitled,” 2012 (detail)(acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches). | Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, © Nina Chanel Abney

Historic Bequest

The Studio Museum in Harlem and Duke Ellington School of the Arts Receive Historic Gift From The Collection Of Peggy Cooper Cafritz

The unprecedented bequest of more than 650 works has been called the largest…

Preview of The Chimurenga Library at The Showroom, London 2015 Photo: Dan Weill. Courtesy Chimurenga, The Otolith Collective and The Showroom.

Vera List Center’s Art Prize

Chimurenga Named Winner 2018–20 Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice

Chimurenga is a pan-African collective that supports editorial platforms, programs, artist resources, and…

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Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Linda Nylind/Frieze

Frieze London 2018

Focus Stand Prize for blank

Frieze London has given its Focus Stand Prize to Cape Town based blank…

Courtesy Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber.

Sharjah Biennial 14

Sharjah Art Foundation Announces Artist List and Commissions

Open to the public from March 7 to June 10, 2019, the 14th…

Image: Betye Saar in her Laurel Canyon studio, Los Angeles, ca. 1976, courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California, photo Richard Saar.

African American Art History Initiative

Betye Saar Archive Acquired by Getty Research Institute

Getty Research Institute (GRI) announced the establishment of the African American Art History…


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