Adaobi Oraijiaku is the founder of Atsur. Atsur has been created to leverage web3 technologies to ensure and build the preservation of artwork and its information in Nigeria and Africa. With this, the goal is to equip African art ecosystem with the capacity for higher levels of investment…
Emmanuel Idowu, the 2023 Absa L’Atelier Ambassador, brings his solo exhibition Echoes of Innocence to Alliance Française. The show reflects on how childhood memories shape personal identity. Using symbolic imagery such as ropes, books, and baskets as well as drawing inspiration from Yoruba folklore, Idowu explores themes of…
STEVENSON presents Appellations and Speculations on Drawing by Meleko Mokgosi, taking place across the gallery’s Cape Town and Johannesburg spaces, jointly marking the artist’s third exhibition with the gallery. Where Mokgosi’s previous exhibitions in these cities formed part of Democratic Intuition (2013-19), an eight-chapter project examining the ways…
Gallery 1957 London and Arthur Timothy present Othello’s Countrymen (The Krio Enigma). In this latest work, Ghanaian-born British-Sierra Leonean artist explores the complex intersections of race, identity and belonging through the lens of the Krio people of Sierra Leone and their historical parallels with the figure of Othello…
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has now opened applications for its 2026 Artists in Residence Programme. Initiated in 2022, this programme is designed to stimulate arts practice as research and is targeted at artist-academics working in a range of disciplines. Who Can Apply? The UJ Artists in Residence…
Zeitz MOCAA presents Cosmic Creatures and Constellations – a four day workshop series inspired by Zeitz MOCAA’s latest exhibitions including: UNDERSTUDIES, Selections from the Collection, Sala, and The Other Side of Now by artists such as Nolan Owald Dennis, Frances Goodman, Jody Paulsen, Cyrus Kabiru and Tuan Andrew…
Buhlebezwe Siwani presents Remember Our United Beginning, a monument commemorating The Hague’s Translantic Slavery. The Hague, Netherlands hosts the International Court of Justice and is therefore known as the global capital of justice. With that said, this monument serves as a long-overdue act of remembrance. On the 30th…
The first-ever Pan-African Architecture Biennale will open at the iconic KICC Towers in Nairobi, Kenya on September 1,2026. Curated by Italian-born Somali architect Omar Degan, in collaboration with the Architectural Association of Kenya, this inaugural edition positions the continent as a vital locus of innovation, resilience, and architectural…
Uganda has unveiled a major investment package targeting the country’s creative arts industry and technology sector, with Finance Minister Matia Kasaija announcing a Shs 66 billion allocation for creative arts. This is to be used towards plans to establish a state-of-the-art Hi-Tech City to drive innovation, job creation…
What if Africans stopped waiting for Western museums to return their stolen artifacts, and took them back instead? That’s the premise behind Relooted, a bold new video game by Johannesburg-based studio Nyamakop. Players form a stealth crew, infiltrate guarded museums, and reclaim looted African artifacts-each based on real…