ANNA Awards 2024 Application Deadline: 28 June 2024 ANNA announces applications for the third iteration of the ANNA Award. The aim of the award, which is sponsored by ANNA Pure Organic, South Africa’s first locally manufactured, environmentally friendly and organic feminine hygiene product range, is to discover, recognise and…
The four artists who will occupy the four mirrored “imaginary rooms” within the location of the “Fabbrica del Vedere” – already a syncretic place of encounter between stories, arts, people, and cultures – will interpret, through their particular sensibilities, the themes of travel, encounter, re-definition of the self, and…
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the collective exhibition “Visions Vibrantes”, marking the beginning of the fourth edition of “Traversées Africaines”. Supported by the expertise of the art agency Artfrofest and Galerie Nocte, this exhibition immerses you in a captivating universe, celebrating the vibrant diversity of contemporary African…
In an elegant showcase of African artistic prowess and philanthropic spirit, Amref Health Africa hosted its annual African ArtBall at the prestigious INDUSTRIA in Brooklyn, NY. Les Ballet Afrik thrilling guests at the 2024 ArtBall organized by Amref (Photo Credits: Amref) Esteemed luminaries including Carmelo Anthony, Spike Lee,…
Kenyan-British studio potter and Chancellor of the University of Creative Arts, England, Dame Magdalene Odundo is one of the world’s most revered ceramic artists. The Houghton Hall, Norfolk presents her exhibition which showcases existing and new works spanning Odundo’s 30-year career, including a major new commission made while…
The Nigerian Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale emerged as a standout, capturing the attention of audiences and critics alike. ‘Nigeria Imaginary’ Graces Nigeria Pavilion at 60th Venice Biennale. (Photo Credit: Marco Cappelleti Studio.) Courtesy of Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) Dubbed one of the “8 hits…
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is thrilled to announce the return of 1-54 New York, from the 1st until the 4th of May 2024, its largest edition to date. In its 10th year, this edition will see 1-54 widen its dilating imprint upon the city by relocating to…
Gerald Annan-Forson was born in London in 1947, to a mother from Kildare, Ireland, and a Fante father from the Gold Coast, an officer with the British West African Frontier Force stationed in the UK during World War II. In London, to hide his color and avoid racist…
Serpentine Gallery opened ‘Suspended States,’ also marking the return of Yinka Shonibare CBE RA after over 20 years with his first solo exhibition in the London public institution. Shonibare, the founder of Y.S.F. and G.A.S., first showcased at Serpentine South in 1992 as a finalist in the Barclays…
Ibrahim Mahama’s new installation, Purple Hibiscus transforms the Lakeside Terrace of the Barbican Centre in London. The work wraps the building’s iconic concrete walls with around 2000 square meters of bespoke pink and purple fabric hand-woven by hundreds of Ghanaian artisans. The commission is part of an ongoing exhibition titled…