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The members of the Dekoloniale Jury are: (clockwise) Kader Attia, Lerato Shadi, Raul Walch, Yvette Mutumba & Julia Grosse for C&. Photo: Benjamin Renter, Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard & Anna Yeboah for Dekoloniale ©selflovetribute

Dekoloniale & C&

Jury for Dekoloniale Berlin Residency 2021 Announced

Kader Attia, Lerato Shadi, Raul Walch, Yvette Mutumba & Julia Grosse, Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard…

Meg Onli. Photo: Marcus Maddox.

Figure Skating Prize

Curator Meg Onli Wins Inaugural Figure Skating Prize

Founded by Virgil Abloh, Mahfuz Sultan and Chloe Wayne the $75,000 prize will…

Rencontres de Bamako curatorial team. From left: Bonaventure Ndikung (Artistic Director); Tandazani Dhlakama, Liz Ikiriko, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Meriem Berrada (curators). Image: Archive Appendix.

African Biennale of Photography

Rencontres de Bamako Introduces Curatorial Team and Theme for 2021

Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung will return as artistic director with a team of…

Prof.in Heba Y. Amin (Foto: Sebastian Böttcher)

ABK Stuttgart

Heba Y.Amin New Professor for Digital and Time-Based Art

The ABK Stuttgart has filled the newly established professorship for Digital and Time-based…

Tiffany Alfonseca, Yo Soy La Que Mando (Detail), 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery 1957

New Art Prize

Entries open to Africa’s first Art Prize for Women: The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize

Gallery 1957 announced the launch of the first ever dedicated art prize for…

Danielle A. Jackson. Photo by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. (Detail)

New Hire

Danielle A. Jackson Appointed Curator at Artists Space

Artists Space in New York announced that Danielle A. Jackson is joining the…

View of the Noldor Artist Residency, Labadi, Accra. Courtesy of the Noldor Artist Residency

Noldor Artist Residency

Ghana’s First Independent Arts Residency Announces Expansion and Fellowship Programs

Noldor reveals extensive expansion plans and welcomes Gideon Appah, Abigail Aba Otoo and…

The Nominees for 2021 (clockwise from left top) Lamin Fofana © Isabel O’Toole; Calla Henkel und Max Pitegoff © Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff;  Sandra Mujinga © Sjur Einen Sævik; Sung Tieu © Diana Phammatter

Preis der Nationalgalerie

Preis der Nationalgalerie Reveals Shortlist for 2021

Lamin Fofana and Sandra Mujinga are among the nominees for the 2021 Preis…

(Clockwise from top left) Samson Kambalu; Ibrahim Mahama; Nicole Eisenmann; Teresa Margolles; Paloma Varga Weisz; Goshka Macuga

Fourth Plinth Public Art Commission

Samson Kambalu and Ibrahim Mahama Shortlisted Among Six Artists

The shortlist for the famous public art commissions consist of Ibrahim Mahama, Samson…

Kader Attia, Curator 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Photo: F. Anthea Schaap

Berlin Biennale

Kader Attia Appointed as Curator of the 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

For over two decades, Kader Attia has worked with the concept of “repair” in his artistic practice.

View of Precious Okoyomon, Earthseed at the Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, 2020. Courtesy of the artist, the Museum Für Moderne Kunst, and Quinn Harrelson / Current Projects. Photo: Axel Schneider.

Frieze New York

Precious Okoyomon wins 2021 Frieze Artist Award

For Frieze New York 2021, Okoyomon will present a performance-activated installation conceived specifically for The Shed.

Black Quantum Futurism at Community Futures Lab (Philadelphia). (Image: Kenzi Foto)

Arts at CERN

Black Quantum Futurism Wins Collide Residency

Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips aka Black Quantum Futurism will complete the CERN…