Khanyisile Mbongwa is a multi-disciplinary intellectual from Cape Town, South Africa. Her artistic and curatorial practices gained attention in the mid-2000s when she was part of the famous artist collective known as…
On February 7, 2020, an exhibition of monochrome photography works by Berlin-based Nigerian artist, Akinbode Akinbiyi, titled “Six Songs Swirling Gracefully in Taut Air” opened at Gropius Bau, Berlin. Akinbode Akinbiyi, Bar…
Fred Martins Releases New Illustration Series “Aba Women Riot” in Celebration of Black History Month
Early this month, illustration artist from Nigeria—Fred Martins, announced his new art series titled "Aba Women Riot". This body of work, based on a notable period in Nigerian history, was released in…
Opening next week at the Barbican Centre in London is a major group exhibition, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography. The exhibition portrays in photography and film from the 1960s till now how masculinity…
On February 12, 2020, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art (Zeitz MOCAA) opens its door to the public to view a large textile work by distinguished artist Abdoulaye Konaté. The monumental…
Dada Khanyisa's first solo exhibition in Johannesburg, "Good Feelings", opened on February 1, 2020. The works in this exhibition explore human lifestyle and communal living, rendering the subjects in active interaction with…
Eighteen contemporary artists from Africa are currently showing in Amsterdam in the exhibition NOW LOOK HERE curated by Renny Ramakers. In the exhibition, grandeur representations of Africans and style dominate. Lola Keyezua,…
Renowned Malian photographers Adama Kouyate and Abdourahmane Sakaly, and British-Ghanaian artist Adelaide Damoah, feature at the second edition of the Black Shade Projects exhibition organised in collaboration with AFREEculture in Marrakech. Adelaide…
In a review of the Young Contemporaries Alumni exhibition, showing at the National Museum, Onikan, Roli O'tsemaye writes about new expressions in the artists' works. Installation View: Rele Young Contemporaries Alumni Exhibition,…
Barthélémy Toguo’s solo exhibition entitled "Bilongue", currently showing at Stevenson, Cape Town, commenced on January 23, 2019. “Bilongue”, a title derived from the name of a neighbourhood in Douala, Cameroon, is his…