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Rashid Johnson, Antoine’s Organ, 2016. Black steel, grow lights, plants, wood, shea butter, books, monitors, rugs, piano, 189 x 338 x 126 3/4 in (480 x 858.5 x 322 cm). © Rashid Johnson. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Okwui Enwezor's last exhibition

Black Grief and White Grievance

At New York’s New Museum, the last exhibition conceived by Okwui Enwezor functions…

Baule Women, 1928, Unknown, Cote d’Ivoire. Courtesy of The McKinley Collection and The African Lookbook

In Conversation

Catherine E. McKinley: ‘I have gathered these images, not just for me, but for you’

Ethel-Ruth Tawe talks to the author of The African Lookbook: A Visual History…

Wood Picture, c. 1967. Courtesy of Galerie Lelong & Co.

Inventing Your Own Game

The Abstract Thinking of Mildred Thompson

In the “post-war” period, many pioneering Black artists were largely neglected by the…

Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy in front of Kunstinstituut Melly. Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn

Kunstinstituut Melly

What’s at Stake in Decolonizing an Art Institution?

A Rotterdam art institute announces its new decolonial name. Will Furtado weighs in…

View of the Noldor Artist Residency, Labadi, Accra. Courtesy of the Noldor Artist Residency

Noldor Artist Residency

Ghana’s First Independent Arts Residency Announces Expansion and Fellowship Programs

Noldor reveals extensive expansion plans and welcomes Gideon Appah, Abigail Aba Otoo and…

Euridice Kala, detail of I, the Archive, Villa Vassilieff, Paris, 2020. Photo by Aurélien Mole

In Conversation

Euridice Kala: Rethinking the Archive

The Mozambican artist spoke to Sean O’Toole about her personal approaches to archives,…

The Nominees for 2021 (clockwise from left top) Lamin Fofana © Isabel O’Toole; Calla Henkel und Max Pitegoff © Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff;  Sandra Mujinga © Sjur Einen Sævik; Sung Tieu © Diana Phammatter

Preis der Nationalgalerie

Preis der Nationalgalerie Reveals Shortlist for 2021

Lamin Fofana and Sandra Mujinga are among the nominees for the 2021 Preis…

(Clockwise from top left) Samson Kambalu; Ibrahim Mahama; Nicole Eisenmann; Teresa Margolles; Paloma Varga Weisz; Goshka Macuga

Fourth Plinth Public Art Commission

Samson Kambalu and Ibrahim Mahama Shortlisted Among Six Artists

The shortlist for the famous public art commissions consist of Ibrahim Mahama, Samson…

Mariana Ibrahim Photo: Sofia Giner.

New Gallery

Mariane Ibrahim Opens a Paris Space

Alongside Chicago, Paris marks the second location and the debut in Europe of…

Some of the pioneering Women. (Clockwise) Safi Faye, during the shooting of

Celebrating Female Pioneers

Where are the Women Image-Makers in African History?

On the occasion of International Women's Day, our author Ethel-Ruth Tawe looks toward…

Image above: Marsha P.Johnson (left) and Sylvia Rivera (right) at Gay Pride Parade, 1973. Photo: Leonard Fink. From the film

White Label

How Warhol Erased the Identity of His Black Trans Sitters

Art historian Gürsoy Doğtaş analyses the power imbalances between Warhol and his BIPoC queer and trans sitters of lower Manhattan

Kader Attia, Curator 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Photo: F. Anthea Schaap

Berlin Biennale

Kader Attia Appointed as Curator of the 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

For over two decades, Kader Attia has worked with the concept of “repair” in his artistic practice.

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