Show Me Your Shelves!

Amelia Umuhire: Unpacking Hidden Rwandese Stories

Show Me Your Shelves! was a two-city exhibition featuring Black artists from Germany and the US. First in…

In Conversation with Florine Démosthène

Challenging the Self to Redefine the Canon

Démosthène’s contemporary take on the body – in the form of multi-media paintings and collages – represents otherworldly…

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The Second Edition of the C& América Latina (C&AL) Print Issue

Fresh from the press! The new C& América Latina Print issue is out now and on its way…

Show Me Your Shelves!

Tay Butler: Connecting to the Past via Fiction

Show Me Your Shelves! was a two-city exhibition featuring Black artists from Germany and the US. First in…

Museum of the African Diaspora

Monetta White Appointed Executive Director

The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco announces Monetta White as the new Executive Director.…

African Biennale of Photography

Les Rencontres de Bamako Awards 8 Prizes

The awards of the 12th edition go to Khalil Nemmaoui, Amina Ayman Kadous, Abraham Oghobase, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Christian…

A Statement of Solidarity

Turner Prize 2019 Will Be Split Between All Four Nominees

At their request, the prize will be split evenly by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo, and Tai Shani.

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Recontres de Bamako II

In its 25th anniversary, Rencontres de Bamako (Bamako Encounters), the biennial dedicated to African photography and video has opened in Bamako, Mali and runs until 31 January 2020. Entitled Streams of Consciousness the biennale applies the notion of the stream of consciousness as a metaphor for the flux of ideas, peoples, cultures, featuring 85 artists and collectives. Directed by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, its curatorial team also comprises Aziza Harmel, Astrid Sokona Lepoultier, and Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh; artistic advisors Akinbode Akinbiyi and Seydou Camara; and scenographer Cheick Diallo. Here's part II of our first impressions.

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Rencontres de Bamako

In its 25th anniversary, Rencontres de Bamako (Bamako Encounters), the biennial dedicated to African photography and video has…

lay me down across the lines

Invisible Connections of Feminism

In the recently opened Kunsthalle Bega, young Romanian artists demonstrate how to connect certain lines. Our author Mia…

#Seattle with Ghetto Heaven Collective

Radical Collectivity II

For part two of this series, Mia Harrison has interviewed Fairygawdzad and Joy Ma from Ghetto Heaven Collective.

Future Awards Africa for Visual and Applied Arts 2019

Ken Nwadiogbu Awarded as Outstanding Young Artist

Nigerian artist Ken Nwadiogbu, has won the Future Awards Africa for the Visual and Applied Arts Category, in…

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Denise Murrell New Curator for 19th- and 20th-Century Art

Denise Murrell is new associated curator for 19th- and 20th-century art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in…

 

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