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.
Cape Town, South Africa
SMAC Gallery opened in 2007 on the first floor of the historic De Wet building…
Global, South Africa
SPARCK – Space for Pan-African Research, Creation and Knowledge – is an interdisciplinary platform for…
Windhoek, Namibia
StArt Art Gallery is an independent gallery with an online platform and a physical presence…
Cape Town/Johannesburg, South Africa
Stevenson is a contemporary art gallery with locations in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Five years…
New York, United States
The Studio Museum in Harlem is a center for African and African-American contemporary art at…
Miami, Florida, United States
Supplement Projects is a communal home and a studio, alternative art space & community meeting…
Auckland, New Zealand
Te Tuhi is one of New Zealand’s foremost contemporary art spaces and a leader in…
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The foundation was established in 1992 in commemoration of South African artist and freedom fighter…
Gaborone, Botswana
Thapong Visual Arts Centre is a membership-driven organization located in Gaborone, Botswana.
Nairobi, Kenya
The Nairobi Arts Trust/Centre for Contemporary Art of East Africa (CCAEA) has set itself the…
Tamale, Ghana
SCCA-Tamale intends to spotlight significant moments in Ghanaian and international art in a communal space.
Los Angeles, United States
The Underground Museum (The UM) is a 501 c(3) dedicated to exhibiting museum-quality art to…
Events
Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute Nairobi, Kenya 08 Aug 2024 - 14 Sep 2024
Exhibition
Advanced Business CollegeAccra, Ghana 06 Jul 2024 - 31 Aug 2024
Festivals
32° EastKampala, Uganda 08 Aug 2024 - 24 Aug 2024
Nubuke FoundationAccra, Ghana 22 Jun 2024 - 11 Sep 2024
Staatliche KunsthalleBaden-Baden, Germany 21 Jun 2024 - 20 Oct 2024
DAS MINSK KunsthausPotsdam, Germany 07 Sep 2024 - 05 Jan 2025
Galerie für Zeitgenössische KunstLeipzig, Germany 31 May 2024 - 01 Sep 2024
gallery Zimmer48Berlin, Germany 19 Jul 2024 - 20 Jul 2024
DAS MINSKPotsdam, Germany
14 Sep - 15 Sep 2024
Museum of Science and TechnologyAccra, Ghana
12 Sep - 30 Oct 2024
PalaisPopulaireBerlin, Germany
14 Sep
Galerie Lelong & Co.New York, United States
05 Sep - 19 Oct 2024
SerpentineLondon, United Kingdom
04 Oct - 02 Mar 2025
OOA GalleryBarcelona, Spain
10 Aug - 08 Sep 2024
Studio Olafur Eliasson Berlin , Germany
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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)
