Critique



Theaster Gates, 12 Ballads for the Huguenot House (2012). Installation view, Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany. Image courtesy of Kavi Gupta CHICAGO I BERLIN.

Theaster Gates at the MCA Chicago

Moments et Rituels Transitoires

The 13th Ballad, Theaster Gates adds a kind of postscript to his participation…

Ellen Gallagher at Tate Modern

« Vos vérités sont évidentes. Les nôtres sont un mystère »

To ‘see through’, to gain perspective: Ellen Gallagher’s first retrospective in Great Britain…

Blackness in Venice

Le marchand de Venise

Sean O’Toole about the 'vu compra' and how artists re-imagine blackness

Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Will I still carry water when I am a dead woman ?, 2013 Vidéo, 11 min 57 sec © Wura-Natasha Ogunji

Performance artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji

‘Will I still carry water when I am a dead woman’

Our author Wana Udobang took part in one of the artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji's…



Greame Williams, 'Nelson Mandela mit Winnie Mandela as he is released from the Victor Vester Prison', 1990, Courtesy the artist © Greame Williams

“Rise and Fall of Apartheid" at the International Center for Photography

What does South Africa mean to Manhattan?

Author M. Neelika Jayawardane reviews the exhibition “Rise and Fall of Apartheid” in…

Art Dubai's Marker 2013

Art Dubai’s Marker 2013: A barometer for the African art market?

Curated by Bisi Silva, founding director of the CCA in Lagos, "Marker 2013"…

Steve McQueen at Schaulager Basel

« Ses travaux agissent sur les sens comme une attaque »

Steve McQueen’s career retrospective at the Schaulager in Basel includes works that perplex…

Adolphus Opara

Un récit-cadre pour des infuences mystiques

Obidike Okafor on Adolphus Opara’s large-format, painterly images of diviners from regions of…

Obidike Okafor about the exhibition 'The Progress of Love'

On ne peut ignorer le progrès de l’amour

'The Progress of Love' at the CCA Lagos successfully and critically engages with…

Massa Lemu about the exhibition 'The Progress of Love'

Quelle part de l’amour est universelle ?

The show 'The Progress of Love' at the Menil Collection in Houston is…