South African artist, Lebohang Kganye has won the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for her captivating exhibition, “Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home.” Lebohang Kganye, Mohlokomedi wa Tora, Scene 2, 2018. Photo: Lebohang Kganye/Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation. Kganye was awarded the £30,000 prize at a ceremony at…
Cinthia Sifa Mulanga is an independent artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Born in 1997 in Lubumbashi, in the DRC Mulanga was initially trained as a printmaker but soon gravitated towards painting and collage and these two have become the mediums that have come to define her practice.…
Angels and Muse Foundation for Contemporary Arts announces its open call for applications to its first research residency, a one-month opportunity for curators, writers and lens-based visual artists to work on ideas in progress. Application Deadline: May 30, 2024 (11:59pm WAT) Image courtesy of Angels and Muse Angels…
Gabrielle Goliath’s ‘Personal Accounts’ is a transnational, decolonial, black feminist project of repair. Initiated in 2014, it is an ongoing series of video and sound cycles addressing the global normativity of patriarchal violence and the multiplicity of ways in which black, brown, indigenous, femme, queer, non-binary and trans…
The Wunika Mukan Gallery presented ‘The Dreamers Ever Leave You’, Themba Sibeko’s solo exhibition which began on the 27th of April and ran until the 12th of May 2024. For his first solo exhibition in Nigeria, Sibeko envisioned scenarios-nestled in familiar territories while capturing moments of motion and…
Goodman Gallery Cape Town presents ‘A Slow Succession with Many Interruptions’, a group exhibition that contemplates artists’ responses to the changing landscape of the 21st century. The exhibition’s title draws inspiration from American art historian George Kubler’s influential 1962 work, ‘The Shape of Time’, which presents a framework…
While the Ministry of Culture may have canceled what was anticipated to be one of Dakar’s standout events of the year, The Dakar Biennale, following the influences of the national and international environment, as well as a recent change in cultural leadership aimed at maintaining the Biennale’s high…
ANNA Awards 2024 Application Deadline: 28 June 2024 ANNA announces applications for the third iteration of the ANNA Award. The aim of the award, which is sponsored by ANNA Pure Organic, South Africa’s first locally manufactured, environmentally friendly and organic feminine hygiene product range, is to discover, recognise and…
In a joint declaration, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) have announced an open call for a year-long museum fellowship initiative aimed at nurturing a fresh cadre of art and museum professionals across Africa. Open Call: Museum…
Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2024 has began their annual search for South Africa’s new artistic talent. The competition has served as a symbol for unrestricted creativity and artistic exploration in the country’s Visual Arts community for 34 years. The slogan for the Sasol New Signatures 2024 campaign…