Review

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L’ESPACE

In Kigali a New Art Space Sets an Example

Andrew I. Kazibwe visited the newly launched L’ESPACE, which aims to redeem the…

Thebe Phetogo, blackbody Composite (In Protest), 2020.
Oil, acrylic, shoe polish and collage on canvas 45 x 60 in
114.3 x 152.4 cm

Thebe Phetogo: Blackbody Composites

The Blackbody Against the Green Screen

In his blackbody series, the Botswana artist Thebe Phetogo pulls references from his…

Mupfure Church Hand, courtesy of the artist.

Marechera’s The House of Hunger

The Novel that Almost Shaped a Postmodern Postcolonial Africa

Artist Santiago Mostyn revisits The House of Hunger by Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera…

Emeka Okereke, Light Switch, 2015. Printed on Canson rag photographic 40 x 60 cm © Emeka Okereke

Lumières d’Afriques

Light in Times of Growing Uncertainty

The touring exhibition Lumières d’Afrique stops off in Johannesburg amid a global pandemic…

Josiah Tongogara as a young activist in Zambia. Installation view at Zimbabwe National Art Gallery. Photo: Tinashe Muchuri

Freedom in the Eyes of Josiah Tongogara

Portrait with Missing Childhood

The exhibition Freedom in the eyes of Josiah Tongogara at Zimbabwe’s National Gallery…

Sola Olulode, Close To You, 2019.

Digital Strokes

Depictions of Queer Black Love for the Digital Age

A new generation of young painters in Europe are using internet languages to…

Reshma Chhiba, Mother Tongues, 2020. Photo: Ashraf Jamal

Tomorrow There Will Be More Of Us

The Materiality of South Africa’s Stellenbosch Triennale

For its inaugural edition, the Stellenbosch Triennale in South Africa invited 20 artists…

David Koloane, Installation View at Iziko South African National Gallery.

A Resilient Visionary

The Visual Journey of David Koloane through History’s City

Last summer the Iziko South African National Gallery hosted a retrospective of the…

Ata Ndele Mokili (Tôt ou tard le monde changera). Monsengo Shula, 2014, Acryl und Pailletten auf Leinwand, 130 x 200 cm. Sammlung Henri und Farida Seydoux

Rietberg Museum Zurich

Congo as Fiction – Fiction as an Objective

European museums today can hardly avoid addressing the histories of their objects. Which…

Mihaela Cîmpeanu, SOMNUL - memoria inconștientă a Holocaustului, 2019. SLEEP – The uncounscious memory of the Holocaust, 2019 . Mixed media, plaster, iron and foam, 230 x 220 x 80 cm. Photo credit Kunsthalle Bega

lay me down across the lines

Invisible Connections of Feminism

In the recently opened Kunsthalle Bega, young Romanian artists demonstrate how to connect…

Amy Sow, D’un monde à un autre, 2019. Installation view. Horloge, lampes torches, bois, tissus. Dimensions variables. Courtesy the artist.

Rabat Biennale

Taking Risks by Showing Only Female Artists

Headed by Abdelkader Damani, the inaugural Rabat Biennale in Morocco’s capital has caused…

Installation view, Heji Shin, Kunsthalle Zürich, 2018. Photo: Annik Wetter.

C& Special Edition #Detroit

This Is Not About Kanye

“Oh, hey Kanye, what’s up?” Literally the first thing I’m thinking when I…


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