Critique

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…

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…