Addis Fine Art joins forces with James Cohan Gallery and Esther Schipper to help Ethiopian artist Merikokeb Berhanu go global. One of the greatest quandaries for smaller and mid-size galleries is spending years working with an artist, and not being able to help them progress to the next…
The upcoming Aichi Triennale 2025, set from the 13th of September to the 30th of November in Japan, promises a reformative global dialogue on contemporary art. Under the evocative theme A Time Between Ashes and Roses—a nod to Adonis’s 1970 poem—the festival goes beyond mere traditional national narratives, inviting…
Evans Mbugua (b. 1979, Kenya) will present Reconstructed Identities at La La Lande gallery, France, from 28th April to 10th May 2024. This expansive exhibition explores the transformative journey of selfhood, rooted in the artist’s own experiences after relocating to Paris at 19. Through vivid portraiture and symbolic fragmentation, Mbugua underscores the…
The Center for Photography in Ethiopia (CPE) is launching its first-ever mentorship program exclusively for women photographers in Ethiopia. In collaboration with Johannesburg-based Through The Lens Collective (TTLC), this initiative aims to cultivate emerging talent through structured guidance and also critical engagement. Ethiopian Women’s Photography Mentorship (Image credit:…
Bozar (Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels) presents the exhibition ‘When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting’, a collection of Black figurative paintings from the past one hundred years, seen through the lens of joy. Presented in Brussels, at the heart of Europe, the…
Addis Ababa will host the highly anticipated second edition of the East Africa Art and Culture Festival from March 20 to 24, 2025. Minister for Culture and Sport, Nafisa Almahdi at press briefing (Image credits: Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) Bringing together cultural representatives from nine East African nations,…
Lubaina Himid, a distinguished British artist whose career skyrocketed after her Turner Prize win in 2017, is set to lead the British Pavillion for the 2026 Venice Biennale. Himid, born in Zanzibar, Tanzania and now residing in Preston, England, has been a pivotal figure in the British Black…
The Loewe Foundation has announced the shortlist for its 2025 Craft Prize, selecting 30 artists from 18 countries. These finalists will present their works in an exhibition at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid from the 30th of May to the 29th of June 2025. The prize winner…
The END Fund and African Women in Photography invite proposals from women and non-binary individuals across the African continent. This initiative aims to provide artists with a unique platform to showcase compelling visual narratives that highlight the experiences of women and girls affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).…
The Kunstpalast Düsseldorf in Germany is hosting a major exhibition titled Echo የገደል ማሚቶ, featuring Ethiopian artist Elias Sime. Open until June 1, 2025, the exhibition will mark Simes’s first solo showcase in a German-speaking country. “Echo የገደል ማሚቶ,” translated to “The echo of the cliff,” examines Sime’s…