Editorial

César Schofield Cardoso, Perpetual Cycle from Rust series, 2017. Courtesy the artist.

“Afterlives of History”

Cabo Verde’s Layered Temporalities Emerge in the Work of César Schofield Cardoso

Ana Nolasco explores César Schofield Cardoso’s work, examining Cabo Verde’s colonial past, memory, and the impact of global…

Performance by Seyi Adelekun, Healing Forest - An Ecology of Spiritual Herbalism, KLA ART 2024 (Photo credit: Ethel Aanyu)

Artistic Communities

Kampala Calling: The African and Diaspora Artists Flocking to Uganda

Anna Adima reflects on the embrace of community and resourcefulness despite infrastructural challenges in Kampala’s rapidly expanding artistic scene.

Unidigrazz, Meia riba kalxa, 2020. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Chris Costa.

"Afterlives of History"

Unidigrazz: A Collective Practice and a Holding Place

The multifacted work of Unidigrazz invites us to revisit domestic scenes as a way to critically reclaim public space.

 
Wanini Kimemiah, Namanga Yellows, 2020, digital photograph. Courtesy of the artist.

C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship: Wanini Kimemiah

To Spring From Salted Earth

Fellow Wanini Kimemiah presents an editorial essay that introduces eight texts exploring the complex legacies of colonial histories in Kenya.

The Secret Apothecary by Cynthia Nyakiro Ngunjiri.

C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship

The Secret Apothecary

Cynthia Nyakiro Ngunjiri presents a visual art project in process featuring plant motifs inspired by her family’s generational knowledge of medicinal.

 
Mia Imani Harrison, Soil is an inscribed body. On Sovereignty and Agropoetics. Exhibition at SAVVY Contemporary e.V. Photo: Raisa Galofre/ Savvy Contemporary.

In Conversation with Bola Juju

Dreaming up Radical Resistance

Artist Mia Imani Harrison uses her dreams to envision new forms of collectivity.…

Ifebusola Shotunde, Lagos, New Nigeria Studios at ART X Lagos, 2020.

Art X Lagos 2020

Radically Different, This Year

Tokini Peterside explains how Art X Lagos adapted to the pandemic and to…

Immy Mali, Kasonko the portal, 2018. Digital edition. The dwelling place for all memory. In playing kasonko, we ascended in classes, we bought land and built houses, we became landlords and evicted neighbours.

In Conversation with Immy Mali

Debating Memories with Several Selves

Through her fictional alter ego Marcue, Ugandan multimedia artist Immy Mali explores personal and postcolonial realities.

Ibrahim Mahama. Photo credit: White Cube George Darrell

Prince Claus Award

Ibrahim Mahama Receives 2020 Principal Prince Claus Award

Ghanian visual artist Ibrahim Mahama is the 2020 winner of the prestigious award for his outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development.

Alioune Diouf, Le Boulevard, 2020. Installation view at Selebe Yoon, Dakar.

Installation view

Alioune Diouf: Ubeku – Ouverture

In the center of Dakar a new art space opened: Selebe Yoon shows as its inaugural exhibition Ubeku ("Overture") by Senegalese artist Alioune Diouf.

Ivana Pavlickova, Killjoy, Ceramics, 2020. Courtesy the artist.

In Conversation with Ivana Pavlickova

Free-spirited Objects

Afro-Czech artist Ivana Pavlickova speaks about her interest in the non-human and the…

Makhosazana Xaba's poetry in the book. Courtesy of Natal Collective

Book Review: There are mechanisms in place

Place-making in the World of Sunstrum’s Paintings

The Johannesburg-based curator Boitumelo Tlhoaele writes on the figurative artist’s Sunstrum’s works and…

Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba. Photo: Benjamin Renter

15th European Cultural Brand Awards

Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba awarded “European Cultural Manager of the Year” 2020

We are so thrilled that Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba received the "European…

Wu Tsang, Safe Space, 2014. Installation view at Lafayette Anticipations, Paris.

Installation View #museumshutdown

Wu Tsang: visionary company

Hundreds of independent art and museums spaces are forced to close again due…

Not Fully Human, Not Human at All, Saddie Choua, installation view, Kunstverein in Hamburg, 2020, Photo: Fred Dott

Installation View #museumshutdown

Not Fully Human, Not Human at All

Hundreds of independent art and museums spaces are forced to close again due…

(clockwise) Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, Keisha Lance-Bottoms, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi.

Michelle M. Wright: “We must take the long view”

The Day After the US Election/The US Election After the Day

Academic and cultural producer Michelle M. Wright reflects on the current political situation…

Yesomi Umolu. Photo: Nicolette Nunez.

Serpentine Galleries

Yesomi Umolu Is the New Director of Curatorial Affairs and Public Practice

Aimed at making Serpentine programmes more inclusive and accessible to all audiences, Yesomi…

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