Cassi Namoda to transform the iconic floor-to-ceiling windows of the Sunley Gallery overlooking Margate’s beaches and the North Sea at Turner Contemporary. Marking Namoda’s first institutional project in Europe, this new commission inaugurates Turner Contemporary’s annual programme inviting artists to engage with the gallery’s distinctive architecture and coastal…
The Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI) presents Notes on Friendship – Breaking Bread in partnership with the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (SCCA), Accra, Ghana. This exhibition aims to bridge cultural dialogues between West and East Africa. It serves as a cross-cultural platform for kinship, hospitality, and shared cultural resonance between the…
Needs a Frame”. The exhibition will run at Alliance Française, from April 16 to April 27, 2025. This expansive exhibition accompanies the documentary Every Picture Needs a Frame, directed by Lucy Chodota. Together, the film and exhibition delve into the complex relationship between the late renowned American photographer Peter Beard and eight Kenyan…
Afriart Gallery presents The Quiet Weight of Thoughts by Ugandan artists Daniel Atenyi and Richard Atugonza. The exhibition is based on aspects such as the following: Feeling that a weight has been lifted off one’s shoulders for overcoming a burden, butterflies in the stomach for being in love…
Portia Zvavahera (1985, Zimbabwe) is currently showcasing a new body of work titled Zvakazarurwa at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK. Zvakazarurwa explores the complexities of the female experience, placing emphasis on her vivid emotions, which often appear in her dreams and everyday encounters. Portia exalts her emotional force as a guide in…
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA presents his first major solo exhibition on the African continent with Safiotra [Hybridities] at Fondation H in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Yinka Shonibare (Image credit: Fondation H) From April 11, 2025, to February 28, 2026, Fondation H grants Shonibare carte blanche, transforming its 2,200-square-meter…
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:…