Critique

Ata Ndele Mokili (Tôt ou tard le monde changera). Monsengo Shula, 2014, Acryl und Pailletten auf Leinwand, 130 x 200 cm. Sammlung Henri und Farida Seydoux

Rietberg Museum Zurich

Congo as Fiction – Fiction as an Objective

European museums today can hardly avoid addressing the histories of their objects. Which…

Mihaela Cîmpeanu, SOMNUL - memoria inconștientă a Holocaustului, 2019. SLEEP – The uncounscious memory of the Holocaust, 2019 . Mixed media, plaster, iron and foam, 230 x 220 x 80 cm. Photo credit Kunsthalle Bega

lay me down across the lines

Invisible Connections of Feminism

In the recently opened Kunsthalle Bega, young Romanian artists demonstrate how to connect…

Amy Sow, D’un monde à un autre, 2019. Installation view. Horloge, lampes torches, bois, tissus. Dimensions variables. Courtesy the artist.

Rabat Biennale

Taking Risks by Showing Only Female Artists

Headed by Abdelkader Damani, the inaugural Rabat Biennale in Morocco’s capital has caused…

Installation view, Heji Shin, Kunsthalle Zürich, 2018. Photo: Annik Wetter.

Édition spéciale de C& #Detroit

Ce n’est pas de Kanye qu’il s’agit ici

Hé, salut Kanye, quoi de neuf ? » C’est exactement ce qui me…

Exhibition view of « City Prince/sses », Palais de Tokyo 
(21.06 – 08.09.2019). Photo: Marc Domage

City Prince/sses at Palais de Tokyo

Imaginary Spheres Within Real Cities

People babbling, laughing, screaming, cars honking in the midst of friendly chaos: that’s…

Howardena Pindell, Untitled, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 174.3 x 267.3 cm; 68 5/8 x 105 1/4 inches
© Howardena Pindell. Courtesy the artist, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York and Victoria Miro, London/Venice

Inventing Your Own Game

La cohérence dans l’art d’Howardena Pindell et son défi

Après la guerre, de nombreux artistes de couleur se sont vus rejetés par…

Emeka Okereke, The fire assembly point, Lagos, 2015. Courtesy the artist.

Eyes East Bond

The 13th Cairo Biennale Returns After a Five-Year Break

With a five-year delay for political reasons, the 13th Cairo Biennale is finally…

Akosua Adoma Owusu, Welcome to the Jungle, 2019; installation view, CCA Wattis Institute;

Akosua Adoma Owusu: Welcome to the Jungle

Beauté et puissance de la culture capillaire noire

Entremêlant des récits hétéroclites autour de l’animation des salons de coiffure et de…

Édouard Manet, Laure, 1863. Oil on canvas, 130 x 190 cm (via Wikimedia Commons, Musée d’Orsay, Paris)

Le modèle noir : de Géricault à Matisse

Sortir de l’anonymat

De par sa thématique et sa présentation dans une institution de renom, l’exposition…

Lucia Nimcová, Starina, 2019. Photo: Adam Šakový.

Liquid Horizons at Tranzit

Creating Alternative Relationships to Archives

An exhibition in Slovakia highlights communities displaced by governmental greed in the name…

Installation View, Frank Bowling at Tate Britain (31 May - 26 August 2019), Tate Photography, Matt  Greenwood

Inventing Your Own Game

Frank Bowling à la Tate : redéfinir les canons de l’art britannique

Après la guerre, de nombreux artistes de couleur se sont vus rejetés par…

(left) Maxine Walker, Untitled, 1997. (right) Maxine Walker, Untitled, 1997. Both images courtesy of the artist and Autograph, London. Copyright: © Maxine Walker

Maxine Walker: Untitled

On Her Way Towards Self-actualization

Maxine Walker’s focus has always been on the representation of Black womanhood. London’s…