1-54 Marrakech 2019 ©KatrinaSorrentino 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in Marrakech succeeds in bringing the focus back to the continent. This year’s edition, which held on February 23 and 24 with VIP…
Koyo Kouoh, 2018. Courtesy Zeitz MOCAA Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, has announced Koyo Kouoh as its Executive Director and Chief Curator. She is succeeding Mark Coetzee, who resigned…
Wangechi Mutu, "You Are My Sunshine", Collage Painting on Paper, 2015 | via www.wellesley.edu The Whitney Museum has announced the 75 artists participating in this year's Whitney Biennial. Founded in 1932, it is…
Opening March 7, 2019, Sharjah Biennial 14 "Leaving the Echo Chamber", examines "the notion of news media and their attendant feeds, which are reinforced by a closed network controlled and governed by private…
John Akomfrah: Tropikos. (Image from Arnolfini.org.uk) This May, Venice pavilions will increase count as Ghana launches its first national participation at the 58th Venice Biennale. The pavilion will feature some of the country’s…
El Anatsui, "Earth's Skin", 2007. Via nytimes.com From March 8 – July 28, 2019, the largest survey of one of Africa’s most prominent artists, El Anatsui, will be exhibited at Haus der…
danceGATHERING, 2018. Courtesy QDance Center Running for the third year consecutively since its inception, danceGATHERING 2019, themed “AFROSPACETIME” will hold from February 11 – 24, 2019, but opens to the public from…
Simphiwe Ndzube, "Above, Below and Beyond", 2018. Courtesy, Stevenson Gallery. “Uncharted Lands and Trackless Seas” is Simphiwe Ndzube’s solo exhibition currently showing at Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town. Through painting, sculpture, and installation, Ndzube…
Installation view, Retro-Africa, Abuja. Retro-Africa, an art hub for contemporary art in Africa, recently opened its doors to art enthusiasts in Abuja. Founded by Abdullahi Umar and Dolly Kola-Balogun in 2015, Retro-Africa…
Tahir Carl Karmali, "Three children stand and lay in the soil", raffia, cobalt and graphite. Via tahirk.com “Fibers of Being”, Tahir Carl Karmali’s first solo exhibition in Germany, will open February 7,…