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.
Bonendale, Cameroon
The ArtBakery is an artists’ initiative in Bonendale, Cameroon, founded in 2002 by the artist…
Brazzaville, Congo, Republic Of
Les Ateliers Sahm opened in the fall of 2012 under the artistic direction of the…
Tunis, Tunisia
B7L9 Art Station is the first art station in Tunis located in a rural suburb…
Toronto, Canada
BAND gallery and cultural space in Toronto, Canada, is run by Black Artists' Networks Dialogue.
Cairo, Egypt
The art initiative and exhibition space, Beirut, closed in 2015 but their website still offers…
Cape Town, South Africa
Blank Projects is an independent, artist-run space with a gallery that was founded in 2005…
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Boys’ Quarters shows work by local Niger Delta artists as well as international artists and…
New York, United States
The Brooklyn Museum is the second-largest museum in New York City, and one of the…
Johannesburg , South Africa
The Center for Historical Reenactments (CHR) is a Johannesburg-based independent platform founded in 2010 by…
Lagos, Nigeria
The Centre of Contemporary Art (CCA) Lagos is an independent, non-profit organisation for the visual…
Bamako, Mali
Since its inception in 1999, the Centre Soleil d’Afrique artists’ association has become one of…
Nairobi, Kenya
Founded in 2012, Circle is East Africa’s first independent arts agency, established to provide a…
Events
Exhibition
Various VenuesPorto Alegre, Brazil 27 Mar 2025 - 01 Jun 2025
Red ClayTamale, Ghana 25 Oct 2024 - 05 Mar 2025
Welancora GalleryNew York, United States 10 Oct 2024 - 04 Jan 2025
Black Liquid ArtRome, Italy 25 Oct 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
Galerie Cécile FakhouryDakar, Senegal 08 Nov 2024 - 01 Feb 2025
The Norval FoundationCape Town, South Africa 20 Nov 2024 - 23 Nov 2025
Wunika Mukan GalleryLagos, Nigeria 26 Oct 2024 - 18 Nov 2024
Gorgeous George HotelCape Town, South Africa 29 Nov 2024 - 29 Jan 2025
C/OBerlin, Germany
01 Feb - 07 May 2025
Hakanto ContemporaryAntananarivo, Madagascar
23 Nov - 16 Feb 2025
Various VenuesPorto Alegre, Brazil
27 Mar - 01 Jun 2025
Red ClayTamale, Ghana
25 Oct - 05 Mar 2025
Welancora GalleryNew York, United States
10 Oct - 04 Jan 2025
Black Liquid ArtRome, Italy
25 Oct - 30 Nov 2024
Northwestern University Block MuseumEvanston, United States
Galerie Cécile FakhouryDakar, Senegal
08 Nov - 01 Feb 2025
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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)
