Image courtesy of Pro Helvetia Pro Helvetia has launched the annual open call for applications for the Pro Helvetia residency programme! The goal of the Pro Helvetia residency programme is to help build creative exchange between artists and cultural practitioners in Switzerland and their counterparts in Southern, East,…
Kehinde Wiley: Colorful Realm, January 21st – April 8th, 2023. Art Opening January 21st, 2023 (6-8PM), Roberts Projects, 442 South La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles Roberts Projects will open Colorful Realm, an exhibition of new work from renowned contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley. In conjunction with the exhibition, an extensively illustrated…
“On the Thread” which launched on Thursday (Jan. 12) in Dakar, is an exhibition celebrating the diversity of embroidery and weaving. On the Thread exhibition – Image courtesy of Africa Global Village For anyone who is yet to know the luxury brand – Chanel is a French luxury fashion…
Strauss & Co, a leading auction house in Africa, announced the opening of a new artistic office space in Cape Town in 2023 at Brickfield Canvas. The creative hub and technology campus located at 35 Brickfield Road, Woodstock, Cape Town. They will mark this achievement with an inaugural…
Image courtesy of VIA Art Fund British-Ghanaian curator and author Osei Bonsu has been named a 2023 VIA Curatorial Fellow, with 25,000 USD in funding to support curatorial research and travel. Currently the Curator of International Art at Tate Modern in London, Osei Bonsu is also a critic…
Dig Where You Stand, which was part of The African Artists’ Foundation’s fall program and on display from September 2 to October 9, 2022, is the inaugural exhibition of a touring exhibition that will visit numerous cities in Africa. Over the coming months, the exhibition will be visiting…
It is 2023 and we are excited about the new records that the African art scene will set on a local and global scale. Art will continue to play a significant role in our lives as artists, art writers, curators, collectors, art investors, gallerists and enthusiasts. This is…
‘Having but little Gold’ is a retrospective exhibition that will showcase many – old and new – works from South African artist, Berni Seale at the Norval Foundation. Born in 1964, Berni Searle is an artist who works across diverse media which includes photography, video, and film, to…
Beninese conceptual artist Meschac Gaba was born in 1961 in Cotonou, Benin. He studied at the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam in 1996-7 and currently lives and works between Contonou and Rotterdam. His work explores themes of globalization, consumerism, and the Western museum through acts of artistic appropriation.…
The Prince Claus Fund and the Goethe-Institut have announced the 12 recipients of the 2022 Mentorship Awards for Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change. The Prince Claus Fund was established on September 6, 1996, as a homage to HRH Prince Claus’s commitment to culture and conviction in…