The Shanghai Museum has kept its doors open for 168 consecutive hours to give visitors one final chance to experience its landmark exhibition on Ancient Egypt. The Shanghai Museum’s 24-hour Ancient Egypt exhibition runs Aug. 11–17 with performances, games, and cultural showcases. SHANGHAI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) From August…
Fair dates: 16 – 19 October 2025 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair announces list of galleries for its thirteenth edition in London The annual event at Somerset House will see the majority of new gallery participants are from the Global South 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to…
17–22 October 2025 | PIASA, 118 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris Tyburn Foundation presents Quiet Grounds, a group exhibition held at PIASA during Art Basel Paris week, celebrating work from residencies across Italy and Zimbabwe in spring and summer 2025. The show features new works by Primrose Panashe…
Gallery 1957 has announced the fifth edition of The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize, the first-ever prize exclusively for Ghanaian women artists, living either in Africa or across the diaspora. Named after the prominent Ghanaian Queen Mother of Esiju in Ashanti Empire, Yaa Asantewaa, the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize…
A Celebration of Igbo Worldview and the Broader Cultural Matrix of Nigeria and Africa Art Bridge Project is pleased to present Anyanwu: The New Light, a multisensory experience andintergenerational group exhibition centered around the intersection of human destiny, cosmic forces andthe metaphysical philosophies embedded in Igbo cosmology. The…
Date: September 27 – October 1, 2025Venue: Red Door Gallery, Lagos In the Beginning, There Was Cloth is less an exhibition, and more a quiet reckoning and a cultural restoration. From September 27 to October 1, 2025, Afrikstabel, Nigeria’s leading textile production house, will present In the Beginning, There Was Cloth – an…
dot.ateliers| south labadi, an initiative founded by artist Amoako Boafo, is pleased to announce the open call for artists to participate in the 2026 Artist Residency Program. This opportunity invites mark makers to immerse themselves in an inspiring and supportive environment in the heart of Accra, Ghana. Whatthe…
The ARAK Collection, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, invites emerging and mid-career art writers, cultural critics and researchers based in Zimbabwe to apply for a three-day intensive writing workshop in Harare. The programme will be led by art critic, curator and educator Thembinkosi Goniwe, and…
The Association for Visual Arts (AVA) is pleased to invite proposals for their 2026 exhibition programme. What Are They Looking For? The Association for Visual Arts is looking to support exhibitions that expose new works, feature a wide range of media, highlight marginalised histories, experiences and artistic practices…
193 Gallery is proud to share that Beyond Birth, a powerful and emblematic work by Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu, now joins the prestigious UNESCO Art Collection. Launched in the 1950s with the creation of UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters, this global collection features masterpieces by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Alexander Calder. Today, it…