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Photo © Andrew Esiebo, project “Pneuma-city”

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Andrew Esiebo: Pneumacity Lagos

LSVA Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria
18 November 2023 - 18 November 2025

Daniel Quarshie- Benediction” 2023 Charcoal on board 216×108 inches .Image courtesy of Gallery 1957 and the artist.

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Notes on Friendship: Breaking Bread

NCAI x SCCA Tamale
Nairobi, Kenya
29 April 2025 - 27 July 2025

Arthur Timothy, © GALLERY 1957

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Arthur Timothy: Othello’s Countrymen (The Krio Enigma)

Gallery 1957
London, United Kingdom
10 Jul 2025 - 30 Aug 2025

David Otaru, Hello Self (diptych), 2025
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 72 in
121.9 x 182.9 cm

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Of Mind and Myth – Group Show

Rele Gallery
Lagos, Nigeria
28 Jun 2025 - 09 Aug 2025

Luke Agada, The Things That Stayed, 2025, oil on canvas, 72 × 72 inches (182.9 × 182.9 cm) © Luke Agada

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Ever So Present II: Between Home and Elsewhere – Group Show

Park & 75
New York, United States
25 Jun 2025 - 08 Aug 2025

Lubaina Himid, Venetian Maps: Shoemakers, 1997. Acrylic on canvas.
Courtesy of Hollybush Gardens, London and Greene Naftali, New York © Lubaina Himid

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The Thin Black Line – Group Show

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
London, United Kingdom
24 Jun 2025 - 07 Sep 2025

Ken Aïcha Sy, Survival Kit, Family Archive (detail) © Anne Jean Bart

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Ken Aïcha Sy: Survival Kit – Between Us and History: The Hidden Archive

ifa Gallery
Berlin, Germany
20 Jun 2025 - 31 Aug 2025

Still from Collateral Echoes, Baff Akoto.

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Baff Akoto: Collateral Echoes

Sheffield’s Site Gallery
Sheffield, United Kingdom
18 Jun 2025 - 13 Jul 2025

Ian Mwesiga, Moon Walk I, 2025. Copyright the Artist

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Ian Mwesiga: Au service des rêves (In the Service of Dreams)

Mariane Ibrahim
Paris, France
13 Jun 2025 - 26 Jul 2025

Aïda Muluneh, THE SACRED MEMORY OF THE DIVINE. Courtesy of Giampaolo Abbondio

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Aïda Muluneh: The Homeless Wanderer

Giampaolo Abbondio
Milano, Italy
12 Jun 2025 - 30 Jul 2025

Simon Zitha's Sibongile and Face Up, installation view, The Alchemy of Colour, 2025. Courtes of The Melrose Gallery.

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The Alchemy of Colour – Group Show

The Melrose Gallery
Johannesburg, South Africa
10 Jun 2025 - 18 Aug 2025

Other Territories | Autres Territoires – Group Show

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Other Territories | Autres Territoires – Group Show

BAND Gallery x Canadian Cultural Centre
Paris, France
07 Jun 2025 - 19 Sep 2025

Yinka Shonibare, CBE Man Moving Up, 2022. Courtesy of FOR-SITE

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Black Gold: Stories Untold – Group Show

FOR-SITE
San Francisco, United States
06 Jun 2025 - 02 Nov 2025

Virginia Chihota, Munoonei kana makaditarisa nhai Mwari?/What do you see when you look at me ohh God?, 2025. Courtesy of Tiwani Contemporary

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Virginia Chihota: Munoonei kana makaditarisa nhai Mwari?/What do you see when you look at me ohh God?

Tiwani Contemporary
London, United Kingdom
05 Jun 2025 - 20 Sep 2025

Yinka Shonibare
Nature Works (Gas Flare, Nigeria), 2025
Patchwork, appliqué, quilting, hand dyed silk,
linen and cotton and Dutch wax fabric

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Yinka Shonibare: Earth Pictures

Goodman Gallery
Johannesburg , South Africa
05 Jun 2025 - 24 Jul 2025

Willie Bester, The Human Condition (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Koena Art Institute

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Willie Bester: The Human Condition

Koena Art Institute,
Cape Town, South Africa
29 May 2025 - 28 Jul 2025

Rachel Marsil, Sieste aux céramiques, 2025. Courtesy of

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Cour intérieure – Group Show

Galerie Cecile Fakhoury
Dakar, Senegal
24 May 2025 - 19 Jul 2025

Amna Elhassan, Jump Higher, 2023. Courtesy of basis e. v.

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Amna Elhassan: resonance of absence

basis e. v.
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
23 May 2025 - 03 Aug 2025

Black Quantum Futurism: Anti-Ky-The/Ra, Photo by Ana Garrido courtesy of Hangar Portugal

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Black Quantum Futurism: Bending the Arrow of Time into a Circle Black Quantum Futurism

Kunstverein
Nürnberg, Germany
23 May 2025 - 31 Jul 2025

Martine Syms, The Non-Hero (still), 2021, Single channel video. Courtesy of the artist and Bridget Donahue, NYC

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For Real For Real – Group Show

The Racial Imaginary Institute (TRII) x DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program
Berlin, Germany
16 May 2025 - 27 Jul 2025

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, To Improvise A Mountain (detail), 2024. Courtesy the artist

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To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates – Group Show

Leeds Art Gallery
Leeds, United Kingdom
16 May 2025 - 05 Oct 2025

Joana Choumali, Your Dreams Aren't Only For You, 2025. Courtesy of Galerie Farah Fakhri

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Joana Choumali: La terre n’a qu’un soleil

Galerie Farah Fakhri
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (cote D`ivoire)
16 May 2025 - 25 Jul 2025

EXHIBITION HISTORIES

Installation view Africa Remix, 2004. Photo: Andreas M. Wiese.

Exhibition Histories

Africa Remix

In this series, C& is revisiting the most discussed, loved, hated, thought-provoking, and game-changing exhibitions featuring…

Isaac Julien, True North Series No. 6, 2004. Courtesy the artist.

Echoes of the South Atlantic

Der Black Atlantic – Subject of (Counter)Memory

The project “Der Black Atlantic,” presented at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in 2004, took a…

Malick Sidibé, Christmas evening. 1963.

Exhibition Histories

The Short Century

In this series, C& is revisiting the most discussed, loved, hated, thought-provoking, and game-changing exhibitions featuring…

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Kapwani Kiwanga

C& Editions is a program of specially commissioned editions by collaborating artists. First up is acclaimed Paris-based artist Kapwani Kiwanga, who traces the pervasive impact of power asymmetries.

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Kwesi Botchway, Green Fluffy Coat, Detail, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 78.7 x 78.7 cm / 31 x 31 in. Courtesy of Gallery 1957.

Opinion

Dignity Under Duress: Black Figuration Beyond the Global Art Market

The global market embraced art from Africa—but is that alone enough to sustain it?…

Tristany Mundu, still from _City around the City_, 2025 © Hugo Barros

Afterlives of History

Sampling the City: Tristany Mundu’s Cypher with Linha de Sintra

Through performance, sonic explorations and film, artist Tristany Mundu brings us into conversation with…

Angela Harutyunyan (left) and Paula Nascimento. Image courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation.

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Paula Nascimento and Angela Harutyunyan Announced as Curators of Sharjah Biennial 17

Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento will weave new narratives across geographies, histories, and imaginaries…

Hassan Musa, I love you with my AK47(1), 2019. Oil on printed fabrics on wood, 121 cm x 190 cm. Photo courtesy of the Galerie Maïa Muller.

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Sudan Art Archive Aims to Reclaim a Canon from Afar

Sudan’s cultural memory has long been under attack —added to decades of state censorship…

Adama Delphine Fawundu
An Offering at Kongo River, 2025
Fotografia de arquivo jato de tinta
60,96 x 88,9 cm
Cortesia da artista
Foto: Adama Delphine Fawundu

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Fundação Bienal de São Paulo Announces List of Participants for its 36th Edition

With a title derived from the poem “Da calma e do silêncio” by Conceição…

Samson Mnisi, Arreola II, XXX, Mixed Media, 179.6 x 86 cm. Detail. Artworks © Artist. Photo © Vela Projects (Mia Thom).

Artist Portrait

Samson Mnisi: A Master Posthumously Receives His Due

An exhibition of eleven works by the late painter, arts organizer, and mythic personality…

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