Contemporary human experience stretches beyond what we can fully grasp. To explain this, Bernard Mwangi (popularly known as Mwass Githinji) draws inspiration from this complexity. I’ve noticed a sudden urge among artists to look inward, exploring their complexity as regals, participants, and humans. His cultural lab, Studio 1.6—named…
The ARAK Collection, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, invites emerging and mid-career art writers, cultural critics and researchers based in Zimbabwe to apply for a three-day intensive writing workshop in Harare. The programme will be led by art critic, curator and educator Thembinkosi Goniwe, and…
When Tina Knowles needed a portrait for her memoir Matriarch, she didn’t look to Hollywood or Harlem. She looked to Mushin, a dense neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, where rising artist Kelani Fatai Oladimeji was quietly building a name through color, texture, and sheer focus. Kelani Fatai, The Nigerian…
The Association for Visual Arts (AVA) is pleased to invite proposals for their 2026 exhibition programme. What Are They Looking For? The Association for Visual Arts is looking to support exhibitions that expose new works, feature a wide range of media, highlight marginalised histories, experiences and artistic practices…
The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, has announced that it will officially open to the public on the 11th of November 2025. Initially announced in 2020, the MOWAA campus is designed as a 15-acre complex that will feature the MOWAA Institute for research…
Sudan Art Archive seeks to preserve Sudanese visual arts following a time where Sudan’s cultural memory has long been under attack through decades of state censorship and the effects of the devastating ongoing war that began in April 2023. As museums are looted and studios destroyed, the Sudan…
Kaloki Nyamai (b. 1985, Kenya), founder of Kamene Cultural Center, and Michael Armitage (b. 1984, U.K./Kenya), founder of NCAI, are the newest additions to MOWAA’s inaugural artist council. They join West African artists Nengi Omuku (b. 1987, Nigeria), Victor Ehikamenor (b. 1970, Nigeria), Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (b.…
Prudence Chimutuwah presents The Artist’s Journey, a compelling documentary celebrating her work. On the 29th of June 2025, a powerful moment for Zimbabwean contemporary art unfolded at the screening of Prudence Chimutuwah: The Artist’s Journey, a new documentary celebrating the work of one of the country’s most compelling…
For its new flagship store in Lagos, Adidas commissioned two pieces from Osoranna Mojekwu (b. 1999, Nigerian). The new store which just opened is the first of its kind in West Africa. Located on a prime waterfront site along Lekki Admiralty, it marks Adidas’s largest retail space in…
STEVENSON presents Appellations and Speculations on Drawing by Meleko Mokgosi, taking place across the gallery’s Cape Town and Johannesburg spaces, jointly marking the artist’s third exhibition with the gallery. Where Mokgosi’s previous exhibitions in these cities formed part of Democratic Intuition (2013-19), an eight-chapter project examining the ways…