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First AWARE Prize goes to June Edmonds

The Armory Show

First AWARE Prize goes to June Edmonds

Paris-based artist June Edmonds has been selected out of five finalists for the…

(left) Cindy Sissokho.Photo: Richard Chung;  (right) Soukaina Aboulaoula. Photo: Btihal Remli

International Biennale of Casablanca

Cindy Sissokho and Soukaina Aboulaoula Appointed as Associate Curators

Running from 24th September to 1st November 2020 under the artistic direction of Christine…

AFRƎEculture founders Meryanne Loum-Martin (left) and Mashariki Williamson. Photo: Ebony Siovhan.

Dedicated to African Creativity

New Platform AFRƎEculture Launches in Marrakech

AFRƎEculture is a new cultural platform founded by Meryanne Loum-Martin and Mashariki Williamson.…

Sonia Boyce by Paul Cochrane. Courtesy of UAL

59th Venice Biennale

Sonia Boyce to Represent the UK at the Venice Biennale

She will be the first black woman to represent the country at the…

LaToya Ruby Frazier. Photo: Steve Benisty. Courtesy the artist.

Gordon Parks Foundation/Steidl Prize

LaToya Ruby Frazier Wins Inaugural Gordon Parks Foundation/Steidl Book Prize

For her commitment to use photography as a powerful tool for advancing social…

Antwaun Sargent. Courtesy Paris Photo.

Paris Photo New York

Paris Photo New York Appoints Antwaun Sargent as Guest Curator

The international photography art fair Paris Photo announces New York-based art critic and…

Ima Abasi Okon at Chisenhale Gallery. Photo Andy Keate

BALTIC Artists’ Award 2020

Ima-Abasi Okon Announced as a Winner of the Baltic Artists’ Award 2020

Among Laleh Khorramian and Fernando García-Dory, Otobong Nkanga selected Ima-Abasi Okon as winner…

Anthony Ayodele Obayomi. Image © Joseph Obanubi

Taurus Prize for Visual Arts

Anthony Ayodele Obayomi receives 2019-20 Taurus Prize for Visual Arts

Lagos-based artist and designer Anthony Ayodele Obayomi wins the Visual Art Prize awarded…

Zoe Whitley © James Gifford-Mead

Chisenhale Gallery

Zoé Whitley Named Director of London’s Chisenhale Gallery

Zoe Whitley is one of the leading US curators working in the UK.…

© Evaan Kheraj. Image courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner (CNW Group/National Gallery of Canada)

La Biennale di Venezia in 2021

Stan Douglas to represent Canada in Venice 2021

The National Gallery of Canada announced that Vancouver-based artist Stan Douglas will represent…

(Clockwise) Charl Landvreugd, Performance “movt nr. 9: Holland Mijn Mars”, 2017. Photo credit: Aad Hoogendoorn for Witte de With; François Knoetze: Core Dump, Dakar featuring Bamba Diangne, Film still: Anton Scholtz, 2018. Courtesy François Knoetze; Felicia Abban. Self Portrait IV (Detail); Ja’Tovia Gary, Image from Giverny I (Négresse Impériale), 2018. Courtesy the artist.

The Year in Review

C&’s Top Articles of 2019

A lot has been happening... and there’s more to come. We are looking…

Portrait Yolande Zola Zoli van der Heide. 
Photo: Martha Stroo

Van Abbemuseum

Yolande Zola Zoli van der Heide is new Exhibitions Curator

The Van Abbemuseum announces the appointment of Yolande Zola Zoli van der Heide…