This artist has significantly used traditional cultural elements throughout his creative process. In his recent series, “Guardians” and “Of Myth and Legend.” he investigates the iconography of Yoruba deities. In recognition of her power, Metallic Print 53 x 35 cm; 76 x 51 cm; 109 x 71 cm…
Image courtesy of Liverpool Biennial The theme for the 2023 Liverpool Biennial is ‘uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things’. The Liverpool Biennial festival will take place from the 10th of June until the 17th of September, 2023. ‘uMoya’ means spirit, breath, air, climate and wind in the…
Despite the many controversies surrounding AI generated art, people like Malik Afegbua seeks to correct the notion that it limits human creativity. He wants to use the AI technology to help re-imagine what is possible today and in the future. Image courtesy of Malik Afegbua/SilkCity and BBC One…
Image courtesy of World Press Photo Senegalese-born Curator N’Goné Fall has been announced as one of the presidents of the jury for the Dekoloniale Berlin Residency of 2023. Alongside other jury members, she will review the submissions for the Dekoloniale Berlin Residency of 2023. Dekoloniale Memory Culture in…
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential African-American artist whose works became widely known in the New York gallery scene in the 1980s. Basquiat’s dramatic life and iconic paintings which variously feature obsessive scribbling, enigmatic symbols and diagrams, and iconography including skulls, masks, and the artist’s trademark crown – make…
Image courtesy of Pro Helvetia Pro Helvetia has launched the annual open call for applications for the Pro Helvetia residency programme! The goal of the Pro Helvetia residency programme is to help build creative exchange between artists and cultural practitioners in Switzerland and their counterparts in Southern, East,…
Image courtesy of VIA Art Fund British-Ghanaian curator and author Osei Bonsu has been named a 2023 VIA Curatorial Fellow, with 25,000 USD in funding to support curatorial research and travel. Currently the Curator of International Art at Tate Modern in London, Osei Bonsu is also a critic…
Beninese conceptual artist Meschac Gaba was born in 1961 in Cotonou, Benin. He studied at the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam in 1996-7 and currently lives and works between Contonou and Rotterdam. His work explores themes of globalization, consumerism, and the Western museum through acts of artistic appropriation.…
The Prince Claus Fund and the Goethe-Institut have announced the 12 recipients of the 2022 Mentorship Awards for Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change. The Prince Claus Fund was established on September 6, 1996, as a homage to HRH Prince Claus’s commitment to culture and conviction in…
Since 1985, the International Center of Photography Infinity Awards has recognised outstanding contributions and emerging talent in the fields of, art, photojournalism, fashion photography, and publishing. The ICP honours remarkable efforts in photography and visual arts. Past recipients include South African visual activist and photographer Zanele Muholi, and…