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…
The 2025 cohort of the RMB Latitudes CuratorLab has been announced, highlighting 11 emerging curators from across Africa. Diarietou Diop, Eyimofe Ideh, Maureen Douabou, Muyon Mafulu, Nafkot Gebeyehu, Onke Ngcuka, Palesa Ngwenya, Phumelele Kunene, Reem Aljeally, Sinki Makubu and Zandile Makroti. (Image Credit: RMB Latitudes) The program, now…
Rangi (Colors) Gallery TZ, is set to open the 4th Wise Man exhibition on the 28th of August, 2025. The exhibition features three artists from Mukuru Art Collective, including its founder, Adam Masava. Exploring the intersections of space in the East African contemporary landscape, the show celebrates the…
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…
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…
Police in South Africa are investigating a major art heist after thieves stole seven sculptures valued at more than R1 million ($55,000) from a gallery in the seaside town of Pringle Bay. Seven sculptures vanished in the heist: six by Anton Smit and one by Janko de Beer.…
Afriart Gallery, a leading hub for contemporary art in East Africa, announced a new opportunity for artists across the continent. The gallery now invites submissions of high-quality editioned artworks for inclusion in its Curated Editions Collection. Since its founding in 2002, Afriart has championed African creativity by hosting…
Kenyan activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi has been released on bail after being arrested on July 19. His arrest came in connection with the alleged unlawful possession of ammunition, in a case that has drawn national and international attention. Boniface Mwangi appears at the Kahawa Law Courts in…
Date: September 27 – October 1, 2025Venue: Red Door Gallery, Lagos In the Beginning, There Was Cloth is less an exhibition, and more a quiet reckoning and a cultural restoration. From September 27 to October 1, 2025, Afrikstabel, Nigeria’s leading textile production house, will present In the Beginning, There Was Cloth – an…
The 2025 FNB Art Prize went to Maseru-based artist Thato Toeba, marking a major milestone in their career and shining a rare spotlight on contemporary art from Lesotho. Thato Toeba has been named the winner of the 2025 FNB Art Prize (Image credits: FNB Art Joburg) Selected from…
The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy has firmly distanced itself from a controversial article published by African Travel Times on July 12. The article, titled “A Bitter Irony: UAE’s Sanctions Undermine African Trust After Africa‑Backed Win for UN Tourism Role,” made claims…
British-Nigerian artist Olaolu “Slawn” Akeredolu-Ale set the art world talking when he shared an Instagram photo suggesting a collaboration with American artist KAWS. Slawn x KAWS (Image credit: Olaolu Slawn) In the image, Slawn stood beside sculptures that closely mirrored KAWS’s iconic Companion figures. His caption read: “SLAWN…
AFROPOLIS will return to Lagos from November 22 to 30, setting the stage for a dynamic gathering of African contemporary artists and audiences. Now in its fifth edition, the festival continues to grow as a space for critical dialogue, cross-cultural exchange, and bold experimentation. This year also marks…
Zeitz MOCAA presents Spring Is Rebellious: The Art & Life of Albie Sachs, an exhibition that engages the public life of South African lawyer, activist, writer and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela, Albie Sachs. This exhibition narrates the intertwined artistic…
The UK Government Art Collection has acquired Journaliste by British-Congolese artist Djofray Makumbu, marking a significant addition to its holdings. Journaliste by Djofray Makumbu (Image Courtesy of the artist and Bolanle Contemporary. Photo by Haiyi Wany). The portrait honors Paul Bazakana Bayete, a Congolese journalist whose work with…
Contemporary human experience stretches beyond what we can fully grasp. To explain this, Bernard Mwangi (popularly known as Mwass Githinji) draws inspiration from this complexity. I’ve noticed a sudden urge among artists to look inward, exploring their complexity as regals, participants, and humans. His cultural lab, Studio 1.6—named…
The ARAK Collection, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, invites emerging and mid-career art writers, cultural critics and researchers based in Zimbabwe to apply for a three-day intensive writing workshop in Harare. The programme will be led by art critic, curator and educator Thembinkosi Goniwe, and…
The French government has just adopted a new bill that outlines the restitution of looted artworks from its former colonies. While the move seems progressive, France still maintains tight control over the process, deciding the terms of restitution on its own. This one-step-forward, two-steps-backward seesaw game displayed by…
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) presents Hidden Battles / Hondo dzakavanzika, Portia Zvavahera’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. This significant exhibition represents Zvavahera’s third major international showcase in less than 24 months, following acclaimed presentations at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris and at Kettle’s…