The Nairobi National Museum has just concluded its 17th Affordable Art Show, showcasing contemporary East African artists. This month’s edition featured over 750 artists from Nairobi and the broader East African region. It highlights innovative works that celebrate the vibrant contemporary art scene in Nairobi. The event paid…
ARTSPLIT, the leading African art trading platform, is excited to announce the launch of 202 Gallery, a private art gallery and advisory service dedicated to promoting modern and contemporary African art to a global audience. The gallery’s debut exhibition, Vessels, will feature 37 works, including paintings, drawings, and…
A looted Ethiopian Maqdala shield withdrawn from an auction earlier this year is set to be returned to Ethiopia.
Nengi Omuku’s impressionistic landscapes and vibrant colour palettes create immersive spaces where her fluid, loosely rendered portraits of individuals and groups come to life. By blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior, figure and background, Omuku delves into themes of refuge and tranquility. Her work weaves together personal…
At the “Edges of Ailey” Exhibition which opened on the 25th of September, 2024, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye showcases her contribution to the show.
The highly anticipated Rencontres de Bamako, also known as the Bamako Encounters, will once again take center stage as the continent’s largest photography biennale. Set in Bamako, Mali, the 14th edition, themed “Kuma”(meaning “word” or “speech” in Bambara), will feature the works of 30 selected photographers from across Africa and will…
Art in the City is pleased to announce “SOUGH,” the debut exhibition of Adetola Odunlami, opening on Monday, 28th October 2024. “SOUGH,” explores spaces defined by their emptiness—vacant buildings that resonate with a quiet, almost murmuring presence. In these works, silence becomes an active force, much like the…
Art Partner, one of the world’s leading creative agencies, open call for art submissions for #CreateCOP29, a contest generating conversations and action for climate justice and calling attention to the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference 2024 (UNFCCC COP 29). Art Partner invites artists of all nationalities, races,…
The African Female Artist Mentorship Program (AFAMP) is calling on prospective mentees to submit their applications. Exclusive to African female artists aged 19 to 40 years, the mentorship is aimed at those in the early stages of their careers as professional artists. With regards to the application deadline,…
Kehinde Wiley and Stephen Friedman Gallery present ‘Fragments from the treasure house of darkness,’ Wiley’s first solo exhibition in London in three years following ‘The Prelude’ at The National Gallery. Wiley is known for his vibrant and highly naturalistic portrait paintings of contemporary African American and African Diasporic men and women,…