Black Rock Senegal, the artist-in-residence program founded by Kehinde Wiley, has opened its annual call for applications. Artwork by Micaela Tabaton-Osbourne (Image courtesy: Black Rock Senegal) Established in 2019, the residency invites international artists to live and work in Dakar, Senegal, for a period of one to three…
As galleries and museums prepare for their spring programming, an exciting wave of publications has risen. These new book releases celebrates the rising global prominence of African figuration. From Nairobi to Harare, São Paulo to Los Angeles, artists are releasing groundbreaking books that document their evolving practices .Moreover,…
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA presents his first major solo exhibition on the African continent with Safiotra [Hybridities] at Fondation H in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Yinka Shonibare (Image credit: Fondation H) From April 11, 2025, to February 28, 2026, Fondation H grants Shonibare carte blanche, transforming its 2,200-square-meter…
French Riviera-inspired La Petite Maison (LPM) partnered with Pearl Lam Galleries for a restaurant exhibition, Blooming Shields, showcasing Nigerian artist Ayobola Kekere-Ekun during Art Basel Hong Kong. Celebrating shared joys of food, art, and culture, the exhibition ran from the 17th of March until the 16th of April at…
WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery presents Dressed Overall, a solo exhibition by Inga Somdyala. Somdyala’s primary excitement lies in form, colour, shape and materiality. With that said, this exhibition features flags, which are a convenient visual language through which the artist breaks the rules of vexillology. Given the six colours of…
It’s a fascinating time to be paying attention to Africa’s art scene. Not because it’s new, it isn’t, but because the world is finally beginning to understand what many of us have known all along; that African cities have always been alive with stories, expression, and a kind…
Goodman Gallery presents Trace, Tremor, Remnant and if we do not dream we cannot rest at their London and Cape Town spaces, respectively. Goodman Gallery London presents Trace, Tremor, Remnant – an exhibition that brings the practices of David Goldblatt and Clive van den Berg into dialogue, offering…
A rediscovered 1897 portrait by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt has captivated the art world with its unveiling at TEFAF Maastricht in the Netherlands. Gustav Klimt, Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona (1897). (Image credit: W&K – Wienerroither & Kohlbacher.) The painting, depicting Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona of the Ga people…
Cletus Oche claimed the top prize at the seventh edition of the Next of Kin Series, with a riveting final exhibition at the Thought Pyramid Art Centre in Ikoyi. Cletus Oche, winner of Next of Kin Series 7 (Image credits: Next of kin) The juried competition, which aims…
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) have opened applications for their 2026 Museum Fellowship Programme, a year-long initiative designed to train Africa’s next generation of museum professionals. Image courtesy of Zeitz MOCAA The programme combines academic study…