Noah Davis, Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, 2014. Miguel Pimentel © The Estate of Noah Davis. Courtesy The Estate of Noah Davis and David Zwirner.
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Zohra Opoku, Thinking Historically in the Present, 2023. Installation View 3. Photography by Sanabas Jamaluddin. Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation.
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Zohra Opoku: Empowering Children of Color to Love Themselves

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Agape Harmani: Trauma as an Essential Part of Diaspora

In Conversation

Agape Harmani: Trauma as an Essential Part of Diaspora

Curator Nicolas Vamvouklis chats with London-based artist Agape Harmani about her latest project, her Greek-Ethiopian roots, humor, and mental health.

Sarah Ama Duah, To build, To bury to remember, 2022, exhibition view, Galerie Wedding, Berlin. photo©ceeceeberlin

“Auf Deutsch”

Sarah Ama Duah: A Journey Towards Building Contemporary Monuments

The artist purposefully contributes to the sculptural visibility of various Black narratives as part of Germany's history and culture of remembrance.

One of the young women's exhibitions previously held in Kigali. Photo: Andrew I.Kazibwe.

Impundu Arts Centre

Rwanda’s Creative Sector Holds Vast Potential Through Women Artists

Andrew I Kazibwe met with Jemima Kakizi, artist, curator, and organizer of arts mentoring programs, to speak about the potential for female artists.

Installation view, Elolo Bosoka, Flying Onions, 2024, Photo: Morel Donou, Courtesy Galerie Atiss Dakar

Table ronde

Dans le sillage de la Biennale Dak’Art 2024 : une impulsion pour la réflexion

Quatre curateurs et curatrices d’Afrique de l’Ouest se penchent sur la résilience culturelle et la symbiose collective de Dakar.

The curatorial team of the 14th Bamako Encounters: (clockwise) Lassana Igo Diarra, Nadine Hounkpatin, Manthia Diawara, Patrick Mudekereza, Soufiane Er-Rahoui, and Oyindamola (Fakeye) Faithfull. Courtesy of Bamako Encounters.

News

Rencontres de Bamako 14 Reveals Artist List for 2024

30 artists have been selected for the 14th African Biennal of Photography that will be held from November 16, 2024 to January 15, 2025 in Bamako.

Tesfaye Urgessa, detail from on of his works of the series

60th Venice Biennale

Breaking New Ground with an Ethiopian Pavilion

For Dagmawit Abebaw Hunz the inaugural pavilion of Ethiopia shines, but also brings up colonial wounds and art-world inequalities.

Ruth Ige, Queen from the 7th earth (part 2), Detail, 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150cm. Courtesy of Stevenson.

C& Book #02

I thought I knew the depths of you (blackness)

In reference to the title with C&’s latest book, Ruth Ige has written a poem to share her very own relationship with Blackness.

Syncretical,

Portrait d’artiste

De la narration collective aux singularités des identités Nord-africaines : une plongée dans l’univers de Syncretical

L'artiste crée un dialogue entre son héritage et sa culture française natale, fusionnant traditions, culture pop et enseignements philosophiques.

(clockwise) Yasmil Raymond, Gridthiya Gaweewong, N'Goné Fall, Yilmaz Dziewior, Mami Kataoka, Sergio Edelsztein. Fotos: Valentina Knežević / F. Diouf PHOTOGRAPHY / Angkrit Ajchariyasophon / © Städelschule 2020 / Falko Alexander / Ito Akinori / Albi Serfaty

News

N’Goné Fall is Part of the Documenta Finding Committee

Six international art experts have been appointed to documenta’s new Finding Committee to search for artistic director of Documenta 16 in 2027.

Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

Visite du studio

Anaïs Cheleux : Relier l’identité caribéenne par la photographie et la performance

Marny Garcia Mommertz rend visite à Anaïs Cheleux dans son studio en Guadeloupe pour discuter du sirop de canne à sucre et de la Dak’art.

Helena Uambembe, In memory We love, 2022. Installation view at Njabala Foundation. Photo: Royal Kenogo.

Njabala Foundation

An Exhibition that Welcomed Grief at the Door and Pulled out a Chair

On a curatorial trip to Kampala, curator Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo shares her impressions in a letter to a loved one in Nairobi.

Installation view of Giants: Art from the Dean Collection. Photo: Paula Abreu Pita.

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

A Show of Parallels and Superlatives

C&'s Nan Collymore visited the highly acclaimed exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and found many things to fall in love with.

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C& Book #02

C&’s second book "All that it holds. Tout ce qu’elle renferme. Tudo o que ela abarca. Todo lo que ella alberga." is a curated selection of texts representing a plurality of voices on contemporary art from Africa and the global diaspora.

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Écoutez des interviews d’artistes, des critiques, des chroniques et des opinions traitant de thèmes incontournables de l’art contemporain, pour ne rien manquer des débats qui animent l’art d’Afrique et de la diaspora mondiale.

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(left) Nobel Koty; (right) Nobel Koty, Voile #5, 2024, 130 x 110 cm, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the artist.

News

Nobel Koty Receives 2024 ellipse Prize

This year dedicated to the Beninese art scene, the French art prize goes to Nobel Koty, who creates intimate self-portraits.

Work by Tawanda Takura. Courtesy of the artists.

News

Tawanda Takura Wins 13th Cassirer Welz Award

The self-taught artist from Zimbabwe receives a residency and solo exhibition at Bag Factory Artists’ Studios in Johannesburg.

Mohamed El BAZ. Photo: Fouad Maazouz.

In Memoriam

Mohamed El Baz (1967–2024)

The Moroccan artist passed away in May 2024. The curator Syham Weigant, his friend and colleague, highlights special moments of his life and career.

Spaces of Collective Learning, Relearning and Unlearning with Drama Queens

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Spaces of Collective Learning, Relearning and Unlearning with Drama Queens

The queer-feminist collective shares its actions and visions with the newly founded W'AHU Magazine, which celebrates Ghana's diverse communities.

LES PLUS LUES

Hamedine Kane. Installation view of „Export-Import” featuring works by Younes Baba-Ali, Mbaye Diop, and Hamedine Kane. Photo: Morel Donou. Courtesy of Selebe Yoon.

Installation View

OFF Biennale Dakar 2024

The OFF is ON! Find here are some impressions of the exciting exhibitions, talks and performances happening in Dakar right now!

Manyaku Mashilo: Intuition is the Place

Artist Portrait

Manyaku Mashilo: Intuition is the Place

Kim M Reynolds dives into the poetic work of multifaceted visual artist Manyaku Mashilo, encountering the possibility of invention.

The conceptual team of the 36th São Paulo Biennial (from left to right): Keyna Eleison, Anna Roberta Goetz, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Alya Sebti, Thiago de Paula Souza, and Henriette Gallus. Photo: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo.

News

Conceptual Team for the 36th Bienal de São Paulo Announced

The team assembled by chief curator Ndikung is made up of Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz, Thiago de Paula Souza, Keyna Eleison and Henriette Gallus.

View of Sonia Boyce, Feeling Her Way, British Pavilion, 59th Venice Biennale, 2022. Photo: Rob Battersby. @ Leeds Art Gallery.

News

Toronto Biennial of Art 2024 Reveals Title, Artist List, and Venues

With 'Precarious Joys', curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López present 36 Canadian and international artists at 12 venues around the city.

Elsadig Mohamed Janka, The Adoration, from Ahmed My Beloved series, 2016, Courtesy of Borderlands Art.

In Conversation

Elsadig Mohamed Janka: Liminal Space is a Place of Creativity and Vision

Janka’s latest solo exhibition is a deeply personal journey into his spirituality, his closest friendship, and the circumstances of his life.

(left) Lebohang Kganye; (right) Re shapa setepe sa lenyalo II, 2013 © Lebohang Kganye, Courtesy the artist.

News

Lebohang Kganye Awarded Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2024

For her exhibition at Foam Amsterdam in 2023, Lebohang Kganye receives the prestigious prize endowed with £30,000.

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