While the Ministry of Culture may have canceled what was anticipated to be one of Dakar’s standout events of the year, The Dakar Biennale, following the influences of the national and international environment, as well as a recent change in cultural leadership aimed at maintaining the Biennale’s high…
‘Modern Matriarchs: Charting New Frontiers in Art’, an all-female exhibition, is still on at Windsor Gallery, Victoria Island, Lagos until the 9th of March 2024. The inspiring exhibition, which features eight female artists from four African countries, pays homage to the great spirit of women who have left…
LOEWE FOUNDATION announces the 30 artists shortlisted for the 2024 edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize. The finalists’ works will be on display at Palais de Tokyo in Paris from 15 May until 9 June 2024. Loewe Foundation Craft Prize announces 30 finalists. Image courtesy of Loewe…
Applications to participate in the 14th Bamako Meeting, African Photography Biennale are open. Image courtesy of The 14th Bamako Encounters – The African Biennal of Photography The African Photography Biennale, Rencontres de Bamako, was established in 1994 and has since grown to become the premier international event featuring…
The 2024 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair’s Morocco edition held at the prestigious Marrakech’s Mamounia hotel, but for the first time, it also took place at DADA, a multidisciplinary art space that is currently mid-renovation. The exterior of La Mamounia hotel, the main site of the 2024 edition of the…
RMB Latitude announces the participating curators for the 2024 CuratorLab mentorship Program. Hailing from Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zambia, Mozambique, and South Africa, these ten aspiring curators will actively engage in professional guidance and one-on-one mentorship from industry-leading curators. The curators are; Adeyosola Adeniran (Nigeria), Baoagi Keitshokile (Botswana),…
Tiwani Contemporary Lagos opens their 2024 programme with artist Délio Jasse’s solo exhibition Caducado. This exhibition will run from 2 February to 20 April 2024. E se mais mundo houvera… | 2021 | C-print on voile tissue | 6x, 90x130cm. Image courtesy of Délio Jasse. Image courtesy of Délio…
The statute of the goddess Ngonnso will be returned to the kingdom of Nso in CameroonImage Courtesy of Erik Hesmerg/Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/Ethnologisches Museum The culture ministers of Germany and France signed an agreement to set up a joint provenance research fund to focus on museum objects from…
The Lagos Biennial has announced the details for its event, marking its return this February with an astounding line up of programs. Ekpiri by Adeniyi Ollagunju. LB2017. Image courtesy of Lagos Biennial. After three editions in 2017, 2019 and 2021 respectively, Lagos Biennial will once again congregate art-hungry…