The interplay of Water, Art, Science, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems brings together participants from South Africa, Brazil, and Switzerland in a transdisciplinary collaboration. With a strong focus on decolonial practice, there is a common space for the exploration of water and the flow of knowledges, wisdoms and practices…
Ethiopian artist Ermias Ekube’s solo exhibition ‘Memories Are We Are Memories’ concluded at Ed Cross on the 29th of June 2024 on Garret Street in London. Using mirrors as a central motif, Ekube’s series depicted domestic scenes and obscured figures, challenging the viewer to confront the distortion inherent…
Ranti Bam’s first exhibition in New York consists of two bodies of sculptural ceramics referred to as Abstract Vessels and Ifas respectively. Featuring 15 new works made in 2024 alone, the Abstract Vessels feature electic palettes and organic shapes and patterns. In this exhibition Bam engages with the…
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama will be showing his works in a solo exhibition, Songs about Roses, at Fruitmarket Gallery in Scotland from July 13 to October 6, 2024. Mahama is known for his evocative large-scale, site-specific installations that speak to the cultural and social effects of post-colonialism and…
British-Nigerian painter Joy Labinjo will present a new body of work, We Are Briefly Gorgeous, for Southwark Park Galleries’ 40th anniversary programme from July 6 to September 29, 2024, at the Lake Gallery. Celebrating the local community, taking scenes from Southwark Park and the Bermondsey area as a…
Whitechapel Gallery and Sharjah Art Foundation, in collaboration with The Africa Institute, proudly present a landmark exhibition this June. “To Be Free! A Retrospective 1970–2023,” featuring the influential South African artist and activist Gavin Jantjes, will run from June 12 to September 1, 2024, at Whitechapel Gallery in…
The 54th edition of Art Basel opened to the public on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Basel, Switzerland. There are 285 galleries from 40 countries and regions, including 22 first-timers, showing their best works at the fair. The atmosphere at the fair’s VIP preview was considered tense considering…
Art for Guernsey presents The African Guernsey Community Project, an exhibition that celebrates the vibrant African community on the island of Guernsey. Local photographer Aaron Yeandle has embarked on an exciting project to capture portraits of members of Guernsey’s African community. Guests at the private preview (Image credit:…
Renowned Ghanaian photographer Thomas Fynn has brought his captivating exhibition, “Spirit Possession: Celebration of Ghanaian Faces, African Culture, and Heritage,” to California. Thomas Fynn collaborates with U.S. photographer Thomas Appleton Lamb and textile artist Allyson Allen. (Image Credits: GNA) This cultural showcase, runs from June 1 to June…
During the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, Unit will present In Praise of Black Errantry (17 April–29 June), a group exhibition that celebrates the radical Black imagination. In Praise of Black Errantry is inspired by the Martinique-born French writer and philosopher Édouard Glissant (1928–2011), who proposed errantry as…