A recent wave of controversies surrounding the repatriation of stolen artifacts has enveloped the hallowed halls of the British Museum. It all began in August when an employee faced termination for the alleged theft of priceless items from the world’s third-most-visited Museum. Under intense scrutiny, the Museum faces…
Southern Guild, a Cape Town-based gallery, joins the growing cohort of galleries expanding to Los Angeles. In tandem with its debut presentation at The Armory Show in New York (7-10 September), the gallery’s expansion marks a significant milestone as the first-ever permanent US public exhibition space for a…
Yinka Shonibare CBE, the celebrated British-Nigerian artist renowned for his thought-provoking works, embarks on a journey into African abstraction with his upcoming exhibition, “Boomerang: Returning to African Abstraction,” at James Cohan, NY. The exhibition is set to take place from October 26 to December 2023. The African abstraction,…
The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA) unveiled its latest project, the Ubuntu Community Sculpture Garden, in Brooklyn’s vibrant Fort Greene neighborhood. What was once a mundane parking lot is now an urban sanctuary and a testament to iconic Brooklyn figures. The garden features diverse community members,…
Three revolutionary Congolese artists are participating in a collaborative exhibition titled: “Fusion: The Alchemy of African Arts Today” at Demif Gallery., France. The exhibition embraces the aspects and alchemy of African arts, including African spirituality, values, etc. The three artists, Olivier Matuti, Papytsho Mafolo and Rachel Malaika, showcase…
The Museum of Modern Art has announced Projects: Dineo Seshee Bopape, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in New York. It will be on view in the Museum’s street-level gallery from July 1 through October 9, 2023. The central work in this exhibition, the multichannel sound and video…
New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art has appointed Meg Onli as Curator-at-Large, a position that hasn’t been filled at the museum in nearly 15 years. In this role, Onli will curate exhibitions, propose acquisitions, and serve as an ambassador and advisor on special projects. Currently co-curating the…
The 14th edition of Ireland’s International Festival of Photography and Image Culture will open on the 30th of June, 2023 in Dublin and Ireland. This year, the PhotoIreland festival will bring celebrated artists from diverse cultural backgrounds through a series of guest-curated exhibitions by internationally established curators to…