The Netherlands: Untold Tales

Sara Blokland: “Who is allowed to be in the picture?”

The Netherlands was one of the most belligerent European colonial empires. Driven by commerce and spread over four…

Où la politique et les arts se marient ...

Steve Bandoma : esthétique de politicien ou politique d’esthéticien ?

Le peintre Steve Bandoma a construit sa carrière autour du thème de la politique de son pays natal,…

2018 Sobey Art Award

Kapwani Kiwanga wins Canada’s most prestigious contemporary art prize

“The jury noted how Kapwani Kiwanga creates a visual language to reconsider complexities and peripheries of history. She…

Tales from the Water Margins

4th Casablanca Biennale: Making Meaningful South-South Connections

Taking water as its starting point, the 4th Casablanca Biennale looks at how different cultures strongly connected to…

Un autre 1968!

Comment l’Algérie est-elle devenue la « Mecque des révolutionnaires » dans les années 1960 

Les répercussions politiques et culturelles des émeutes mondiales de 1968 ont été abondamment documentées. Ce qui, en revanche,…

Kunststiftung NRW

Sondra Perry Wins Nam June Paik Award 2018

The New York based artist Sondra Perry wins the 9th Nam June Paik Award, the Kunststiftung NRW’s international…

ArtReview Power 100

ArtReview Revealed the Power 100 in Art World…

Kerry James Marshall, Thelma Golden and Fred Moten are among the top 10 of the 17th edition of ArtReview's Power 100 list. Moten made it for the first time on the list of the most powerful persons in the art world, joined by the artists Adrian Piper and John Akomfrah as well as cultural producer Simon Njami.

Letter from an outsider

Simon Njami: “The masters acted as mentors, big brothers, uncles”

Enos Nyamor, a participant at our C& Critical Writing Workshop in Nairobi two years ago, visited this year's Kampala Art Biennale and wrote a critical review for C&. The Biennale's artistic director Simon Njami disagrees with Nyamor's views. Here is his reply to the young writer:

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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Galleries Announced for 2nd Edition of 1-54 in Marrakech

(DE) For its second Marrakech edition, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will present 18 international galleries and the…

12th Gwangju Biennale

Alia Farid: Museums aren’t very accurate

Imagined Borders, the title of South Korea’s 2018 Gwangju Biennale, has enabled a diverse dialogue on the political,…

In Conversation with Wura-Natasha Ogunji

The Body as an Audience Member

Wura-Natasha Ogunji spoke for C& América Latina with Will Furtado about her curatorial choices for the 33rd Bienal…

Igshaan Adams: When Dust Settles

Collective Limitations

Since Igshaan Adams has been announced Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year, his work is even more…

Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres

Emeka Okereke awarded by Ministry of Culture of France

Nigerian photographer Emeka Okereke received the prestigious insignia of 'Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres' (Knight of…

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4th Casablanca Biennale: Water Margins

Entitled Tales from the Water Margins, the 4th Casablanca Biennale has officially opened in Morocco under the curatorial…

 

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