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Curatorial team for the 36th São Paulo Biennial, from left to right: Keyna Eleison, Alya Sebti, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Henriette Gallus, Anna Roberta Goetz, and Thiago de Paula Souza.
©João Medeiros / Fundacão Bienal de São Paolo.

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36th Bienal de São Paulo Reveals Title, Concept, Partnerships, and Visual Identity

"Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice“ will take place as of September 2025 at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in São Paolo, Brazil

Installation view of ’60 Years: the NCAI Collection’ at the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Kenya.

Letter from Nairobi

An Exhibition Aims at Accessibility Against a Backdrop of Protest in Kenya’s Capital

Mūhunyo Maina reviews a pertinent exhibition at NCAI, following protests against the 2024 Finance Bill, exploring ways to democratize art viewing.

Fred Ebami, Kaper Jesse Legacy (Detail), 2024. Presented by Galerie Mam.

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ART X Lagos 2024 Reveals Theme, Gallery List and Program

The 9th edition explores future visions of Africa and its diasporas taking place from October 31st to November 3rd at The Federal Palace in Lagos.

(left) Gaëlle Choisne. Photo credit: Hugues Lawson-Body. (right) Ruche – Creole Garden in Normandie, 2024. In the background Safe Space for a passing history – Ère du Verseau 99999, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Romainville, Grand Paris © Adagp, Paris, 2024

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Gaëlle Choisne is the Winner of Prix Marcel Duchamp 2024

Recognized for her delicate multidisciplinary installations, Gaëlle Choisne has been named the winner of France's most prestigious art award.

Portrait of Nkule Mabaso. Photo: Jacob Sweep

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Fotogalleriet Announces Nkule Mabaso as Director from 2024 to 2028

Nkule Mabaso’s strong interest in networks and their potential for institutions and artists will elevate Norway’s only kunsthalle for photography.

Elolo Bosoka: What he saw sees when he went goes strolling

Installation View

Elolo Bosoka: What he saw sees when he went goes strolling

Elolo Bosoka blends painting, sculpture, and digital media, offering a unique interpretation of everyday life through visual compositions.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It Will End in
Tears
It Will End In Tears, SCENE 16, 2024
Courtesy Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum and
Goodman Gallery
Photo: Alexander Edwards

In Conversation

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: A Dramatic Painted Mystery Investigates Ideas about Women’s Power

The painter discusses It Will All End in Tears, her site-specific installation at London’s Barbican Center, made with architect Remco Osório Lobato.

Installation view at John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture & History. Courtesy of Obinna Emelike

Museum for Yoruba Culture and History

Five Things You Need to Know About the John Randle Center Before It Opens

C& author Obidike Okafor shares what to expect from the new architectural marvel in Nigeria’s art capital.

Filipa Bossuet, MANKAKA KADI KONDA KO II, 2022. Act I, Performance at MAAT, Lisbon. Courtesy of Pedro Pina.

Afterlives of History

Filipa Bossuet: Performance as Conversation, Intimacy as Power

Having started as a vlogger, the artist uses her biography to create shared reference points beyond self-referentiality.

& Artists’ Edition by Zohra Opoku. Left and right: Give Me Back My Black Dolls (2024), shown in two of five different color variations. Photo: C&.

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C& Artists’ Editions #5 Zohra Opoku

We are very excited about our new C& Artists’ Edition by artist Zohra Opoku - one of our collaborators from the very beginning!

Noah Davis, Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, 2014. Miguel Pimentel © The Estate of Noah
Davis. Courtesy The Estate of Noah Davis and David Zwirner.

Installation View

Noah Davis

Noah Davis' visionary art is on view at DAS MINSK Potsdam until January 2025, showing 60 works in his first international institutional retrospective.

Zohra Opoku, Thinking Historically in the Present, 2023. Installation View 3. Photography by Sanabas Jamaluddin. Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation.

C& Artists’ Edition

Zohra Opoku: Empowering Children of Color to Love Themselves

In the run-up to our new edition, we spoke to the artist about her passion for fabric and photography, her childhood, and how her new work came about.

INVENTING YOUR OWN GAME

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C& and C&AL invited organizations, artists, and activists from Black and Indigenous perspectives to discuss, contextualize, and reflect on the relationship between neocolonial structures and the climate crisis in their local contexts.

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