The New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations exhibition, set to open on April 4, 2025, at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), offers an insightful exploration of contemporary West African masquerade traditions. Organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art in partnership with Musée des Civilisations…
The G.A.S. Foundation, in collaboration with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation, has announced Shatha Afify and Dr. Tinashe Mushakavanhu as the recipients of the 2025 G.A.S. Fellowship Award. Shatha Afify. (Image courtesy: Matthieu Croizier) & Tinashe Mushakavanhu. (Image courtesy: Nonzuzo Gxekwa) The annual G.A.S. fellowship offers two fully funded…
In a significant development in the ongoing debate over the restitution of colonial-era artifacts, the Netherlands has formally returned 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. NCMM Director-General Olugbile Holloway accepted the artifacts for Nigeria. (Image credits: NCMMHQ) Looted during the 1897 British raid on Benin, the objects spent over…
The Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) and Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation have been awarded a $220,000 grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art. The two-year funding will support cultural exchange and archival preservation initiatives at the foundations’ residency sites in Ijebu and Lagos, Nigeria. Yinka Shonibare Foundation…
Stevenson is pleased to present ‘iNtwasahlobo’, a solo exhibition of paintings by Simphiwe Ndzube. For his first exhibition in Johannesburg since 2021, Ndzube presents intimately scaled paintings on linen. iNtwasahlobo translates from isiXhosa as ‘spring’, referencing the central motifs and experiments with colour that characterise this body of work. Across this series,…
Louvre Abu Dhabi has partnered with global technology brand HONOR to enhance the visitor experience for its latest exhibition, Kings and Queens of Africa: Forms and Figures of Power. Guests listening to a guide explaining artifacts (Image credits: HONOR) Curated in collaboration with Musée du quai Branly –…
The Tyburn Foundation is delighted to announce its international residency programme, launching Spring 2025, to promote artistic exchange and collaboration between African and global institutions. Based in Umbria – the heart of Italy – cooperation and partnership are central to the Foundation’s ethos. To inaugurate its residency programme…
Cape Town, South Africa – Norval Foundation and The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) are delighted to announce Modupeola Fadugba as the Grand Prize Winner for The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025, sponsored by Schroders. With her work, Portrait Of An Artist At Ease, Modupeola Fadugba from Nigeria,…
At Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York, Serge Alain Nitegeka presents Configurations in Black, an exhibition that continues his exploration of displacement, migration, and identity through abstraction. Displaced Peoples in Situ, Serge Alain Nitegeka, Studio Study XXVII (2024). (Image credit: Marianne Boesky Gallery, Guardian) Born in Rwanda, Nitegeka was…
Contemporary African art has a unique way of nurturing well-being, fostering peace, and strengthening connections to shared heritage—all while sparking joy. It bridges personal and collective experiences, creating spaces where stories, emotions, and identities intertwine. In this article, we’ll explore how this unfolds through notable creative expressions and…