In collaboration with AKKA Project and Africa First by Serge Tiroche, with the support of Ca’ Pesaro, the International Gallery of Modern Art, the Africa 1:1 Lab will feature five young artists from Kenya, Uganda, DRC and Zimbabwe. The residency will culminate in a large site-specific exhibition at…
The work of photographer and visual artist Lebohang Kganye is highlighted in new exhibit, “Tell Me What You Remember.” The exhibition is presented by the Barnes Foundation in its Roberts Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through May 21, 2023. Lebohang Kganye is a visual artist and photographer who uses her family…
One of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century, Roger Ballen launched his “Inside out Center” early this year. Despite being American, this artist opened his none profit foundation in South Africa to explore, contribute and become significant to the cultural landmark in Johannesburg.…
It is Now Time for the West to Return African Art! The art world has long been divided on the issue of African art and the ownership of artworks taken from africa during the pre colonialism period. The issue has remained contentious for years, with calls for the…
In January 2023, the Yale MacMillan Center’s Council on African Studies sponsored research trips to South Africa for two Ph.D. candidates, Alex Fialho and Alexandra “Aly” Thomas, in the Departments of the History of Art and African American Studies at Yale. Alex Fialho and Alexandra “Aly” Thomas in…
Zeitz MOCAA, the largest museum of contemporary art, has announced the appointment of four pioneering women in the contemporary art scene with impressive backgrounds in arts and culture to join its team. The new additions include Lungi Morrison as Institutional Advancement Director, Namhla Moyeni as Institutional Advancement Manager,…
Kwame Brathwaite Image courtesy of Cory Rice Kwame Brathwaite, a photographer and activist whose works inspired the “Black is Beautiful” movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s, has died at the age of 85. Brathwaite, during his career which spanned seven decades, documented the everyday life of…
It’s fascinating to witness the work of the current generation of African filmmakers as they revive storytelling and filmmaking by creating new ways for African audiences to see themselves in film. Filmmakers are using fictional and documentary techniques to investigate critical issues, from the theme of identity, politics…
Helena Uambembe is an interdisciplinary artist working with textiles, printmaking, photography and performance. She was born in Pomfret the North West, South Africa in 1994 to Angolan parents who fled the civil war raging in their country. Her father was a soldier in the 32 Battalion, a military…
Milumbe Haimbe is a Zambian painter and digital illustrator. Born in 1974, she grew up in the ’80s amidst Zambia’s worst economic crisis. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Copperbelt University. Haimbe then obtained a master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in Norway. Her work portrays black women as superheroes and her inspiration comes from…