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…

C& Artist’s Editions

C& launching its first Limited Artist’s Editions

For its first edition C& is thrilled to be working with acclaimed Paris-based artist Kapwani Kiwanga. Kiwanga and…

In Conversation with Sémané Koffi Agbodjinou

Mapping Lomé From Within

The Palais de Lomé has been converted to a centre for arts and culture in Togo. Sémané Koffi…

In Conversation with Yilmaz Dziewior

Museum Ludwig: In Search of a Broader Audience in Cologne

In recent months, museums, particularly throughout the United States, have begun to reassess their collections based on gender…

In Memorium

Binyavanga Wainaina (1971-2019)

The Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina has passed away at the age of 48. His close friend Neo Sinoxolo…

C& Focus

Show Me Your Shelves!

In a rare constellation “Show me your Shelves! Libraries as spaces of encounter” realizes an artistic and discursive…

Inventing Your Own Game

Robert Reed: Re-entering the US American Art Canon

In the “post-war” period, many pioneering Black artists were largely neglected by the Western art world despite their significant contributions, and persevered regardless. In the last ten years Western institutions have been waking up to these artists’ legacies. They are finally curating first retrospectives – and of course the markets have followed suit. In this series we chart their careers, highlighting their artistic evolutions and motivations in relation to the world around them. Here, Liese Van Der Watt writes about Robert Reed’s critically acclaimed abstract paintings, which after a three-decade hiatus are being exhibited again in major shows.

CAP Prize 2019

Winners of CAP Prize for Contemporary African Photography 2019 Announced

Jodi Bieber, Sanne de Wilde & Bénédicte Kurzen, Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo, Abdo Shanan and Jansen van Staden have been named winners of the 2019 Contemporary African Photography (CAP) Prize

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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…

In Conversation with Sonia Lawson

Togo Reopens Major Center for Arts and Culture

The Palais de Lomé, a historic building converted into a dynamic center for arts and culture in Togo,…

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…

Inventing Your Own Game

Jack Whitten: A Painter’s Painter Gets His Long-Overdue Recognition

Many of the pioneering Black artists of the “post-war” period were largely neglected by the western art world…

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…

Museum for Black Civilisation Dakar

Restitution Alone is Not the Answer

Looking at the histories and contemporary cultures of Black people in a global context – that’s what the…

 

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