Critique

Contemporary Namibian Art

Finding Power in Hidden Structures

In StArt Art's exhibition Finding Power, the work of artists Elisia Nghidishange, Nicky Marais and Fillipus Sheehama seem…

Africa is the Future

Nicolas Premier is Reconsidering Visual Narratives

Africa is the Future radically challenges the ways in which the continent’s past, present, and future are depicted…

One Long Black Sentence

Queering the Line with Renee Gladman & Fred Moten

nan collymore dives into the still and sophic work of Renee Gladman.

Exhibition Histories

Tendances et Confrontations

With its eclectic approach the exhibition Tendances et Confrontations from 1966 provided snapshots of Africa’s various art scenes…

Polish-Moroccan Artistic Relations

When Ahmed Cherkaoui Ignited Artistic Exchanges in Warsaw

An exhibition reflects on the experience of a Morocco’s leading modernist painter in Warsaw during the Cold War…

Modes of Belonging

The Exhibition Exploring Domestic Space as the Backstage of Life

Few concepts speak of the personal as political as well as the ideas surrounding "home" and "belonging". From…

Modes of Belonging

What is Home?

Few concepts speak of the personal as political as well as the ideas surrounding "home" and "belonging". From…

Lumières d’Afrique

Light in Times of Growing Uncertainty

The touring exhibition Lumières d’Afrique stops off in Johannesburg amid a global pandemic and widespread uncertainty. Looking at…

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 remembers the life of the…

Digital Strokes

Depictions of Queer Black Love for the Digital Age

A new generation of young painters in Europe are using internet languages to create multilayered aesthetics and narratives.…

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 from across the African continent…

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 South African visual artist David…

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