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14th African Biennal of Photography
The continent's leading photography festival is a rallying cry for African self-reliance and a platform for new voices, writes Obidike Okafor.
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The Deputy Director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York will lead the next edition of documenta to be held from June 12 to September 19, 2027.
Additional prizes were awarded to Wilfried Vanie and Victor Adewale, with honorable mentions for Seyba Keita, Dior Thiam, and John Moussa Kalapo.
C& Center of Unfinished Business
Our author Aaliyah Lauterkranz was inspired to write a poem by Hall's pioneering thinking in the context of identity.
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The award honors artists driving social change and community work, including Sana Na N’Hada, Myrlande Constant, Rosa Chávez, and Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi
Koyo Kouoh, director of Zeitz MOCAA, has been appointed to curate the main exhibition of the 61st Venice Biennale, which will open in spring 2026.
MACAAL reopens in February with a new permanent exhibition, showcasing one of the most comprehensive art collections on the continent and more.
In Conversation
We spoke to visual artist Massoud Hayoun about his paintings, which aim to stand in opposition to anti-human politics and nihilism.
Installation View
An exhibition centering Somali voices explores how citizenship in Somaliland, the Somali region, and its diaspora is shaped and redefined through art.
Dak'Art 2024
Haja Fanta takes a look at the important biennial, questioning its conceptual coherence while admiring its composition.
From November 7 to December 7, 2024, the 15th Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar will be held under the theme “The Wake – L’Éveil.”
Dak’art 2024
Six prestigious prizes are being awarded among the 58 artists selected for the official international lineup.
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Black Liquid Art GalleryRome, Italy 14 Dec 2024 - 30 Jan 2025
Tiwani ContemporaryLondon, United Kingdom 28 Nov 2024 - 18 Jan 2025
PortikusFrankfurt, Germany 23 Nov 2024 - 09 Feb 2025
The Nairobi Contemporary Art InstituteNairobi, Kenya 21 Nov 2024 - 08 Mar 2025
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Wunika Mukan GalleryLagos, Nigeria 26 Oct 2024 - 18 Nov 2024
C/OBerlin, Germany 01 Feb 2025 - 07 May 2025
Hakanto ContemporaryAntananarivo, Madagascar 23 Nov 2024 - 16 Feb 2025
Black Liquid Art GalleryRome, Italy
14 Dec - 30 Jan 2025
Tiwani ContemporaryLondon, United Kingdom
28 Nov - 18 Jan 2025
PortikusFrankfurt, Germany
23 Nov - 09 Feb 2025
The Nairobi Contemporary Art InstituteNairobi, Kenya
21 Nov - 08 Mar 2025
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07 Dec - 25 Jan 2025
Central Museum of TextilesŁódź, Poland
Wunika Mukan GalleryLagos, Nigeria
26 Oct - 18 Nov 2024
Museum Fünf KontinenteMunich, Germany
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Ahead of the rescheduled Dakar Biennale, we spoke with Odur Ronald, whose distinctive works explore themes of power, mobility, and identity.
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.
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"Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice“ will take place as of September 2025 at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in São Paolo, Brazil
Letter from Nairobi
Mūhunyo Maina reviews a pertinent exhibition at NCAI, following protests against the 2024 Finance Bill, exploring ways to democratize art viewing.
Racism: a bigger picture
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Venice Biennale 2017
Afterlives of History
Having started as a vlogger, the artist uses her biography to create shared reference points beyond self-referentiality.
We are very excited about our new C& Artists’ Edition by artist Zohra Opoku - one of our collaborators from the very beginning!
Noah Davis' visionary art is on view at DAS MINSK Potsdam until January 2025, showing 60 works in his first international institutional retrospective.
C& Artists’ Edition
In the run-up to our new edition, we spoke to the artist about her passion for fabric and photography, her childhood, and how her new work came about.
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Curator Nicolas Vamvouklis chats with London-based artist Agape Harmani about her latest project, her Greek-Ethiopian roots, humor, and mental health.
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![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-1024x640.png)
