Critique

Carlos Martiel, Eslabon, 2019. Courtesy the artist.

The Africa Institute in Sharjah

Decolonizing African Studies: Decades in the Making

By assessing the state of African Studies, a conference at the Africa Institute…

Installation view of 50 Years: Past, Present and Future by António Ole at Banco Económico. Photo: Ludmila Böse

António Ole - 50 Years: Past, Present and Future

A Self-curated Retrospective Calls for New Interpretations of his Art

António Ole is known for his aversion to labels: he doesn’t view himself…

A group photo of some of the participants and curators. Photo: Enos Nyamor

Membrane – African Literatures and Ideas

Occupying the Silence Between Languages

Membrane is a four-day international festival of African literatures and ideas taking place…

Tavares Strachan, Various works, 2018. Mixed media. 58th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, May You Live In Interesting Times. Photo: Francesco Galli. Courtesy: La Biennale di Venezia

Venice Biennale 2019

Une tentative de recontextualiser le monde

Intitulée « May You Live in Interesting Times » (Puissiez-vous vivre à une…

Installation vIew of the South African Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia.

Biennale de Venise 2019

L’Afrique au-delà des perspectives nationales

Leurs œuvres se déploient, du spectaculaire et si populaire pavillon ghanéen jusqu’à celui…

Installation View

The body as a centerpiece

The Exhibition Exploring Domestic Space as the Backstage of Life

Taking place in a community-driven art space in a gentrifying Miami neighborhood, The…

Mohamed Bourouissa, Blida-Joinville, 2018–2019. Site-specific installation, wooden structure, plants, drawings, high quality video, 3D animation, sound, dimensions variable. Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 14: ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber’. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation and coproduced by Institut Français, UAE, with the support of Institut Francais, Paris, with additional support from kamel mennour, Paris and Blum and Poe, Los Angeles. Courtesy of the artist, kamel mennour, Paris/London and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo. Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 14

Mohamed Bourouissa Links Architecture and Psychology in Abandoned Kindergarten

Inspired by the garden of a patient at Fanon’s psychiatric hospital, Algerian artist…

Kiluanji Kia Henda, Concreto Blues, 2019. Installation view at Jahmek Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist and Jahmek Contemporary Art

Concreto Blues

A New Photo Series by Kiluanji Kia Henda Tackles Angola’s Urbanization

With the solo show Concreto Blues, Angola-based artist Kiluanji Kia Henda returns to…

Stacey Okparavero, Kintu, 2018. Mixed media on canvas, 120cm X 45cm. Courtesy the artist and CCA Lagos.

LineGuage at CCA Lagos

An Art Exhibition Reinterpreting Africa’s Literary Classics

Dedicated to late curator Bisi Silva, this exhibition at the CCA in Lagos…

Wilfried Nakeu et Chaima Zaafouri, Carrefour. Photo: Daniel Beloumou

YaPhoto 2019

La persistance comme solution

En ce mois de mars, des photographes locaux et internationaux ont convergé vers…

Margarita Ariza Aguilar, Cósmico-Juan José Nieto Gil, 2018. Enamel on acrylic. Photo: Ana Luisa González.

How Black is Black Enough?

The Whitening Of A President

In a variety of portraits, eight artists evoke the history of the first…

Installation view Afterlives of Slavery at Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, 2019. Picture by ©KIRSTENVANSANTEN

The Netherlands: Untold Tales

Analyzing the Past and Decolonizing the Future

The Netherlands was one of the most belligerent European colonial empires. Driven by…