In a shocking turn of events, more than 10,000 people have allegedly signed a petition demanding the cancellation of Nigerian American artist Uzo Njoku’s upcoming show, An Owambe Exhibition. Image credit: @uzo.art The exhibition, set for November in Lagos, has ignited intense backlash both online and offline. At…
Nthabiseng Kekana (b. 1999) stands at the intersection of contemporary art and ancient wisdom. Born and raised in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Kekana has emerged as a distinctive voice in South African art, weaving together her roles as artist and initiated sangoma into a unified practice of spiritual and cultural…
The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has unveiled the 2025 cohort of its Unearth Fellows, reinforcing its mission to nurture the next generation of cultural leaders across the region. Unearth, a flagship MOWAA initiative, offers early-career professionals transformative learning experiences through hands-on training and mentorship. By doing…
Hayward Gallery Touring has appointed Ekow Eshun as curator of the 10th British Art Show, the UK’s most important recurring survey of contemporary art. Ekow Eshun (Image credit: Zeinab Batchelor. Courtesy Hayward Gallery Touring) The exhibition will open in Coventry in September 2026 before touring to Swansea, Bristol,…
Gasworks has announced the 2026 Residency for Artists Based in West Africa. The fully funded residency will support artistic exchange, professional development, and experimentation while deepening cultural dialogue between West Africa and the United Kingdom. Image Credit: Pamina Sebastião, Gasworks Open Studios, March 2025. The program invites applications from…
Gallery 1957 presents In the Name of Love: Introspection, a solo exhibition by Nana Bruce. This new body of work marks Bruce’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and continues his intimate inquiry into the complexities of self-love and the turbulent journey toward it. Through figures caught in states…
kó is presents The Secret Place, a solo exhibition by Christopher Samuel Idowu. Rooted in personal reflection and collective memory, this exhibition explores Idowu’s experiential connection to the divine. His visual language bridges the temporal and the eternal, the solitary and the communal, drawing on spirituality as a…
After more than a decade in exile, Timbuktu’s celebrated manuscripts have returned to their desert home, restoring one of Africa’s most treasured legacies. On August 11, Malian authorities oversaw the first phase of their repatriation from the capital, Bamako, to the historic city where they originated. Ancient Timbuktu…
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…