With Art X Lagos’s just ended, the African art calendar for the rest of the year 2022 has just begun. On Art News Africa’s dedicated events section, we are constantly bringing you the must-attend art occasions with a link to Africa. Here are some of our highlights for…
In this spotlight series, we interview and showcase artists and their work to our community AFIKARIS Gallery presents Figures of Power, a joint exhibition of rising Nigerian artist John Madu and Senegalese artist Ousmane Niang. On view from July 10—August 14, 2021, this new exhibition, the first in France for both artists,…
In this spotlight series, we interview and showcase artists and their work to our community Noldor Artist Residency is Ghana’s first independent arts residency and fellowship program for contemporary African artists, located in Accra, Ghana. Founded by contemporary African art specialist, social entrepreneur and philanthropist Joseph Awuah-Darko, the new senior and…
In this spotlight series, we interview and showcase artists and their work to our community Misheck Masamvu explores and comments on the socio-political setting of post- independence Zimbabwe, and draws attention to the impact of economic policies that sustain political mayhem. Masamvu raises questions and ideas around the…
In conversation with Collins Obijiaku, a young self-taught artist that lives and works in Suleja, capital of Niger State, Nigeria; I am able to gain insight into his personality and how creating art is a form of escape for him. The artist talks about how he used to…
Pitka was born in 1940 and grew up in Mpumalanga, South Africa. During the apartheid era Ntuli was arrested and made a political prisoner until 1978, when international pressure forced his release. Thus he embarked on a prodigious career in exile. Since completing a Master of Fine Arts,…
WEST AFRICA YINKA SHONIBARE, CBE Questions with Yinka Shonibare, CBE. Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian contemporary artist known for his sculptural installations that explore issues of Post-colonialism. Shonibare’s work explores issues of race and class through the media of painting, sculpture, photography and film. Shonibare questions the meaning…
With the recent protests that began in America and has caused black communities all over the world to fight for justice, we recognise the importance of these battles we face. Sometimes words are not enough, action is needed. Representation, visibility and wealth, these are a few things that…