Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung. Via zitty.de. Copyright Michael Setzpfandt Based on a unanimous recommendation of an international selection committee, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung was recently appointed the artistic director of the 12th…
Syowia Kyambi, Double Consciousness (performance and installation), Alliance Francaise, Nairobi. Photo courtesy of IfeOluwa Nihinlola When Antonin Artaud published The Theatre and Its Double in 1938, it was with the intent to…
'Waterside Stories I' by Joseph OlabodeObanubi. Courtesy of the artist Joseph Olabode Obanubi was recently announced as the winner of the Big Pitch competition organised by the British Council, Nigeria, inviting emerging visual artists…
Exhibition at the Museum of Black Civilisations, Dakar. (Photo courtesy of Maya Varichon) The Museum of Black Civilizations opened its door to the public in a grandiose yet solemn fashion in December 2018.…
Kadara Enyeasi, 'Portal VIII', 2018. Courtesy African Artists' Foundation. Opening January 26, 2019, at the African Artists’ Foundation, “City Chronicles” encapsulates the daily life of major cities that are fleeting and quickly…
Libita Clayton, 'Untitled', 2018. Via gasworks.org.uk Quantum Ghost is Libita Clayton’s first solo exhibition in the UK, commissioned and presented by Gasworks. The exhibition is presented in an immersive sound installation, along…
Sethembile Msezane, "Ukuthi Basilindile", 2018. Photographic Print Mounted on Dibond. Via artrabbit.com Sethembile Msezane’s first solo exhibition in the UK, “Speaking Through Walls”, will open at Tyburn Gallery from January 25 –…
Kimathi Donkor, Under the Fire; Fall Uprising Series, 2005. Via artsy.net Kimathi Donkor, represented by Ed Cross Fine Art, was on Tuesday 16 January, announced the winner of the De’Longhi Art Projects…
Red Hill Gallery of Contemporary African Art. Courtesy of IfeOluwa Nihinlola On the three separate occasions that I have visited Nairobi, someone has told me how every Nigerian story includes the harmattan.…
Peju Alatise, Deep Sleep, 2017 (Wood, metal, stone casts and acrylic paint). Image source: Paradox, Paradigms and Parasites exhibition e-catalogue The year in art had its inspiring moments but did not altogether…