Addis Fine Art and Dereje Demissie present Whispers of Form, a solo exhibition moving fluidly between figuration and abstraction. Dereje Demissie practices in Ethiopian aesthetics and landscape which mainly includes the forests and mountainous landscapes he explored in his formative artistic years. Integrating the geometric patterns of African…
Southern Guild Cape Town presents Thresholds, a group exhibition welcoming the multidisciplinary work of 18 contemporary artists. The exhibition abstracts notions of place, documenting the body’s precarious negotiation with land, and questions our architectures – both physical and ideological – that contain, shape, root, liberate and define us.…
kó presents Dissonance and Disturbance, a solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Tofo Bardi. This body of work continues Bardi’s exploration of fear, anxiety and the subconscious through a cast of spectral figures that emerge within surreal, psychologically charged landscapes. These imaginary characters represent fragmented versions of the…
Kwaku Yaro and Pearl Lam Galleries present Coat of Many Colours. The third artist in the gallery’s residency programme, Yaro hails from Ghana and is a self-taught mixed-media artist who possesses an extraordinary alchemist’s touch, transforming the mundane into the magnificent. During his three-month residency in Shanghai, Yaro bestowed…
The Cape Town High Court has ordered South African photographer Trevor Stuurman and THK Gallery to close the artist’s latest exhibition Your Beauty Is Our Concern following Intellectual Property (IP) infringement. Your Beauty is Our Concern – an exhibition concerned with the act of making oneself beautiful –…
Wangechi Mutu is the first female artist to exhibit at Rome’s Galleria Borghese with her show Black Soil Poems from June 10 to September 14, 2025. This exhibition, sponsored by FENDI and curated by Cloé Perrone, is unveiling as a site-specific intervention for the gallery and its collection.…
At the 2025 London Design Biennale will be the prominent display of Wura—a powerful sculptural installation from the Global South Pavilion. Rooted in Yoruba, a language from Nigeria meaning “precious,” Wura challenges narratives, weaving together gold chain, cowrie shells, sound, and oral histories to honor the resilience, complexity,…
On Saturday, May 24, Glenmorangie hosted an exclusive evening at Windsor Gallery, Victoria Island, Lagos, to unveil The Valley of Tranquility’, a captivating visual exhibition created in collaboration with acclaimed photographer Alex Ash. The experience brought Glenmorangie’s signature vibrancy to life through striking portraits and an immersive whisky…
Omar Victor Diop is an acclaimed and talented Senegalese artist, he has been a residence of Paris for the last few years and has recently ventured into another medium, aside from his usual stunning photography – porcelain sculpture. In collaboration with the esteemed Parisian brand Bernardaud, Diop walks…
Kapwani Kiwanga receives the prestigious 2025 Joan Miró Prize award in recognition for her powerful, research-based installations exploring history, power and social structures. The prize is presented by the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and CUPRA. The international jury…