Restitution
Can the French restitution of some of Benin’s royal treasures constitute a new beginning? Mati Diop’s new film, Dahomey, delves this question.
Letter from Nairobi
Mūhunyo Maina reviews a pertinent exhibition at NCAI, following protests against the 2024 Finance Bill, exploring ways to democratize art viewing.
Sharjah Art Museum
A comprehensive survey offers insights into the Ethiopian painter’s career and makes the case for multiple modernisms.
Rencontres de Bamako – Biennale Africaine de la Photographie
L'auteur revient sur une année de bouleversements : coups d’État, guerres et embargos, mais aussi sur les liens artistiques tissés avec le monde.
Best of 2022
Des événements incontournables du monde de l’art ayant marqué cette année à la célébration joyeuse de l’art noir, voici les favoris pour l’année 2022
documenta fifteen
Notre autrice met le focus sur des perspectives artistiques inspirantes de la documenta qui s’est déroulée du 8 juin au 25 septembre 2022 à Kassel.
The Evidence of Things Not Seen
The US artist’s first solo and retrospective exhibition in Germany takes the name of a Baldwin essay and features a variety of media.
When Rain Clouds Gather
This exhibition at Norval Foundation shows a detailed history of pioneering Black South African female artists from 1940 to 2000.
Looking Back
While in Istanbul Baldwin used fierce artistry to unmask the USA’s façade as the custodian of freedom and democracy, explains curator Gürsoy Doğtaş.
Black Archives Sweden
The artist explores Sweden’s iron production and its connection with the transatlantic slave…
Chinua Achebe Exhibition
Obidike Okafor fait la critique pour C& d’une exposition célébrant une adaptation filmique…
Inventer son propre terrain
Après la guerre, de nombreux artistes de couleur se sont vus rejetés par…
Dekoloniale Berlin
One hundred and twenty-five years after it took place, the “Colonial Village” at…
Invisible Inventories
Being asked to call something an object can be troubling, as evidenced in…
Celebrating Female Pioneers
On the occasion of International Women's Day, our author Ethel-Ruth Tawe looks toward…
Marechera’s The House of Hunger
Artist Santiago Mostyn revisits The House of Hunger by Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera…
Akutia: Blindfolding the Sun and the Poetics of Peace
The retrospective at the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art in Tamale, Ghana reflects…
Exhibition Histories
Par son approche éclectique, l'exposition Tendances et Confrontations de 1966 offrait des instantanés…
Polish-Moroccan Artistic Relations
An exhibition reflects on the experience of a Morocco’s leading modernist painter in…
States of Mobility
Mobility in the arts, geographical or otherwise, is often seen as almost a…
Freedom in the Eyes of Josiah Tongogara
The exhibition Freedom in the eyes of Josiah Tongogara at Zimbabwe’s National Gallery…
Installation View #museumshutdown
Hundreds of independent art and museums spaces were forced to close due to…
Santu Mofokeng (1956 -2020)
The late Santu Mofokeng was one of the few artists who managed to…
The 2010s not only saw the rise of new and urgent social movements…
Inventing Your Own Game
C& Special Edition #Detroit
Jasmine Sinclair Wilson et son immersion dans l’œuvre d’art d’Horace Imhotep.
Histoires d'expositions
Dans cette série, C& revisite les expositions les plus discutées, les plus appréciées,…
In Conversation with Francis Nnaggenda II
By expediently excluding Ugandan masters from a rich East African heritage, the 2018…
In Conversation with Francis Nnaggenda I
Prof. Francis Nnaggenda is a legendary art educator, sculptor, and painter whose artworks…
C& Center of Unfinished Business
In this series, C& and ArtsEverywhere commission texts inspired by the books in…
Échos de l’Atlantique Sud
Le projet « Der Black Atlantic », présenté à la Haus der Kulturen…
In Conversation with Radha May
The artist collective Radha May has created a work from scenes depicting expressions…
Abdias do Nascimento
Érudit afro-brésilien et homme de théâtre radical, Abdias do Nascimento gêna la présence…
A Groundbreaking Congress in Zimbabwe
The International Congress for African Culture (ICAC) brought scores of international art practitioners…
In Conversation with Zoe Whitley
Zoe Whitley, a curator of international art at Tate Modern, is one of…
C& and Aperture Magazine
M. Neelika Jayawardane speaks with Emmanuel Iduma about the influential role - and…
Histoires d’expositions
Dans cette série, C& revisite les expositions les plus discutées, appréciées, détestées ou…
Dans une nouvelle série, C& revisite les expositions les plus discutées, les plus…
magazines
The Leopold Senghor award of Dak’art 2016 was given to the Egyptian/ Swiss…
On museum
Sean O'Toole visits South Africa’s first privately owned museum devoted exclusively to art…
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