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Carolyn Mims Lawrence, Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free (Detail), 1972. Courtesy the artist and Tate Modern.

Tate Modern: Soul of a Nation

Art in the Age of Black Power

An exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, curated by Zoe Whitley and…

Tschabalala Self, For the Gods (detail), 2015. Courtesy the artist.

Tschabalala Self: Body Agency

Painting the Whole Picture of the Black Female Experience

Tschabalala Self belongs to a new generation of painters depicting a three-dimensional representation…

The sniper position in Galindo’s piece El Objectivo (The Objective), 2017. Photo: Courtesy of the author

Documenta 14

Regina José Galindo and the Weapons Industry

With two works at documenta 14 in Kassel, artist Regina José Galindo unpacks…

The Colour Black

Kerry James Marshall: The Mastry

The Colour Black

Where in the primary place of artistic experience do we encounter the Black…

A Series of Discordant Arguments

Jamaica Biennial 2017

A Series of Discordant Arguments

Despite featuring a few strong works, the Jamaica Biennial 2017 lacks in curatorial…

Narimane Mari, Le fort des fous, 2017, vidéo numérique, ​vue de l'installation, Ballhaus, Cassel, documenta 14, photo: Fred Dott

Critique documenta 14

« Détruire les hiérarchies en son être »

Le message retentissant de la documenta 14 à Kassel est que nous devons…

Arthur Jafa, Dreams are Colder than Death (Still), 2013. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome.

Seeking a new form of Black subjectivity

Love is the Message

Anchored in Kanye West’s gospel-inspired track Ultralight Beam, the award-winning video of Arthur…

Installation view 'Kolmanskop Dream' by Pascale- Marthine Tayou, ifa galerie Berlin, Detail ©  Elsa Guily

L’histoire du « fantôme colonial »

Rejoindre le Temps

C’est une joyeuse agressivité ambiancée par l’œuvre sculpturale de Pascale Marthine Tayou qui…

 Kemang Wa Lehulere, Broken Wing, 2016. Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, 2017. Installation view. Photo: Mathias Schormann

Review: Bird Song

Évaluer les traumatismes personnels et collectifs

« Artiste de l’année » 2017 de la Deutsche Bank, Wa Lehulere présente actuellement sa…

Mark Bradford, Tomorrow Is Another Day. Venice Biennale, US Pavilion, 2017. Photo: Joshua White. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.

Venice Biennale 2017

Counting bodies: It’s not just about the maths

Since its opening in 1930, it's time to take stock of the US…

Through the window of the Boat of History. The Parliament of Bodies, Documenta 14. Photo by and courtesy of Nikos Doulos*

Documenta 14: Athens

In The Surrounds of History

Jota Mombaça recently moved to Athens for observing the multiple events surrounding Documenta…

EJ Hill, An Arrangement of Perpetuities, 2017

Venice Biennale 2017

Viva Africa Viva?

Does the label “African” at events like the Venice Biennale finally expire? The…