Kairos Futura, a Nairobi-based collective, has won the prestigious Grand Prize at the 2025 S+T+ARTS Prize Africa for The Wild Future Lab, a visionary project that reimagines Nairobi in 2045 as an ecologically rewilded city. The Wild Future Lab / Kairos Futura; photo: The Wild Future Lab, Ajax…
Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku is the winner of the 2025 Ellipse Prize, a prize focused on Ghana’s emerging art scene. Tieku was selected by an independent jury from five finalists—Reginald Boateng, Sena Burgundy, Nana Frimpong Oduro and Dela Anyah— who were selected out of 82 applicants. The jury included…
Selebe Yoon presents Tell me about your dream mosque, an exhibition by Fredj Moussa following a six-week residency in Senegal. The exhibition comprises paintings, drawings, sculptures and a video installation. Fredj Moussa began his research with a story of Mohamed Gorgui Seyni Gueye, known as Sangabi, and the…
Cécile Fakhoury Gallery Dakar presents Cour intérieure, a group exhibition bringing together the works of artists Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux, Rachel Marsil and Kassou Seydou. The vibrant color palettes and recurring motifs in Rachel Marsil’sand Kassou Seydou’s works create a particular rhythm, which Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux’s pastel tones gently…
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has been recognized in the ‘Established Artists’ category at the inaugural Art Basel Awards 2025, celebrating his significant contributions to contemporary art through monumental installations and also community-driven initiatives. Ibrahim Mahama (Image credit: Art Basel) Mahama, born in Tamale in 1987, creates large-scale installations…
The 61st International Art Exhibition, titled In Minor Keys, produced by La Biennale di Venezia, with the contributions of professionals selected and directly involved by Curator Koyo Kouoh, is set to follow Kouoh’s vision. In Minor Keys marks a return to the sensory, affective and subjective dimensions of art.…
Each June, Basel transforms into the beating heart of the global art scene. From world-renowned fairs like Art Basel to exciting new contenders, these 10 must-see events highlight the very best of contemporary art in 2025. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or an art lover exploring for the…
Efie Gallery has just opened its latest exhibition, Time Heals, Just Not Quick Enough, curated by Ose Ekore. Framing time as a partner in the process of becoming, Ose spoke with ANA on curating contemporary African art and the creation of “Time heals, Just Not Quick Enough”. Moreover,…
Tiwani Contemporary presents Virginia Chihota’s Munoonei kana makaditarisa nhai Mwari?/What do you see when you look at me ohh God? and For want of a horse, a button was lost by Felix Shumba, this June. Virginia Chihota uniquely visualises her inner world as an emotionally shifting, symbolic terrain—a reconnaissance marked…
Southern Guild Cape Town presents Thresholds, a group exhibition welcoming the multidisciplinary work of 18 contemporary artists. The exhibition abstracts notions of place, documenting the body’s precarious negotiation with land, and questions our architectures – both physical and ideological – that contain, shape, root, liberate and define us.…
kó presents Dissonance and Disturbance, a solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Tofo Bardi. This body of work continues Bardi’s exploration of fear, anxiety and the subconscious through a cast of spectral figures that emerge within surreal, psychologically charged landscapes. These imaginary characters represent fragmented versions of the…
It’s easy to market and capitalize on education, but teaching value is an entirely different challenge. The African higher education system continues to be a point of intrigue for social researchers. As the world shifts toward a more service-based and knowledge-driven society, the global rise of African scholars…
Kwaku Yaro and Pearl Lam Galleries present Coat of Many Colours. The third artist in the gallery’s residency programme, Yaro hails from Ghana and is a self-taught mixed-media artist who possesses an extraordinary alchemist’s touch, transforming the mundane into the magnificent. During his three-month residency in Shanghai, Yaro bestowed…
Nigerian designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello received a Special Mention at the 2025 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize for his work, TM Bench with Bowl. The award was presented by architect Patricia Urquiola during a ceremony at Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum. This recognition highlights Marcus-Bello’s innovative approach to contemporary African design…
The Cape Town High Court has ordered South African photographer Trevor Stuurman and THK Gallery to close the artist’s latest exhibition Your Beauty Is Our Concern following Intellectual Property (IP) infringement. Your Beauty is Our Concern – an exhibition concerned with the act of making oneself beautiful –…
Wangechi Mutu is the first female artist to exhibit at Rome’s Galleria Borghese with her show Black Soil Poems from June 10 to September 14, 2025. This exhibition, sponsored by FENDI and curated by Cloé Perrone, is unveiling as a site-specific intervention for the gallery and its collection.…
This year’s 18th edition of the Affordable Art Show, Kenya feels less like a celebration of art and more like a reminder of how institutional structures have the potential to stifle young and emerging talent. The organizers have made an incremental increase on the museum entry fees on the opening night…
Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda has received the first-ever “Creativity for Social Change” Award, presented by the Moleskine Foundation and the Democracy and Culture Foundation. Kiluanji Kia Henda (Image credit: Moleskine Foundation ) The award ceremony took place at the historic Palazzo Reale in Milan, Italy, during the…
The National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN) and the African School of Economics (ASE) have signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at advancing African heritage and promoting growth in the arts and creative economy. NTN Artistic Director/CEO, Hajja Kaltume Bulama Gana, fsna; ASE Registrar, Mrs Emi-Fowowe Ogunboye,…
Kapwani Kiwanga receives the prestigious 2025 Joan Miró Prize award in recognition for her powerful, research-based installations exploring history, power and social structures. The prize is presented by the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and CUPRA. The international jury…