Akademie Schloss Solitude, in partnership with the National Art Gallery of Namibia and the Goethe‑Institut Namibia, has opened applications for its 2025 residency program. The initiative seeks to foster meaningful artistic exchange between Namibia and Baden‑Württemberg. Image courtesy of Akademie Schloss Solitude Starting March 1, 2026, the program…
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is proud to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with the Art in Black Foundation to present The South African Collective — a debut curatorial art exhibition spotlighting five dynamic visual artists from South Africa. Curated by Allana Foster Finley of Cur8Afsrica, The South African Collective is…
With milestones like Tunji Adeniyi-Jones’ Celestial Gathering (2024) topping the sales chart at Art SG for an impressive $350,000 in January 2025, and the launch of Africa Basel, a platform dedicated to presenting contemporary African art in a more intentional, close-knit format, the spotlight on African art has…
Neo Theku (b.1996) was born in Botshabelo, the Free State, South Africa. He grew up in Lesotho and moved back to Bloemfontein, South Africa where he started high school in 2010. He then went on to complete an Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design at Central University of Technology,…
Vuleka Art Competition was established in 1963 under a different name and is the oldest continuous art competition in South Africa. ‘Vuleka’ means open in isiXhosa and true to its name, Vuleka Art Conpetition 2025 is open to all South African artists who have not yet held a…
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) presents One Must Be Seated, a solo exhibition by Ghanaian-American artist Rita Mawuena Benissan. Deeply rooted within her Ghanaian culture, Benissan’s practice has particular focus on the reimagining of the royal umbrella and stool, symbols of Akan chieftaincy, as seen…
The 61st International Art Exhibition, titled In Minor Keys, produced by La Biennale di Venezia, with the contributions of professionals selected and directly involved by Curator Koyo Kouoh, is set to follow Kouoh’s vision. In Minor Keys marks a return to the sensory, affective and subjective dimensions of art.…
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.…
It’s easy to market and capitalize on education, but teaching value is an entirely different challenge. The African higher education system continues to be a point of intrigue for social researchers. As the world shifts toward a more service-based and knowledge-driven society, the global rise of African scholars…
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 –…