Critique

Maxine Walker: Untitled

On Her Way Towards Self-actualization

Maxine Walker’s focus has always been on the representation of Black womanhood. London’s Autograph Gallery reintroduces her stunning…

The Africa Institute in Sharjah

Decolonizing African Studies: Decades in the Making

By assessing the state of African Studies, a conference at the Africa Institute in Sharjah, UAE, lifted the…

António Ole - 50 Years: Past, Present and Future

A Self-curated Retrospective Calls for New Interpretations of his Art

António Ole is known for his aversion to labels: he doesn’t view himself as an “African artist” nor…

Membrane – African Literatures and Ideas

Occupying the Silence Between Languages

Membrane is a four-day international festival of African literatures and ideas taking place in Germany. Curated by Yvonne…

Venice Biennale 2019

Une tentative de recontextualiser le monde

Intitulée « May You Live in Interesting Times » (Puissiez-vous vivre à une époque intéressante), l’exposition internationale de…

Biennale de Venise 2019

L’Afrique au-delà des perspectives nationales

Leurs œuvres se déploient, du spectaculaire et si populaire pavillon ghanéen jusqu’à celui du Zimbabwe et son modeste…

The body as a centerpiece

The Exhibition Exploring Domestic Space as the Backstage of Life

Taking place in a community-driven art space in a gentrifying Miami neighborhood, The body as a centerpiece is…

Sharjah Biennial 14

Mohamed Bourouissa Links Architecture and Psychology in Abandoned Kindergarten

Inspired by the garden of a patient at Fanon’s psychiatric hospital, Algerian artist Mohamed Bourouissa transformed a disused…

Concreto Blues

A New Photo Series by Kiluanji Kia Henda Tackles Angola’s Urbanization

With the solo show Concreto Blues, Angola-based artist Kiluanji Kia Henda returns to a subject of the city…

LineGuage at CCA Lagos

An Art Exhibition Reinterpreting Africa’s Literary Classics

Dedicated to late curator Bisi Silva, this exhibition at the CCA in Lagos features artworks that give new…

YaPhoto 2019

La persistance comme solution

En ce mois de mars, des photographes locaux et internationaux ont convergé vers Yaoundé pour la troisième édition…

How Black is Black Enough?

The Whitening Of A President

In a variety of portraits, eight artists evoke the history of the first – and so far the…

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