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News
Awarded for his moving photobook, Sobekwa turns personal loss into a powerful reflection on memory, grief, and the enduring fractures of South Africa.
In Memoriam
The curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale, chief curator of Zeitz MOCAA, and founder of RAW Material Company has passed away at age fifty-seven.
Kiwanga receives the prestigious award in recognition for her powerful, research-based installations exploring history, power, and social structures.
Film & Cinema
Founded in 1969, the FESPACO is reviving itself while staying alert to the political and alchemical possibilities of film.
C& Projects
15 Mar 2025 – 15 Jun 2025 Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck
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In Conversation
The two artists exchange thoughts on their common interest in the interplay of technology and culture, and how the tools we use reshape us.
Arts in Crisis
From mutual aid to getting in trouble, what can we do as cultural workers amid the federal fearmongering in the US?
Review
Curator Amandine Nana brings celebration and community as tools of resistance in her most recent exhibition.
Editor’s Note
Reflecting on oral tradition, rhizomes, and opacity, C& Magazine’s new editor-in-chief, Ethel-Ruth Tawe, shares 3 notebook entries and an invitation.
A bold new editorial direction grounded in critical inquiry, collective care and creative strategy.
C& x Académie des Traces
In collaboration with Académie des Traces, seven emerging scholars and museum professionals explore the traces of colonial heritage.
C& Center of Unfinished Business
From eighteenth-century philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo to Johny Pitts’ twenty-first-century perspective via May Ayim.
Inside the Library
In this series, C& explores special book collections. This time, Keren Lasme shares her top five books from the queer-feminist space AWARE in Paris.
Dedicated to the emerging scene in Ghana, the final 5 are Sena Burgundy, Reginald Boateng, Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku, Nana Frimpong Oduro, and Dela Anyah.
Events
Exhibition
Gallery 1957London, United Kingdom 22 May 2025 - 29 Jun 2025
OOA GalleryBarcelona, Spain 07 Jun 2025 - 06 Jul 2025
Sheffield’s Site GallerySheffield, United Kingdom 18 Jun 2025 - 13 Jul 2025
KunstvereinNürnberg, Germany 23 May 2025 - 31 Jul 2025
AFIKARISParis, France 26 Apr 2025 - 17 May 2025
OOA Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 03 May 2025 - 08 Jun 2025
Rele GalleryLagos, Nigeria 03 May 2025 - 14 Jun 2025
basis e. v.Frankfurt am Main, Germany 23 May 2025 - 03 Aug 2025
Gallery 1957London, United Kingdom
22 May - 29 Jun 2025
OOA GalleryBarcelona, Spain
07 Jun - 06 Jul 2025
Pro Helvetia
Sheffield’s Site GallerySheffield, United Kingdom
18 Jun - 13 Jul 2025
KunstvereinNürnberg, Germany
23 May - 31 Jul 2025
Institute for Postnatural StudiesMadrid, Spain
Contemporary at Blue Star
AFIKARISParis, France
26 Apr - 17 May 2025
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Formerly at Zeitz MOCAA, the curator is appointed to lead the Africa collection and enhance community engagement at Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
From the Archive
Revisiting an earlier conversation with the artist from our archive, she reflects on her own archive of experiences that shape her sense of belonging.
C& Education
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C& partners with C/O Berlin for a book residency at ‘A World in Common. Contemporary African Photography’ exhibition curated by Osei Bonsu.
Dr. Zoé Whitley will curate the Focus Exhibition at the 26th Art Toronto, showcasing art from participating galleries for collectors to view and buy.
Racism: a bigger picture
Exhibition Histories
Venice Biennale 2017
C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship: Wanini Kimemiah
Fellow Wanini Kimemiah presents an editorial essay that introduces eight texts exploring the complex legacies of colonial histories in Kenya.
C& x Stedelijk Editorial Fellowship
Cynthia Nyakiro Ngunjiri presents a visual art project in process featuring plant motifs inspired by her family’s generational knowledge of medicinal.
In her contribution, Mwende Ngao explores the complex relationship between urban life and nature in a rapidly developing Nairobi.
C& regularly takes a look into book collections holding rare publications. Keren Lasme chooses five books from the feminist library AWU in Dakar.
Year-in-Review
It has been another year of expanding networks, fostering dynamic collaborations, and producing exceptional art writing.
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.
Call for proposals EUNIC
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Call for applications Pro Helvetia
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
![(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.png)
