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A man in a white shirt turns to look back from a church pew, with others seated around him.

We're Still Here: Thero Makepe’s Visual Jazz

Feature

Photography

An exhibition space with a blue wall featuring books on shelves and text about a 'GB BOOK RESIDENCY', a dark counter on the left, and a doorway.

C& Highlights of 2025

Feature

Looking Back

A person's silhouette, illuminated by a spotlight from behind, stands behind a white screen on a stage, flanked by white and black hanging garments.

The Museum of Black Futures

A Black woman in a white dress stands in a sand circle, speaking to an audience seated on tiered steps at an outdoor "Re:assemblages Symposium 2025" event.

The Re:assemblages Symposium: How Might We Gather Differently?

Review

Community

A Black woman wearing a patterned top and trousers, with a yellow rosette pinned to her chest, stands before two large, abstract orange and purple swirling paintings against a dark wooden wall.

Nnena Kalu wins Turner Prize 2025

Mottled light brown and dark brown texture with irregular black shapes.

On Ghosts and The Moving Image: Edward George’s Black Atlas

An array of electronic devices, including a monitor displaying glitch art, laptops, speakers, and a boombox, laid out on a dark floor in a room with large windows.

Caribbean Sounds: The Connective Possibilities of Radio

Essay

Sound art

A woman in a colorful headwrap holds a gourd rattle next to a vibrant abstract painting.

Werewere Liking: Of Spirit, Sound, and the Shape of Transmission

Review

Biennial

Gloved hands operating a machine with a large handwheel, next to a stack of papers.

Black Canadian Print Cultures: Of Quiet and Enduring Legacies

Essay

Canada

Two vibrant, pixelated profiles, rendered in blue and red, face a cowrie shell against an orange background.

On Exile, Amulets and Circadian Rhythms: Practising Data Healing across Timezones

Painting in an oval frame showing two people with closed eyes, their faces close together in a tender moment.

Rest in/as Freedom: kiarita and Black Politics of Liberation

Essay

APRIA Journal

Formal black and white group portrait of dozens of men, mostly Black, and one woman, in suits and traditional clothing, gathered outside a building.

Paris Noir: Pan-African Surrealism, Abstraction and Figuration

A spacious, brightly lit white room with an industrial ceiling, sparsely furnished with wooden tables, bookshelves, colorful stools, and leather seating, including a backgammon game.

Maktaba Room: Annotations on Art, Design, and Diasporic Knowledge

C& CYCLOPEDIA 'Search Differently' search bar surrounded by terms like 'Liberation Aesthetics' and 'Decolonial Joy' on a vibrant purple background.

Introducing the C& Cyclopedia

Tadáskía Wins the 2025 K21 Global Art Award - Contemporary And

Tadáskía Wins the 2025 K21 Global Art Award

Zimbabwe Pavilion Announces “Second Nature | Manyonga” for Venice Art Biennale 2026 - Contemporary And

Zimbabwe Pavilion Announces “Second Nature | Manyonga” for Venice Art Biennale 2026

A grid of monochrome photographs depicting diverse scenes including street life, crowds, and buildings.

The Art of Dialogue: Living Archives, Memory and Practice

A Collector’s Guide to São Paulo - Contemporary And

A Collector’s Guide to São Paulo

Steve McQueen: The Bassline As Sonic Intelligence - Contemporary And

Steve McQueen: The Bassline As Sonic Intelligence

USA

African diaspora

Naomi Beckwith Unveils Core Artistic Team for documenta 16 - Contemporary And

Naomi Beckwith Unveils Core Artistic Team for documenta 16

Mapping Literary Circuits with Bao Books in Tunis and Cairo - Contemporary And

Mapping Literary Circuits with Bao Books in Tunis and Cairo

Mangrove Ecologies: Grounded Forms of Questioning in the Art/World - Contemporary And

Mangrove Ecologies: Grounded Forms of Questioning in the Art/World

Art In Crisis

Kenya

Painting of a person with very dark skin, teal turban, fuzzy teal coat, coral lipstick, and a sparkly earring, looking over their shoulder against a teal background.

Dignity Under Duress: Black Figuration Beyond the Global Art Market

Sampling the City: Tristany Mundu’s Cypher with Linha de Sintra - Contemporary And

Sampling the City: Tristany Mundu’s Cypher with Linha de Sintra

Paula Nascimento and Angela Harutyunyan Announced as Curators of Sharjah Biennial 17 - Contemporary And

Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento will weave new narratives across geographies, histories, and imaginaries as curators of Sharjah Biennial 17—opening January 2027.

Biennial

Sharjah

Sudan Art Archive Aims to Reclaim a Canon from Afar - Contemporary And

Sudan Art Archive Aims to Reclaim a Canon from Afar

Fundação Bienal de São Paulo Announces List of Participants for its 36th Edition - Contemporary And

Fundação Bienal de São Paulo Announces List of Participants for its 36th Edition

Samson Mnisi: A Master Posthumously Receives His Due - Contemporary And

Samson Mnisi: A Master Posthumously Receives His Due

Review

Review

Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku Wins 2025 Ellipse Prize Focused on Ghana’s Emerging Art Scene - Contemporary And

Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku Wins 2025 Ellipse Prize Focused on Ghana’s Emerging Art Scene

Image Interventions in "The African Gaze" - Contemporary And

Image Interventions in "The African Gaze"

Review

Film & Cinema

Venice Biennale 2026 Will Follow Late Koyo Kouoh's Vision - Contemporary And

Venice Biennale 2026 Will Follow Late Koyo Kouoh's Vision

‘To Treat Process with Care and Intention’: Favour Ritaro Carries Forward Important Curatorial Legacies - Contemporary And

‘To Treat Process with Care and Intention’: Favour Ritaro Carries Forward Important Curatorial Legacies

Lindokuhle Sobekwa Wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025 - Contemporary And

Lindokuhle Sobekwa Wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025

Koyo Kouoh (1967 - 2025) - Contemporary And

Koyo Kouoh (1967 – 2025)

Dispatches from Tint Library’s London Pop-Up - Contemporary And

Dispatches from Tint Library’s London Pop-Up

Kapwani Kiwanga Wins the 2025 Joan Miró Prize - Contemporary And

Kapwani Kiwanga Wins the 2025 Joan Miró Prize

FESPACO 2025 Made Space for the Ceremony of African Cinema - Contemporary And

FESPACO 2025 Made Space for the Ceremony of African Cinema

Review

Review

Kombo Chapfika and Uzoma Orji: What Else Can Technology Be? - Contemporary And

The two artists exchange thoughts on their common interest in the interplay of technology and culture, and how the tools we use reshape us.

Imagining a Future for the Arts in the US - Contemporary And

Imagining a Future for the Arts in the US

Essay

USA

‘Apprendre à Flamboyer’: Collective Joy in Practice at Palais de Tokyo - Contemporary And

‘Apprendre à Flamboyer’: Collective Joy in Practice at Palais de Tokyo

Review

Review

Stewarding an Antidisciplinary Practice - Contemporary And

Stewarding an Antidisciplinary Practice

Essay

Feature

A Black woman with reddish-brown curly hair, wearing a white shirt and grey sweater vest, sits at a table surrounded by green plants.

Ethel-Ruth Tawe to Lead C& Magazine as Editor-in-Chief

Examining De/Colonial Traces Through Colonial Collections - Contemporary And

Examining De/Colonial Traces Through Colonial Collections

Feature

Restitution

Thinkers and Titles: On Black German Literary Tradition - Contemporary And

Thinkers and Titles: On Black German Literary Tradition

AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions) - Contemporary And

AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions)

Ellipse Prize 2025 Announces Finalists of 5th Edition - Contemporary And

Ellipse Prize 2025 Announces Finalists of 5th Edition

ROM Announces Tandazani Dhlakama as Curator of Global Africa - Contemporary And

ROM Announces Tandazani Dhlakama as Curator of Global Africa

In Conversation with Lubaina Himid: The Artist Set to Represent the UK at Venice Biennale 2026 - Contemporary And

In Conversation with Lubaina Himid: The Artist Set to Represent the UK at Venice Biennale 2026

Osei Bonsu: A Curatorial Lens on Photography as Identity and Tradition, Counter-Histories and Imagined Futures - Contemporary And

Osei Bonsu: A Curatorial Lens on Photography as Identity and Tradition, Counter-Histories and Imagined Futures

Dr. Zoe Whitley Named Curator of Art Toronto Focus Exhibition - Contemporary And

Dr. Zoe Whitley Named Curator of Art Toronto Focus Exhibition

Ladji Diaby’s Sampling Sensibilities Are Material and Time-Bending - Contemporary And

In a subversive reconfiguration of images and objects from his immediate surroundings, artist Ladji Diaby’s solo exhibition "No One Has Ever Called Their Child Hunger” uses photo transfer processes, memes, gaming, video, film stills, and other materials to conjure a cosmos of his own. In an echoing text by Cynthia Igbokwe, we unpack how the artist’s sampling practice breaks out of the “white cube”, into and beyond a “collective common sense”.

Nürnberg

Visual art

Modupeola Fadugba Wins The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025 - Contemporary And

Modupeola Fadugba Wins The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025

On History and Fiction: Tuan Andrew Nguyen's Cinematic Memory Work - Contemporary And

On History and Fiction: Tuan Andrew Nguyen's Cinematic Memory Work

Review

Review

Cabo Verde’s Layered Temporalities Emerge in the Work of César Schofield Cardoso - Contemporary And

Cabo Verde’s Layered Temporalities Emerge in the Work of César Schofield Cardoso

Kampala Calling: The African and Diaspora Artists Flocking to Uganda - Contemporary And

Kampala Calling: The African and Diaspora Artists Flocking to Uganda

Unidigrazz: A Collective Practice and a Holding Place - Contemporary And

Unidigrazz: A Collective Practice and a Holding Place

To Spring From Salted Earth - Contemporary And

To Spring From Salted Earth

Essay

Indigenous art

The Secret Apothecary - Contemporary And

The Secret Apothecary

Essay

Feature

Shades of Green - Contemporary And

Shades of Green

Essay

Feature

AWU Library - Contemporary And

AWU Library

C& Highlights of 2024 - Contemporary And

C& Highlights of 2024

The Resilient Spirit of the Bamako Biennale - Contemporary And

The Resilient Spirit of the Bamako Biennale

Review

Review

Naomi Beckwith Appointed Artistic Director for documenta 16 - Contemporary And

Naomi Beckwith Appointed Artistic Director for documenta 16

Maheder Haileselassie Tadesse Wins Main Prize at Rencontres de Bamako - Contemporary And

Additional prizes were awarded to Wilfried Vanie and Victor Adewale, with honorable mentions for Seyba Keita, Dior Thiam, and John Moussa Kalapo.

Ethiopia

Mali

, so I dream: An Ode to Stuart Hall - Contemporary And

, so I dream: An Ode to Stuart Hall

C& Builds a Living Digital Archive - Contemporary And

C& Builds a Living Digital Archive

Bring Home your C& Collectors Box! - Contemporary And

Bring Home your C& Collectors Box!

Prince Claus Impact Award Presented to Six Artists from Diverse Disciplines - Contemporary And

Prince Claus Impact Award Presented to Six Artists from Diverse Disciplines

Koyo Kouoh Has Been Announced as Curator of Venice Biennale 2026 - Contemporary And

Koyo Kouoh Has Been Announced as Curator of Venice Biennale 2026

MACAAL in Marrakech Will Reopen in 2025 After Undergoing Significant Renovations - Contemporary And

MACAAL in Marrakech Will Reopen in 2025 After Undergoing Significant Renovations

Announcement

Museum

Massoud Hayoun: Making Art To Say Things Out Loud - Contemporary And

Massoud Hayoun: Making Art To Say Things Out Loud

Still a Powerful Platform for Critical Dialogue around Art, Ecology, and History - Contemporary And

Still a Powerful Platform for Critical Dialogue around Art, Ecology, and History

Review

Review

Agnès Brezephin Awarded the Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor at This Year’s Dakar Biennale - Contemporary And

Agnès Brezephin Awarded the Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor at This Year’s Dakar Biennale

Odur Ronald: ‘Why is it easier for raw cotton to reach European capitals than for Ugandan people to travel anywhere?’ - Contemporary And

Odur Ronald: ‘Why is it easier for raw cotton to reach European capitals than for Ugandan people to travel anywhere?’

Tracing the Then and Now of Restitution Through Mati Diop’s Documentary Fantasy Dahomey - Contemporary And

Tracing the Then and Now of Restitution Through Mati Diop’s Documentary Fantasy Dahomey

36th Bienal de São Paulo Reveals Title, Concept, Partnerships, and Visual Identity - Contemporary And

36th Bienal de São Paulo Reveals Title, Concept, Partnerships, and Visual Identity

An Exhibition Aims at Accessibility Against a Backdrop of Protest in Kenya’s Capital - Contemporary And

Mūhunyo Maina reviews a pertinent exhibition at NCAI in Nairobi, following protests against the 2024 Finance Bill, exploring ways to democratize art viewing.

ART X Lagos 2024 Reveals Theme, Gallery List and Program - Contemporary And

ART X Lagos 2024 Reveals Theme, Gallery List and Program

Gaëlle Choisne is the Winner of Prix Marcel Duchamp 2024 - Contemporary And

Gaëlle Choisne is the Winner of Prix Marcel Duchamp 2024

Fotogalleriet Announces Nkule Mabaso as Director from 2024 to 2028 - Contemporary And

Fotogalleriet Announces Nkule Mabaso as Director from 2024 to 2028

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: A Dramatic Painted Mystery Investigates Ideas about Women’s Power - Contemporary And

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: A Dramatic Painted Mystery Investigates Ideas about Women’s Power

Five Things You Need to Know About the John Randle Center Before It Opens - Contemporary And

Five Things You Need to Know About the John Randle Center Before It Opens

Opinion

Announcement

Filipa Bossuet: Performance as Conversation, Intimacy as Power - Contemporary And

Filipa Bossuet: Performance as Conversation, Intimacy as Power

C& Artists’ Editions #5 Zohra Opoku

Zohra Opoku: Empowering Children of Color to Love Themselves - Contemporary And

Zohra Opoku: Empowering Children of Color to Love Themselves

Get Your C& Collector’s Box Now! - Contemporary And

Get Your C& Collector’s Box Now!

Agape Harmani: Trauma as an Essential Part of Diaspora - Contemporary And

Agape Harmani: Trauma as an Essential Part of Diaspora

Sarah Ama Duah: A Journey Towards Building Contemporary Monuments - Contemporary And

Sarah Ama Duah: A Journey Towards Building Contemporary Monuments

Rwanda’s Creative Sector Holds Vast Potential Through Women Artists - Contemporary And

Rwanda’s Creative Sector Holds Vast Potential Through Women Artists

In the Wake of Dak’Art Biennale 2024: A Momentum for Reflection - Contemporary And

Four curators from West-Africa reflect on Dakar’s cultural resilience and collective symbiosis following the Biennale’s unexpected postponement.

Dakar

Lagos

Rencontres de Bamako 14 Reveals Artist List for 2024 - Contemporary And

Rencontres de Bamako 14 Reveals Artist List for 2024

Breaking New Ground with an Ethiopian Pavilion - Contemporary And

Breaking New Ground with an Ethiopian Pavilion

Review

Review

I thought I knew the depths of you (Blackness) - Contemporary And

I thought I knew the depths of you (Blackness)

From the Collective Narrative to the Singularities of North African Identities: A Dive into the World of Syncretical - Contemporary And

From the Collective Narrative to the Singularities of North African Identities: A Dive into the World of Syncretical

N’Goné Fall is Part of the Documenta Finding Committee - Contemporary And

N’Goné Fall is Part of the Documenta Finding Committee

Anaïs Cheleux: Connecting Caribbean Identity Through Photography and Performance - Contemporary And

Anaïs Cheleux: Connecting Caribbean Identity Through Photography and Performance