As the bustling city of Lagos gets ready to host the 9th edition of ART X Lagos, visitors wait in anticipation to be drawn into the deeply evocative world of Andrew Dosunmu’s solo exhibition Restless Cities: From Lagos To The World. Known for his evocative photography and distinctive…
As expected, ART X Lagos 2024 promises to be a feast for the senses. It is happening at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island in Lagos.
ARTSPLIT, the leading African art trading platform, is excited to announce the launch of 202 Gallery, a private art gallery and advisory service dedicated to promoting modern and contemporary African art to a global audience. The gallery’s debut exhibition, Vessels, will feature 37 works, including paintings, drawings, and…
A looted Ethiopian Maqdala shield withdrawn from an auction earlier this year is set to be returned to Ethiopia.
At the “Edges of Ailey” Exhibition which opened on the 25th of September, 2024, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye showcases her contribution to the show.
The highly anticipated Rencontres de Bamako, also known as the Bamako Encounters, will once again take center stage as the continent’s largest photography biennale. Set in Bamako, Mali, the 14th edition, themed “Kuma”(meaning “word” or “speech” in Bambara), will feature the works of 30 selected photographers from across Africa and will…
ART X Lagos, West Africa’s leading art fair, returns with a bold vision for its ninth edition, running from October 31 to November 3, 2024. Fred Ebami, Kaper Jesse Legacy (detail), 2024. (Image credit: Galerie Mam.) With the theme “Promised Lands,” this year’s fair dares to reimagine African…
Zizipho Poswa was born in 1979 in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Her large-scale ceramic and bronze sculptures are bold invocations of African womanhood. Her work stands in testimony to her matrilineal heritage and celebrates the life-sustaining roles that Xhosa women play in traditional…
In recent years, African art has made significant strides in the global art market, gaining recognition and value beyond the continent. Behind this rise is a group of dedicated art collectors who are not only preserving African culture but also influencing its global appreciation. These collectors, based both…