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.
Washington D.C., United States
The National Museum of African Art was created as a private museum in 1964. It…
Paris, France
In the heart of Paris, NELLY WANDJI, cabinet de curiosités, art gallery for African creatives,…
Nairobi, Kenya
The NEST collective is a Kenyan multidisciplinary art space.
Nil Gallery fosters connections with artists from Western Africa and sets importance to international perspectives.
Cairo, Egypt
Nile Sunset Annex is artist-run project in Cairo. It functions primarily as a self-funded, experimental…
Accra, Ghana
Ghana’s first independent artist residency program, founded by art specialist and philanthropist Joseph Awuah-Darko.
The Nubuke Foundation was founded on the initiative of the well-known Ghanaian artist Kofi Setordji…
London, United Kingdom
The October Gallery is an art gallery in the heart of London which has been…
The selection of young artists exhibited – African and international – challenges a notion of…
Lagos, Nigeria
Omenka is an art gallery in Lagos representing a fine selection of established and emerging…
Global, South Africa
PAN!C – a Pan African Network for Independent Contemporaneity – is a platform for cross-continental…
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development was established on 6 September 1996 to…
Events
Art Fairs
Somerset HouseLondon, United Kingdom 10 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024
Carreau du TempleParis, France 18 Oct 2024 - 20 Oct 2024
Screenings
Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, United States 20 Sep 2024
Exhibition
SOTO Gallery SpaceLagos, Nigeria 24 Aug 2024 - 21 Sep 2024
M.BassyHamburg, Germany 15 Sep 2024 - 10 Nov 2024
Talks / Workshops
DAS MINSKPotsdam, Germany 14 Sep 2024 - 15 Sep 2024
Museum of Science and TechnologyAccra, Ghana 12 Sep 2024 - 30 Oct 2024
PalaisPopulaireBerlin, Germany 14 Sep 2024
Nairobi Contemporary Art InstituteNairobi, Kenya
03 Oct - 03 Nov 2024
Goldsmiths CCALondon, United Kingdom
04 Oct - 12 Jan 2025
1897 GalleryLondon, United Kingdom
05 Oct - 14 Oct 2024
Fondation Zinsou Musée, Les Ateliers CoffiOuidah, Cotonou, Benin
27 Sep - 01 Dec 2024
Ikon GalleryBirmingham, United Kingdom
02 Oct - 23 Feb 2025
Haze.GalleryBerlin, Germany
ReleLagos, Nigeria
31 Aug - 12 Oct 2024
Bwo Art GalleryDouala, Cameroon
21 Sep - 26 Oct 2024
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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)
