We’re constantly updating our database of art and cultural spaces that host and engage with art, artists and cultural producers from African perspectives.
Dakar, Senegal
Situated in Dakar center, Selebe Yoon supports the arts in Senegal with a local and international program.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ZOMA Museum is an environmentally conscious art institution in Addis Ababa. The mission is to act as a bridge between artists and architects from around the world to create cutting-edge ecological art and architecture.
The Village offers space for creativity, for the production and diffusion of art, for research,…
Neu-Ulm/Burlafingen, Germany
The Walther Collection is a private international art collection specializing in contemporary photography and video…
Cape Town, South Africa
THK Gallery works and supports rising and established artist from Africa and the Diaspora.
London, United Kingdom
The Gallery opened in October 2011 and focuses principally on contemporary artists based in Nigeria,…
Cairo, Egypt
William Wells became a cultural pioneer when he established the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo in…
Triangle is an international network of artists and arts organisations that promotes dialogue, exchange of…
New York, United States
TURF is a site-specific curatorial project from New York City. It challenges the arbitrary notion…
V.O Curations supports emerging art through affordable studio programmes, artist residencies and exhibitions in Central…
Very Real Time is an exchange program for contemporary artists founded in 2003 in Cape…
Vigo represents emerging and established international artists, curating shows in both the public and private…
Situated in “Boite à idée”, a house in the heart of Gueule Tapée, the popular…
Waru Studio is a laboratory for artistic research with the following aims and range of…
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Sakhile&MeFrankfurt, Germany 27 Jun 2024 - 17 Aug 2024
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz FoundationArles, France 01 Jul 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
James CohanNew York, United States 17 May 2024 - 26 Jul 2024
Whitney MuseumNew York City, United States 20 Mar 2024 - 11 Aug 2024
REDCATLos Angeles, United States 27 Mar 2024 - 11 Aug 2024
Southern GuildCape Town, South Africa 06 Jun 2024 - 26 Aug 2024
ifa-GalerieBerlin, Germany 07 Jun 2024 - 01 Sep 2024
National MuseumAccra, Ghana 29 Jun 2024 - 28 Jul 2024
Mariane IbrahimChicago, United States
30 Aug - 26 Oct 2024
BOOTH A8Seoul, South Korea
04 Sep - 07 Sep 2024
Gallery 1957Accra, Ghana
01 Aug - 10 Oct 2024
SCHIRNFrankfurt, Germany
12 Jul - 13 Oct 2024
Mariane IbrahimParis, France
06 Jun - 28 Sep 2024
National Pavilion UAEVenice, Italy
Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute Nairobi, Kenya
08 Aug - 14 Sep 2024
Advanced Business CollegeAccra, Ghana
06 Jul - 31 Aug 2024
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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-21.08.13-320x200.png)
![(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-21.08.13-480x300.png)
