This Week in African Art and Culture (November 29 – December 5, 2020)
Above: Installation view: Dickens Otieno | Mbati Tailor | at Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya | 2020 Addis Fine Art Presents Solo Exhibition:
This Week in African Art and Culture (November 15 – 21, 2020)
Nelson Makamo Presents New Solo Exhibition at Botho Project Space On view at the Botho Project Space in Johannesburg is a recent solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Nelson Makamo.
This Week in African Arts and Culture (October 25 – 31, 2020)
Adejoke Tugbiyele’s Hybrid Spirit at The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg Currently showing at The Melrose Gallery in Johannesburg is a solo exhibition titled, Hybrid Spirit by Nigerian-American queer artist, Adejoke Tugbiyele.
This Week in African Art and Culture (October 18 – 24, 2020)
Tonia Nneji Highlights PCOS Issues in Her New Exhibition: You May Enter Above: A work from Tonia Nneji’s new exhibition You May Enter, 2020 at Rele Gallery, Lagos Showing at Rele Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria, is You May Enter, a new body of work and a first solo exhibition by Nigerian artist Tonia Nneji.
The Week in African Art and Culture (October 11 – 17, 2020)
This week in African art and culture, there are two solo exhibitions on view: one from an emerging artist who has gradually travelled through several group exhibitions to his first solo in Accra, and the other by an established artist who is continually leaving significant imprints of his strides in the contemporary art scene, showing in Paris.
This Week in African Art and Culture (October 4 – 10, 2020)
This week in African art and culture, London is abuzz with various contemporary African art exhibitions and events, including two exciting exhibitions at Gallery Rosenfeld and Unit Gallery, and at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, the modern and contemporary African art auction by Bonhams and Sotheby’s (which is not included in this round-up, as we are awaiting the auction report).
This Week in African Art and Culture (September 27 – October 3, 2020)
The past week in the African art and culture scene can be described as one of awe and recognition. The proliferation of a coming generation of practitioners in a multidisciplinary scope is an indication of the diverse forms of expression soon to be encountered in the contemporary art scene.
Five Black Art Reads for Fall
By Maleke Glee We are preparing ourselves for fall and its cooler weather, earlier nights and increased time indoors. Fall is the perfect time to pick up a few new books and outline reading goals for the new year.
This Week in African Art and Culture (September 20 – 26, 2020)
This week in African art and culture, there are new spaces to explore art and new exhibitions to view new works by emerging artists in the contemporary art scene.
Culture Fix: African Art and Culture (September 13 – 19, 2020)
Five Photographers Awarded the 9th Edition of the Contemporary African Photography Prize The organisers of the International Prize for Contemporary African Photography which is awarded annually since 2012 to five photographers whose works were created on the African continent or engages with the African diaspora, have announced the winners of this year’s edition.