The Tyburn Foundation is delighted to announce its international residency programme, launching Spring 2025, to promote artistic exchange and collaboration between African and global institutions. Based in Umbria – the heart of Italy – cooperation and partnership are central to the Foundation’s ethos. To inaugurate its residency programme…
Africa Basel presents a new opportunity for the future of African art. With the growing demand for African art and recent stagnation in sales, the Africa Basel Fair, set to debut during Art Basel Week from June 13th to 17th, 2025, promises to provide African works the platform…
Pearl Lam Galleries now represents Serge Alain Nitegeka across Asia, in collaboration with Marianne Boesky Gallery and Stevenson. Born in Rwanda in 1983 and now living in Johannesburg, Serge Alain Nitegeka is celebrated for his innovative paintings and sculptures, including large-scale and site-specific installations. His artistic practice is…
Contemporary African art has a unique way of nurturing well-being, fostering peace, and strengthening connections to shared heritage—all while sparking joy. It bridges personal and collective experiences, creating spaces where stories, emotions, and identities intertwine. In this article, we’ll explore how this unfolds through notable creative expressions and…
The ongoing debate on restitution is more complex and far-reaching than we might imagine. While cultural artworks are often at the forefront of this conversation, they are just the tip of the iceberg. The collection, documentation, production, and use of data acquired by American and European colonialists were…
Since photographer Zanele Muholi decided to turn the camera on themselves with the series ‘Somnyama Ngonyama’, they have created a series of portraits in which they are both participant and image-maker. Now, Muholi is set to open two solo exhibitions this month, one presented by Moreira Salles Institute in Sao…
Goodman Gallery presents ‘Ernest Cole: House of Bondage Part Three, ‘To Cross One More Sea’ by William Kentridge and ‘Mubato (The Handle)’ by Mischeck Masamvu at their Cape Town, Johannesburg and London spaces respectively. Ernest Cole, Untitled, 1960, 20 x 29.5 cm, Image courtesy of Goodman Gallery. Goodman…
Art has always been a language that transcends borders, a means of storytelling that connects us across time and space. Today, that connection is more vibrant than ever as African artists and their counterparts in the diaspora collaborate in extraordinary ways. These creative exchanges are more than just…
The Soloviev Foundation Gallery has opened an exhibition highlighting African and Afrodiasporic artworks from its collection, on view throughout February in recognition of Black History Month. The Soloviev Foundation Gallery, Installation view Photo Credit: Bonnie Morrison The display, housed on the ground floor of the Soloviev Group’s headquarters…
President Trump’s administration continues to halt measures that affect projects such as the termination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) initiatives, the Green New Deal, and the defunding of nongovernmental organizations that undermine national interests. These actions coincide with the administration’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO),…