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Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento will weave new narratives across geographies, histories, and imaginaries as curators of Sharjah…
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Art in Crisis
As war threatens Sudan’s cultural heritage, Sudan Art Archive works to digitally preserve 50 years of art through diaspora-led stewardship.
The 36th Bienal de São Paulo brings together 125 participants, proposing an urgent reflection on humanity, nature, and listening.
Artist Portrait
A recent Samson Mnisi exhibition was a testament to how the artist could invite viewers into a spiritual place he occupied.
The multidisciplinary artist repurposes textiles to explore identity and climate - see his work at AKAA, Oct 24–26, 2025.
Inside the Library
Take a look into libraries and collections holding some of the rarer and often forgotten publications - this time: The Diasporic Library, Brussels.
ARCHITECTURE IS A PARTY
A event night in Ghana’s capital addressed issues of public spaces and architectural history from unconventional perspectives.
12th Berlin Biennale
A chat with Cuban artist Susana Pilar Delahante about her career and the work she presented at the 12th Berlin Biennale.
In Conversation
In a conversation with each other, the two reflect on their experiences as Black artists in the Czech Republic.
Curators and cultural producers from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania visit three cities in Ghana: Accra, Kumasi and Tamale in August 2022.
Out of 12 finalists, the ANNA Award selection committee will select the winner, who will be announced on August 10, 2022.
A new grant will support a juried competition that selects four local Black artists per year for a solo show at the Museum of the African Diaspora.
This first-of-its-kind auction, titled Ode to Mastery, will feature five prominent Nigerian artists who are key drivers of the contemporary art scene.
Installation View
The group show at MAMC+ invites artists who invent new worlds, question the status quo of the current modality and critique power systems.
The founders of the Kinshasa based art project speak about artistic complexities and concepts of the foreign.
The Museum gathers stories of Black artists and entertainers who rose to prominence in what has been a predominantly white entertainment industry.
El Hadji Sy's works, on view at Selebe Yoon in Dakar, are made with a variety of materials blurring boundaries between functionality and aesthetics.
INVENTING YOUR OWN GAME
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Inventing your own game
In the post-war period, many pioneering Black artists were largely neglected by the Western art world…
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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Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento will weave new narratives across geographies, histories, and imaginaries…
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With a title derived from the poem “Da calma e do silêncio” by Conceição…
An exhibition of eleven works by the late painter, arts organizer, and mythic personality…
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For over a century, 600 cultural objects from Tanzania sat quietly in a northern…
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