Essay

Wanini Kimemiah, Namanga Yellows, 2020, digital photograph. Courtesy of the artist.

C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship: Wanini Kimemiah

To Spring From Salted Earth

Fellow Wanini Kimemiah presents an editorial essay that introduces eight texts exploring the complex legacies of colonial histories in Kenya.

The Secret Apothecary by Cynthia Nyakiro Ngunjiri.

C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship

The Secret Apothecary

Cynthia Nyakiro Ngunjiri presents a visual art project in process featuring plant motifs inspired by her family’s generational knowledge of medicinal.

Mwende and Mwendwa Ngao.

C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship

Shades of Green

In her contribution, Mwende Ngao explores the complex relationship between urban life and nature in a rapidly developing Nairobi.

John Akomfrah (British, born 1957) . The Unfinished Conversation. 2012. Three-channel video (color, sound). 45 min. The Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art, The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, and through the generosity of Bilge Ogut and Haro Cumbusyan, 2016. © 2017 John Akomfrah.

C& Center of Unfinished Business

, ainsi je rêve : ode à Stuart Hall

Inspirée par la pensée pionnière de Stuart Hall sur les questions d'identité, notre autrice, Aaliyah Lauterkranz, a écrit un poème.

Filipa Bossuet, MANKAKA KADI KONDA KO II, 2022. Act I, Performance at MAAT, Lisbon. Courtesy of Pedro Pina.

Afterlives of History

Filipa Bossuet: Performance as Conversation, Intimacy as Power

Having started as a vlogger, the artist uses her biography to create shared reference points beyond self-referentiality.

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.

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.

Henok Melkamzer, Untitled (Detail), 2023. Image courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation. Photo: Shafeek Nalakath Kareem

Sharjah Art Museum

Positioning Telsem in Global Art History with Henok Melkamzer

A comprehensive survey offers insights into the Ethiopian painter’s career and makes the case for multiple modernisms.

Madame Zo: From Re-Creation to Quest for Meaning

Female Pioneers

Madame Zo: From Re-Creation to Quest for Meaning

Fondation H is dedicating its first exhibition to an icon of the Malagasy art scene: Madame Zo. Here, Hemerson Andrianetrazafy reflects on her work.

A collage made using ephemera collected during the trip. Photo: Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo

Cinq cartes postales de Rosie Olang

C’est la Suisse, Darling

Lors d’un voyage de recherche en Suisse, la curatrice Rosie Olang a écrit sur ses impressions avec un être cher à Nairobi.

left: Nefertiti, Neues Museum Berlin. rigth: Cover, Black Women in Antiquity, edited by Ivan Van Sertima, 1988.

C& and Arts Everywhere

Fatima El-Tayeb : Se réapproprier Néfertiti

Dans le cadre d'une nouvelle série, C& et Arts Everywhere commandent des essais…