Review

EJ Hill, An Arrangement of Perpetuities, 2017

Venice Biennale 2017

Viva Africa Viva?

Does the label “African” at events like the Venice Biennale finally expire? The…

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Venice Biennale 2017

Kenya is Another Country

In this essay, artist and writer Neo Musangi takes a look back at…

Sammy Baloji, Tales of the Copper Cross Garden: Episode I, 2017, various materials, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, documenta 14, photo: Stathis Mamalakis

Documenta 14 Athens

Why Art Needs to Keep Engaging with the Social

Under the ambitious title "Learning from Athens", this year's Documenta tries to face…

Sonia Boyce’s We move in her way. Photo: George Torode; Courtesy: the artist and ICA, London

Review: Sonia Boyce at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

Recouping the remains

In Sonia Boyce's latest presentation, the realms of power and space are closely…

Vue du parvi de la grande halle de la Villette, photographie de Alexis Peskine, Le radeau de la méduse, King Baana 2016. Photo © Elsa Guily

Afriques Capitales: Writing the City

When the city assembles its own language

For the second edition of the multidisciplinary festival 100%, dedicated this year to…

Dineo Seshee Bopape, +/-1791 (Monument to the Haitian Revolution 1791), 2017. Mixed-media installation. Dimensions variable. Produced by Sharjah Art Foundation. Image courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation

A review of Sharjah Biennial 2017

Where Conversations Need to Take Place

Our author Christine Eyene takes a closer look at the 13th Sharjah Biennial,…

Installation view German Colonialism - Fragments Past and Present at the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, 2017. ©  Deutsches Historisches Museum

Review: German Colonialism - Fragments Past and Present

”Where Are You Going, White Man?”

This special exhibition on German colonialism opened in October 2016 at the Deutsches…

Chemi Rosado-Seijo, documentation of Salón-Sala-Salón (Labra) (Classroom/Gallery/Classroom [Labra]), Escuela Rafael María de Labra, San Juan, PR, August–December 2014. Courtesy the artist

The Whitney Biennial 2017

Sparking a Much Needed Debate

Our author Will Furtado takes a closer look at this year's Whitney Biennal…

Adrian Piper, The Probable Trust Registry: The Rules of the Game #1-3, 2013-2017, Installation + Group Performance: 3 grey walls reaching from floor to the ceiling, 3 golden circular desks, golden embossed letters, 3 standing desks, 3 lean stools, computer system, 3 receptionists (one behind each desk). Adaptable Dimensions. Detail: The Rules of the Game #1. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns. Sammlung Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie. 2016 Schenkung der Freunde der Nationalgalerie. © Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation Berlin. © APRA Foundation Berlin

Review: The Probable Trust Registry: The Rules of the Game #1-3

Adrian Piper’s Utopian Gesture

Our author Jessica Aimufua takes a closer look at Adrian Piper's first solo…

Hélio Oiticica, B17 Glass Bólide 05 Homage to Mondrian, 1965.
Glass, textile, water, pigment, cork. TATE: Purchased with Assistance from the American Fund for the TATE Gallery, TATE Members and the Art Fund 2007 - © Projeto Hélio Oiticica © Tate, London 2016

Review on Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945-1965

Re-enacting the Past

What could lead a group of curators or an institution to set up…

Old Forms, New Potential

South South Connections at the Goodman Gallery

Old Forms, New Potential

The Goodman Gallery in South Africa opened its second exhibition under the initiative…

An ‘other’ stop on the global art trail: 2nd Johannesburg Biennale

Exhibition Histories

An ‘other’ stop on the global art trail: 2nd Johannesburg Biennale

In this series, C& is revisiting the most discussed, loved, hated, thought-provoking, and…


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