Events

Mbali Tshabalala, Quiet Grounds, 2025. Courtesy of

Exhibition

Quiet Grounds – Group Show

PIASA
Paris, France
17 Oct 2025 - 22 Oct 2025

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Fairs

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Somerset House
London, United Kingdom
16 Oct 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

Sammy Baloji, »Aequare. The Future that Never Was«, 2023, HD video, colour, stereo, 21.04 min (film still), courtesy the artist & Imane Farès, Paris & KANAL Centre Pompidou, Brussels & Twenty Nine Studio & Production

Exhibition

Unity in Diversity: Pan-African Art Practices of Collective Care – Group Show

M.Bassy
Hamburg , Germany
12 Oct 2025 - 06 Dec 2025

Funmilayo Akechukwu in BLKNWS T&C. Courtesy Of Participant

Screenings

Kahlil Joseph: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

BFI Southbank
London, United Kingdom
12 Oct 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

Seydou Keïta. Untitled, 1949–51, printed ca. 1994–2001. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Musée national du Mali. © SKPEAC/Seydou Keïta, courtesy The Jean Pigozzi Collection of African Art

Exhibition

Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens

Brooklyn Museum
New York, United States
10 Oct 2025 - 08 Mar 2026

Nigerian Modernism – Group Show

Exhibition

Nigerian Modernism – Group Show

Tate modern
London, United Kingdom
08 Oct 2025 - 10 May 2026

Realms of the Imaginary, COPYRIGHT © 2025 GALERIE FARAH FAKHRI

Realms of the Imaginary – Group Show

GALERIE FARAH FAKHRI
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (cote D`ivoire)
25 Sep 2025 - 24 Oct 2025

Tesfaye Urgessa, No country for young men, 31, 2024, oil on canvas. Copyright: Tesfaye Urgessa. Courtesy of Cheng-Lan Foundation and Saatchi Yates

Exhibition

Tesfaye Urgessa: Roots of Resilience

The Sainsbury Centre
Norwich, United Kingdom
20 Sep 2025 - 15 Feb 2026

Kuamen, Amara (detail), 2024. Acrylic paint on canvas, 210 x 140 cm. Courtesy the artist.

Exhibition

KUAMEN: Creep to the mic like a phantom

Eyonart
London, United Kingdom
19 Sep 2025 - 28 Nov 2025

Betty Ogun, Untitled (2022), Copyright the artist, Courtesy of Tache Gallery

Exhibition

Betty Ogundipe: LOVE/FIGHT

Tache
London, United Kingdom
18 Sep 2025 - 23 Oct 2025

Copyright Ousmane Sow Détails œuvre « Le Veillard », scène « Sacrifice » Série « Peulh » 1993 Technique mixte 105 x 76 x 84 cm Crédit image OH GALLERY

Exhibition

لا عنوان The correspondent does not respond to this address – Group Show

OH Gallery
Dakar, Senegal
13 Sep 2025 - 08 Nov 2025

Nuotama Bodomo. Still from

Exhibition

The Writing’s on the Wall (TWTW)

SCCA Tamale
Tamale, Ghana
13 Sep 2025 - 14 Mar 2026

miryam charles: atlas for the disappeared

Exhibition

miryam charles: atlas for the disappeared

basis e.v.
Frankfurt, Germany
12 Sep 2025 - 14 Dec 2025

Canon Griffin Rumanzi, Mad Eye of History Without Blinking, 2025. Courtesy of Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute

Exhibition

Canon Griffin Rumanzi: Mad Eye of History Without Blinking

Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI)
Nairobi, Kenya
11 Sep 2025 - 02 Nov 2025

Christelle oyiri and Neva Wireko, Hauntology of an OG, videostill, 2025. LAS Art Foundation, Amant and Pinault Collection. © Christelle oyiri and Neva Wireko

Exhibition

Christelle Oyiri: Dead God Flow

LAS Art Foundation at CANK
Berlin, Germany
11 Sep 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

NINE NIGHTS, ICA, Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff

Events

CEL: Foundations

LAS Art Foundation at CANK
Berlin, Germany
11 Sep 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

Athi-Patra Ruga, …after he left (still), 2008, digital video

Exhibition

Athi-Patra Ruga: Lord, I gotta keep on (movin’)

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
New York, United States
11 Sep 2025 - 18 Jan 2026

Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Study for The Traveler (detail) 2024. Oil paint oil pastel and gouache on linen canvas over wood panel 36x36 inches 91.4×91.4 cm 1200x1198

Exhibition

Nathaniel Mary Quinn: ECHOES FROM COPELAND

Gagosian
New York, United States
10 Sep 2025 - 25 Oct 2025

Apparitions, Juliana dos Santos, Bienal de São Paulo and WAVA

Exhibition

36th Bienal de São Paulo

Various Locations
São Paulo, Brazil
06 Sep 2025 - 11 Jan 2026

Salifou Lindou. Ville hasard - Vil hasard, 2017.

Exhibition

Salifou Lindou: Carambolage (Carom Shots)

AFIKARIS Gallery
Paris, France
04 Sep 2025 - 01 Nov 2025

 

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