Through the use of uplifting, thought-provoking, and forward-thinking imagery and narratives, Osadebe’s vibrant post-pop style seeks to reimagine Africa. To create a dialogue where custom meets invention and innovation. Dennis Osadebe places Africa in the context of the future. Its limitless possibilities by contrasting aspects from the past…
Congolese painter Zemba Luzamba has created a series of art pieces that explore how animals are represented in fables and totems. As well as their role as sacred symbols of cultural heritage that represent a collective identity. Through the use of figurative elements, fashion motifs, and colors, these…
Pottery is the process of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Contemporary African pottery is eloquence in form as well as finesse in the finish – both of which are not generally…
The rise of NFT art has been a game-changer in the contemporary art scene. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are digital assets that represent ownership of a unique piece of artwork, and they have enabled artists to sell their work for millions of dollars in a matter of seconds. While…
A solo exhibition by one of the finest African artists, Ludovic Fadairo, is scheduled to run from March 4 to April 2, 2023, at the Ikoyi-based Soto Gallery. Image courtesy of Soto Gallery The exhibition, What We Don’t See, examines the long and accomplished career of the Beninese…
The term “multi-hyphenate” originated in the 1970s and was mostly used in Hollywood to refer to creatives who fell outside the traditional notion of a “triple threat” of singing, dancing, and acting. A multi-hyphenate is a person with several professions or skills so a multi-hyphenate artist is one who…
Some of the most well-known African artists of the present day call Nigeria home; the country’s artistic legacy includes Ben Enwonwu, Uche Okeke and Bruce Onobrakpeya, Peju Alatise, and many others. Today, however, it is artists like Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Victor Ehikhamenor, Nengi Omuku, Alimi Adewale, and Modupeola Fadugba…
Safi FayeImage courtesy of Le Quotidien One of the few women who worked in the early filmmaking period in the 1960s post-independence was Safi Faye. Faye was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. Born in 1943 in Dakar, she was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially…
Endowed by museum trustee Ira Brind, the new center will help The Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit and expand its collection of “under-programmed” art from Africa and its diaspora. Philadelphia Museum of Arts – Image courtesy of WHYY The Philadelphia Museum of Art has about a quarter-million objects…
The 16th edition of Art Dubai: the region’s largest art fair is set to take place from 3rd to 5th of March 2023. Over 100 contemporary, modern and digital art galleries from more than 40 countries, including 30 first-time participants will be featured in the fair. The fair…
El Anatsui is a Ghanaian multimedia artist who has gained recognition as one of the most celebrated artists in the history of Africa and a leading figure in the contemporary art scene. He has spent a significant portion of his career residing and working in Nigeria. At present,…
The exhibitor list for Frieze’s Los Angeles event in 2023, took place at the Santa Monica Airport from February 16–19. This edition of Frieze Los Angeles was the biggest yet, with over 120 galleries from 22 different nations expected to take part. The scene at Frieze 2022.CASEY KELBAUGH.…
Gagosian’s Britannia Street Gallery is hosting an exhibition titled Rites of Passage from the 16th of March to the 28th of April 2023. The exhibition – curated by British-Nigerian curator: Peju Oshin – delves into the concept of “liminal space”; a phrase coined by anthropologist Arnold van Gennep…
Mwili, Akili na Roho (body, mind and spirit) is a major international exhibition that ran at the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute in Nairobi Kenya from 27th of October 2022 to 18th of February, 2023. The exhibition presents works by 10 East African painters that form part of the…
Image courtesy of Gallery 1957 Abdoulaye Konaté is a Malian artist renowned for his vivid, colourful, and meticulously detailed large-scale textile installations that reflect his personal life, political stance and the complicated history of traditional West African craftsmanship. His textile-based installations are made from woven and dyed clothes…
MTArt Agency is the first agency in the art world that ensures every artist is paid. With their slogan ‘Don’t invest in art, invest in artists’, they are one of many game changers in the art world. MTArt Agency was founded in 2015 by Marine Tanguy with two…
Nigerian born Okwui Enwezor was a curator and an art historian who engaged with the different versions of post-colonial and global art. He was one of the leading and highly influential figures in curatorial practice at the time. Not only did he challenge and expand the Western perspective…
Image courtesy of Skånes konstförening Tawanda Appiah is an independent curator, writer, researcher and editor from Zimbabwe. Based in Malmö, Sweden, he has been appointed as a new curator at the Malamö art hub. The curatorial position at Skånes konstförening is a two to three-year contract. Appiah will…
Image courtesy of Goodman Gallery Paris-based Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga will represent Canada at the 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, which will happen from the 20th of April to the 24th of November, 2024. Kapwani Kiwanga is known for her research-driven work which has been…
Exhibition will be on View from January 31 – June 4, 2023 Deborah Willis is the curator of Posing Beauty in African American Culture, which was put on by the Pasadena, California-based Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions. Jade Powers, curator of contemporary art, put together the display at the…