Editorial

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Célébrons le C& Cosmos

2023 marks a special year for Contemporary And (C&): the platform will be turning TEN!

Installation view C& Center of Unfinished Business, HERE AND NOW at Museum Ludwig: Dynamic Spaces, Museum Ludwig, Cologne 2020, © Contemporary And. Photo: C&

C& Center of Unfinished Business

Book List on Post-Colonial Theory from the C& Library

Our library offers a wide selection of books that are connected to the topic of (post-) colonialism in various ways and help us to understand the now.

(Clockwise): Delegation Parade Frelimo. Photo: Luc-Daniel Dupire. Courtesy of PANAFEST archiv; Jeannette Ehlers 'Whip it Good’ 2017. Photo: Aukje Lepoutre Ravn. Courtesy the artist.; Zineb Sedira, The Lovers, 2008 © the artist/DACS, London and courtesy kamel mennour, Paris/London; Kiosk Gallery Poster: 'Show Me Your Archive and I Will Tell You Who is in Power', 2017.

Special Focus

A Reader on Post-Colonialism and Decolonial Practices

We want to share some resources on the important movements that help us to see a more differentiated picture of these complex times.

 
1st Circular Library, Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana, Accra. Photo: Abbey IT-A

Inside the Library

The Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana: 1st Circular Library, Accra

Adwoa Amoah, artist, curator, and co-director of FCA Ghana, asked regular visitors of the library to pick their favorite book.

Wanini Kimemiah - courtesy of Wanini Kimemiah, C& Office Nairobi

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The Stedelijk x C& Editorial Fellowship Announces First Fellow Wanini Kimemiah

Nairobi-based artist and writer Wanini Kimemiah is the first young editor of the editorial fellowship hosted by C& and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

 
Rafiki, Only the fool fights the sun (cropped), 2022. Courtesy the artist.

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New Triennale « Southnord Artfest » Announced in Stockholm

Southnord Artfest, hosted by Kulturhuset, brings together Black and Afro Nordic artists. It takes place between 26 Oct 2023 and 14 Jan 2024.

At Akademie Schloss Solitude Aderemi Adegbite works on his news series »Al-Shaafi (The Healer)« in which the uses the Islamic slates to reflect on the disconnection of the spiritual self from the physical self, 2023, photo: Daphne van de Burgwal.

In Conversation

Aderemi Adegbite: Embracing Solitude and Empowering Communities

Artist-curator Aderemi Adegbite shares his insights on the crucial role of language and culture in our postcolonial moment.

3ème Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou (BISO) – Le Feu des origines

Installation View

3ème Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou (BISO) – Le Feu des origines

Inspiré par l'écrivain Emmanuel Dongala, Le Feu des origines se déroulera jusqu'au 4 nov à Ouagadougou, célébrant l'artisanat et l'art contemporains.

M’hammed Kilito, from the series

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14th LagosPhoto Festival Announces Places, Artist List and Theme

Running from October 27 to December 31, LagosPhoto Festival announces its largest expansion to date hosting 38 national and international artists.

(Left) Otobong Nkanga. Courtesy of the artist. (Right top) Otobong Nkanga, Taste of a Stone, 2010/19; Kolanut Tales–Dismembered, 2016. Installation view of Acts at the Crossroads at MOCAA–Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art, 2019. Photo: Dillon Marsh; (right bottom) Otobong Nkanga, In Pursuit of Bling, 2014. Installation view of Otobong Nkanga: To Dig a Hole That Collapses Again at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2018.

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Otobong Nkanga Receives 2025 Nasher Prize

For her powerful work, the Antwerp-based artist wins the 2025 Nasher Prize exclusively awarded to contemporary sculpture.

Maliza Kiasuwa, Intersection 2. 202340 x 27.5 in. Paper and thread. Courtesy of the artist and Morton Fine Art.

En Conversation

Maliza Kiasuwa : Comme les chemins, les histoires se croisent

L’artiste nous parle de sa pratique du collage en lien avec les sens et la signification d’une identité hybride.

Theresah Ankomah, Untitled, 2022. Courtesy of Savvy Contemporary.

News

1-54 London: Exhibitors, Artists and Special Projects

This edition will host over 60 international exhibitors, its largest number to date and more than 170 artist from Africa and the Global Diaspora.

Acts of Opening Again: A Choreography of Conviviality, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), 3.6.2023. Photo: Mathias Völzke/HKW

Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Amplifying the Creative Structures at HKW

Edna Bonhomme examines how a Berlin institution pays tribute to anti-colonial feminists and applauds its new international team.

Zineb Sedira, Sugar Silo I, 2014. Diptych, C-Type, 180 x 200 cm each. Commissioned by Marseille-Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture and the Port of Marseille. Courtesy the artist and the galleries: The Third Line, Dubai, and Plutschow Gallery, Zurich

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Zineb Sedira: « Identity is very much at the core of every artistic practice, whether painting flowers or exploring one’s culture or politics. »

To celebrate our authors' writing we've dug up a few pieces from our archive. Here, Zineb Sedira on "identity" and the “burden of representation".

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In Conversation

Lamin Leroy Gibba: “I want to tell stories that feel truthful”

The actor, writer, and producer reflects on dominant cultural narratives and the complex lives of Black and queer characters on screen and stage.

Kosisochukwu Nnebe, an inheritance/ a threat / a haunting. Installation view, 2022. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario. Courtesy of the artist.

In Conversation

Kosisochukwu Nnebe: Exploring Ancestral Connections

The artist and curator discusses how the positions of marginalized people give us access to particular forms of knowledge about our societies.

Clockwise: Diébédo Francis Kéré at Kéré Architecture, Berlin, May 2023 © The Japan Art Association / The Sankei Shimbun; Gando Primary School, 2001, Burkina Faso Photo: Siméon Duchoud. Courtesy of Kéré Architecture; Rendering façade of Benin National Assembly. Courtesy of Kéré Architecture

News

Diébédo Francis Kéré Wins 2023 Praemium Imperiale

By combining local materials and skills with innovative design and smart engineering solutions, architect Diébédo Francis Kéré wins the coveted award.

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