The Africa Center is celebrating the extraordinary talent of Salifou Lindou Fouanta through a solo exhibition opening on November 14th – 29th. This exhibition promises a captivating exploration of Lindou’s artistry, featuring a diverse collection of seminal works. Salifou Lindou was born in 1965 in Foumban, Cameroon. He…
Award-winning actress Omowunmi Dada has been chosen as the 2023 Global Artist in Residence at the African Studies Center (ASC) and the Department of Afro-American and African Studies (DAAS) at the University of Michigan in the United States. In this role, she collaborates with DAAS language instructors to…
Yinka Ilori considers art an outlet to help bring people together and to spread love and joy and his new collaboration with MoMA Design Store does just that. The collection includes a vibrant tableware assortment and three pairs of SUBU Slippers. These designs incorporate Ilori’s signature bold patterns and bright…
Goodman Gallery New York presents Landing, a group exhibition bringing together a group of five seminal artists who have each played a significant role in shaping the course of South African art history. Exhibiting this group of influential 20th and 21st century South African artists in New York, a…
Phoebe Boswell was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1982. Boswell is a multimedia artist and filmmaker who is based and works in London, England. In her solo exhibition titled A Tree Says: [In These Boughs the World Rustles], Boswell inhabits Orleans House Gallery in England and its surrounding…
The Japan Art Association has named architect Diébédo Francis Kéré the 2023 architecture laureate for the Praemium Imperiale awards. At Kéré Architecture, Berlin, May 2023. Image courtesy of The Japan Art Association / The Sankei Shimbun The Praemium Imperiale is a global arts prize awarded annually by the…
On the 20th of October 2023, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York opened the exhibition Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility and this will be on until the 7th of April 2024. This is a group exhibition presenting works of art that feature partially…
Tesfaye Urgessa was born inn 1983 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and is based in Germany. He holds a BA with distinction from the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design in Addis Ababa (2006) and he graduated with merits at Staalichen Akademie der Bildenken Künste Stuttgart under Prof.…
The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans whose work reinterprets existing knowledge and makes it relevant for today, whilst simultaneously reflecting its maker’s personal language and distinct hand. The Craft Prize is a showcase of the evolving contribution of craft to the culture…