Njideka Akunyili, Zanele Muholi, Otobong Nkanga on the Artist List for 2019 Venice Biennale
Image via labiennale.org The list of artists showing at the 58th International Art Exhibition, Venice…
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FotoFest Biennial 2020 to Focus on Artists of Africa and its Diaspora under the Theme “African Cosmologies”
Rotimi Fani-Kayode, (Untitled), 1987 - 1988. Via e-flux Houston's FotoFest 18th International Biennial set for…
Zeitz MOCAA Appoints Koyo Kouoh as Executive Director and Chief Curator
Koyo Kouoh, 2018. Courtesy Zeitz MOCAA Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, has…
Wangechi Mutu, Simone Leigh, Blitz, Brendan Fernandes, Among 75 Artists Selected for Whitney Biennial 2019
Wangechi Mutu, "You Are My Sunshine", Collage Painting on Paper, 2015 | via www.wellesley.edu The…
Ghana Announces First Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Artists Include John Akomfrah and Ibrahim Mahama
John Akomfrah: Tropikos. (Image from Arnolfini.org.uk) This May, Venice pavilions will increase count as Ghana…
Retro-Africa, Co-founded by Dolly Kola-Balogun, Launches Art Hub in Abuja
Installation view, Retro-Africa, Abuja. Retro-Africa, an art hub for contemporary art in Africa, recently opened…
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung Appointed Artistic Director of Sonsbeek 2020
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung. Via zitty.de. Copyright Michael Setzpfandt Based on a unanimous recommendation of…
Joseph Olabode Obanubi Emerges Winner, British Council Nigeria ‘Big Pitch’ Competition
'Waterside Stories I' by Joseph OlabodeObanubi. Courtesy of the artist Joseph Olabode Obanubi was recently announced…
Kimathi Donkor Receives 2019 De’Longhi Art Projects Artist Award in London
Kimathi Donkor, Under the Fire; Fall Uprising Series, 2005. Via artsy.net Kimathi Donkor, represented by…
Setting the Basis for a New Crop of Art Writers and Critics
"Without being patronizing, I believe this was an amazing program," stated a participant in the…