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ARTSPLIT App launches MOCONA – Auction for Art from Nigeria

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ARTSPLIT App launches MOCONA – Auction for Art from Nigeria

This first-of-its-kind auction, titled Ode to Mastery, will feature five prominent Nigerian artists who are key drivers of the contemporary art scene.

Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, photography by Fredrik Nilsen Studio.

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Sam Gilliam (1933-2022)

Sam Gilliam, one of the great innovators in postwar American painting, has passed away.

CAP Prize Announces 2022 Winners

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CAP Prize Announces 2022 Winners

Amina Kadous, Remofiloe Nomandla Mayisela, Lee-Ann Olwage, Mahefa Dimbiniaina Randrianarivelo, and 
Pamela Tulizo…

The five visual artists shortlisted for the 2022 Sobey Art Award. Top row: Azza El Siddique (Ontario); Second row, from left: Tyshan Wright (Atlantic), Stanley Février (Quebec); Third row:  Divya Mehra (Prairies & North); Bottom row: Krystle Silverfox (West Coast & Yukon).

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Five Artists Shortlisted for the 2022 Sobey Art Award

Representing the five regions of Canada, Tyshan Wright, Stanley Février, Azza El Siddique, Divya Mehra and Krystle Silverfox are listed for the prize.

Critical Writing Workshop Participant in Lubumbashi, 2017. Photo: Mustache Muhanya

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C& Mentoring Program Enters a new Round

Our mentors Fadzai Muchemwa, Enos Nyamor, Miriane Peregrino, and Costa Tshinzam selected four new mentees for 2022.

Nontsikelelo Mutiti, (center) Portrait by Jasper Kettner; (right) Box Braid Study, 2014, Archival Inkjet Print, 20 x 16 inches.

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Nontsikelelo Mutiti Appointed Director of Graphic Design at Yale School of Art

Mutiti is a designer, visual artist, and educator with a deep interest in community engagement. She will take over her new position in August.

Ibrahim Mahama on his first visit at the International Centre of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana. Photo: Urška Boljkovac. MGLC Archive.

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Ibrahim Mahama Appointed Artistic Director of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts

The artists will explore the history between Ghana and former Yugoslavia, to (re-) establish connections the local Slovenian and international artists

Javett-UP Launches Collaborative Platform SCENORAMA

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Javett-UP Launches Collaborative Platform SCENORAMA

The project is a platform for artistic experimentation and new commissions connected to pan-African experiences.

Robert Nzaou Kissolo, Louzolo, 2022.

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CAP PRIZE 2022 Shortlist Announced

The five winners of the 10th CAP Prize for Contemporary African Photography 2022…

Photo courtesy of Tegene Kunbi⁠

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Tegene Kunbi Receives Dak’Art Main Prize

The Grand Prix Léopold Sédar SENGHOR goes to Ethiopian artist Tegene Kunbi at the opening of the 14th Biennial of Contemporary African Art 2022.

Image: Amira Hanafi, Vocabulary Box, 2014

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Casablanca Biennale Announced New Dates

Taking place in two stages, exhibitions and events will run from 17 November to 17 December 2022 and from 9 February to 11 March 2023.

Spacecraft_KT, Fabrication d#un fablab mobile: a prototype of a mobile fablab for arts, Dak'art OFF, 2018. Kër Thoissane. Photo: C&

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14th Dakar Biennale: The OFF Program

To follow up on the 350 private initiatives that make up the "OFF", you can find the maps and a small selection here.