Investec Cape Town Art Fair hosts its 10th anniversary edition from the 17 to the 19 February 2023 to mark over a decade as the city’s leading visual contemporary art event. Investec Cape Town Art Fair presents a wide range of artists, visitors, collectors and art enthusiasts. The…
Imigongo is a well known art form in Rwanda traditionally made with cow dung that dates back to the 18th century. It is believed that this technique was invented by Prince Kakira, son of King Kemenyi of Gisaka and has its origin in the province of Kibungo close…
The International Public Art Festival (IPAF) is Africa’s largest public art celebration. The festival is hosted by Baz-Art, a platform that produces art in public spaces and creates an avenue to allow street artists to make a living from their art. Baz-Art was founded in November 2016 with…
Famakan Magassa becomes the second winner of the NSAAP, which focuses on contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora. For his work, Magassa receives R500 000 and the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the Norval Foundation. Famakan Magassa, La Ballade Noctambule. Acrylic on canvas, 145 x 149 x…
This exhibition takes place from 9th March 2023 – 8th April 2023 at Dorothy Circus London, 35 Connaught Street, London, W2 2AZ Image courtesy of Dorothy Circus Gallery Dorothy Circus Gallery, London presents a solo exhibition by Nigerian painter and sculptor Samson Bakare. The exhibition presents “Let this be…
Image courtesy of Artnet News Nengi Omuku (b. 1987) is a Nigerian artist who received her BA and MA at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Omuku’s work is inspired by the politics of the body, with a focus on interiority and the workings of…
South Africa has a strong artistic history dating back over 4000 years from the large collection of artworks on the walls of rock shelters and caves created by the San people to the conceptual art that came about towards the end of apartheid in the 1990s. With such…
When the Chibok girls were kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria, there was sorrow throughout the country as people were clamoring “bring back our girls” across the nation and even across the world. It has been so many years since that horror but the sting…
The Baltimore Museum of Art announced on the 17th of January 2023 that it has acquired, through purchase and gift, 162 artworks that cut across a wide range of artistic practices and perspectives. This acquisition seeks to fill in the gaping holes in the museum’s entire spectrum of…