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A Collector’s Guide to São Paolo

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A Collector’s Guide to São Paolo

“What are the potentials of growing Black patronage across the diaspora, and how can we build lasting infrastructure…

Jazsalyn, A(spora), 2025. Installation view at John Chavis Memorial Park, Raleigh, NC, US. Courtesy the artist and Raleigh Arts. Photographer: Jude McDonald.

Vue de l’exposition

A(spora) de Jazsalyn : Sur le corridor Gullah Geechee

Cette installation utilise la réalité augmentée pour explorer l’Intelligence Ancestrale des Gullah Geechee.

Steve McQueen, Bass, 2024, LED Light and Sound, Courtesy the artist, Co-commissioned work by Laurenz Foundation, Schaulager Basel and Dia Art Foundation, 15 June – 16 November 2025, Schaulager® Münchenstein/Basel (Installation view), Photo: Pati Grabowicz, © Steve McQueen

Exhibition Review

Steve McQueen: The Bassline As Sonic Intelligence

Steve McQueen’s current intervention at Schaulager museum, Bass, is a holding architecture of sound, requiring our endurance.

 
The Artistic Team for documenta 16: Romi Crawford, Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro, Xiaoyu Weng, Carla Acevedo-Yates, and Naomi Beckwith (f.l.t.r.), Kassel 2025. Photo: Nicolas Wefers

News

Naomi Beckwith présente l’équipe artistique qui l’accompagnera pour la documenta 16

La directrice artistique Naomi Beckwith annonce une équipe féminine pour la documenta 16, prévue à Kassel du 12 juin au 19 septembre 2027.

LMK WHEN U REACH de Bernice Mulenga

Vue de l’exposition

LMK WHEN U REACH de Bernice Mulenga

Visible à Auto Italia, Londres, l’exposition repense les pistes de danse comme espaces d’intimité, de communauté, de solidarité e de résistance.

 
Rasheedah Phillips, Mmere Dane: Black Time Belt, 2021. Digital collage. © Rasheedah Phillips.

ARE YOU FOR REAL

ifa Presents New Work by Rasheedah Phillips

The artwork entitled Mmere Dane: Black Time Belt maps several destroyed historic all-Black…

The Red Affair (Detail), 2020, John Baptist Sekubulwa, Courtesy of artist.

Artist Portrait

Ugandan Artist John Baptist Sekubulwa Links Historical And Contemporary Pain

Relentlessly questioning political power relations, Sekubulwa chooses the image of the human brain to depict postcolonial vulnerability – and hope.

Jennifer Packer: Confronting the Complex, the Ugly, and the Forbidden

The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing

Jennifer Packer: Confronting the Complex, the Ugly, and the Forbidden

The US painter uses the symbolism of flowers to remember violent losses within the Black community and create tender moments that embody the senses.

Kimberli Gant (left) and Stephanie Sparling Williams (right). Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum.

News

Brooklyn Museum Appoints Stephanie Sparling Williams and Kimberli Gant as Curators

The New York - Museum has made two major hires for American art and modern and contemporary art, to start in December and January.

Vitjitua Ndjiharine, Performance at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Sommerfest 2021. Courtesy the artist.

In Conversation

Three Namibian Artists on their Residency at Schloss Solitude

We talked to Vitjitua Ndjiharine, Hage Mukwendje, and Nesindano Namises about their approaches, methods, processes, and inspirations.

Jamillah James. Photo by Jasmine Clarke.

News

Jamillah James Named Senior Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

James sees herself as "advocate" for artists and starts her new role in Chicago early next year.

Adama Delphine Fawundu , Earth seed New York State, 2017. Courtesy of Adama Delphine Fawundu

In Conversation

Aldeide Delgado and the Women Photographers International Archive

We spoke to the founder of WOPHA about rediscovering forgotten female Cuban artists and photography’s many uses – including its ability for change.

Julie Mehretu, Among the Multitude I, 2019/2021. Courtesy the artist and carlier | gebauer.

En Conversation

Julie Mehretu : Rester alerte sans rien perdre de la poésie

Rose Jepkorir a rencontré l'artiste pour discuter avec elle de son œuvre qui investit les lieux étranges de l'entre-deux à travers l'abstraction.

À travers son oeuvre, Lunga Ntila est à la recherche de GOD AMONG US

En conversation

À travers son oeuvre, Lunga Ntila est à la recherche de GOD AMONG US

À l'approche d'AKKA Paris, nous avons rencontré l'artiste sud-africaine pour discuter de ses multiples identités et du symbolisme des abeilles.

Digital Art Illustration Battle. Courtesy of Fak'ugesi

Fak’ugesi – African Digital Innovation Festival

Building as a Way to Project Ourselves into the Future

The 2021 edition of Fak’ugesi – African Digital Innovation Festival in Johannesburg focused…

Exhibition view

In Conversation

Rafiki Arts Initiatives: Building Bridges Between Norway and Africa

We spoke to Nicole Rafiki, the artist behind a series of actions that…

Peter Okotor, Installation View, Table of Paradox at CCA Lagos. Courtesy the artist.

Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos

Peter Okotor Places Nigeria on a Table of Paradox through Pop Music

The artist uses interactive installations and sound to contemplate Nigeria’s national history.

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