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Athi-Patra Ruga, Miss Azania – Exile is waiting, 2015. 190 x 150cm. Courtesy of the artist and WHATIFTHEWORLD/Gallery, Cape Town/Johannesburg.

African Biennale of Photography

Les Recontres de Bamako Announced Winners

The awards of the 11th edition go to Athi-Patra Ruga, Julien Creuzet, Fethi…

Lubaina Himid, 2017
Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens
Photo: Edmund Blok for Modern Art Oxford

Turner Prize 2017

Lubaina Himid Wins Prestigious Art Prize

Artist, activist, and curator Lubaina Himid is known for using her practice to…

Out Now : Notre 8ème édition papier « Conditions »

Avec un spécial sur le scéne artistique du Cameroun

Out Now : Notre 8ème édition papier « Conditions »

Pour notre huitième édition imprimée, nous nous sommes entretenus avec différentes personnalités –…

Kemang Wa Lehulere, I cut my skin to liberate the splinter, 2017. Photo credit: Paula Court. Courtesy of the photographer & Performa 17.

Performa 17

Performa Names Kemang Wa Lehulere Winner of Fourth Malcolm McLaren Award

The award was given to Cape Town artist Kemang Wa Lehulere for his…

Igshaan Adams wins in the Visual Arts Category.

Standard Bank Young Artist Award

Igshaan Adams wins 2018 Award for Visual Art

This year the honours go to Chuma Sopotela (Performance Art), Guy Buttery (Music),…

The 33rd Bienal de São Paulo Announced Theme and New Curatorial Concept

"Affective Affinities"

The 33rd Bienal de São Paulo Announced Theme and New Curatorial Concept

Opening on 7th September and running through 9th December 2018, seven artists comprise…

Wura-Natasha Ogunji, courtesy of Bienal de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo

Wura-Natasha Ogunji Joins the Curatorial Team of 33rd Edition of Bienal de São Paulo

Opening in September 2018, “Affective Affinities” will consist of seven separate exhibitions.

Image credit: The Nest Collective, courtesy of the artists

Afroglossia & A South African Pavilion Without Walls

Performa 17 Spotlights African Artists and Writers

The 7th edition of the Performa Biennial will kick off next week on…

Theater Gates, Migration Rickshaw for Sleeping, Playing, and Building, 2013. Wood, fabric, metal, plastic, Huguenot House remnants, 68 x 104 x 46 inches. View of 13th Ballad, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2013. © Theater Gates. Photo: Sara Pooley Photography. Courtesy of the artist.

Nasher Sculpture Center

Theaster Gates wins the 2018 Nasher Prize

With a strong focus on the material aspects of memory, history, and place,…

Credit: Jaimie Gramston

National Museum of African Art

Augustus Casely-Hayford Named New Director

Casely-Hayford succeeds Johnnetta B. Cole, who retired this year after eight years as…

Christine Eyene (c) Antoine Tempé / Picturetank

Summer of Photography 2018

Christine Eyene to curate Brussels Biennale for Contemporary Photography

In its 7th edition scheduled for June 2018, the biennial will focus on…

Out Now! New C& Print Issue Special Edition #Nairobi

Special Edition #Nairobi

Out Now! New C& Print Issue Special Edition #Nairobi

Here's our first C& SPECIAL PRINT ISSUE #Nairobi focusing on the great art scene of…