We’re constantly updating our database of art and cultural spaces that host and engage with art, artists and cultural producers from African perspectives.
Dakar, Senegal
Situated in Dakar center, Selebe Yoon supports the arts in Senegal with a local and international program.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ZOMA Museum is an environmentally conscious art institution in Addis Ababa. The mission is to act as a bridge between artists and architects from around the world to create cutting-edge ecological art and architecture.
Bonendale, Cameroon
The ArtBakery is an artists’ initiative in Bonendale, Cameroon, founded in 2002 by the artist…
Brazzaville, Congo, Republic Of
Les Ateliers Sahm opened in the fall of 2012 under the artistic direction of the…
Tunis, Tunisia
B7L9 Art Station is the first art station in Tunis located in a rural suburb…
Toronto, Canada
BAND gallery and cultural space in Toronto, Canada, is run by Black Artists' Networks Dialogue.
Cairo, Egypt
The art initiative and exhibition space, Beirut, closed in 2015 but their website still offers…
Cape Town, South Africa
Blank Projects is an independent, artist-run space with a gallery that was founded in 2005…
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Boys’ Quarters shows work by local Niger Delta artists as well as international artists and…
New York, United States
The Brooklyn Museum is the second-largest museum in New York City, and one of the…
Johannesburg , South Africa
The Center for Historical Reenactments (CHR) is a Johannesburg-based independent platform founded in 2010 by…
Lagos, Nigeria
The Centre of Contemporary Art (CCA) Lagos is an independent, non-profit organisation for the visual…
Bamako, Mali
Since its inception in 1999, the Centre Soleil d’Afrique artists’ association has become one of…
Nairobi, Kenya
Founded in 2012, Circle is East Africa’s first independent arts agency, established to provide a…
Events
Exhibition
The Melrose GalleryJohannesburg, South Africa 07 Feb 2025 - 09 Mar 2025
Gallery 1957Accra, Ghana 16 Jan 2025 - 02 Mar 2025
Art Fairs
Cape Town International Convention Centre Cape Town, South Africa 21 Feb 2025 - 23 Feb 2025
The BellProvidence, United States 20 Feb 2025 - 01 Jun 2025
la Mamounia, DaDaMarrakech, Morocco 30 Jan 2025 - 02 Feb 2025
Loft Art GalleryCasablanca, Marrakech, Morocco 30 Jan 2025 - 15 Mar 2025
C/OBerlin, Germany 01 Feb 2025 - 07 May 2025
The WhitworthManchester, United Kingdom 04 Oct 2024 - 26 Jan 2025
ÀsìkòCairo, Egypt
Museum of Science and TechnologyAccra, Ghana
26 Dec - 26 Jan 2025
The musée du quai Branly - Jacques ChiracParis, France
Cécile Fakhoury GalleryAbidjan, Ivory Coast (cote D`ivoire)
13 Feb - 12 Apr 2025
The Melrose GalleryJohannesburg, South Africa
07 Feb - 09 Mar 2025
Gallery 1957Accra, Ghana
16 Jan - 02 Mar 2025
Studio 11Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cape Town International Convention Centre Cape Town, South Africa
21 Feb - 23 Feb 2025
Call for applications ARAK Collection
Doha, Qatar
Call for applications Central Museum of Textiles
Łódź, Poland
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![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-320x200.png)
![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-480x300.png)