Trade routes have connected the major centres of civilisation in Europe and Asia since antiquity. These routes not only made the exchange of goods possible, but also fostered cultural exchanges between distant regions. The group exhibition, ‘Trade Routes’, on view at Hauser & Wirth’s Piccadilly… Read More
The first solo exhibition in a New York museum by the globally renowned contemporary artist El Anatsui, this show will feature over 30 works in metal and wood that transform appropriated objects into site-specific sculptures. Anatsui converts found materials into a new type of media… Read More
Contemporary Ethiopian artist Tamrat Gazahegn shows off one of his paintings at the Netsa Art Village in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tamrat is part of a collective of Ethiopian artists spearheading contemporary art in Ethiopia, which feature experimental material, multimedia and unexpected aesthetics to create avant-garde… Read More
Contemporary And (C&) is an international online platform for diverse and critical insights into, and perspectives on, contemporary African art. The project is initiated and published by the German „Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen“ – ifa (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations). C& gives established and emerging artists,… Read More
Sowei masks – unique to the region around Sierra Leone – are worn by senior members of the all-female Sande Society during rite-of-passage ceremonies that signify a girl’s transition to adulthood. They are carved expressions of local ideals of feminine beauty, health and serenity that… Read More
Raw Material Company announces the exhibition Suñu Jant marking the launch of Olafur Eliasson and Frederik Ottesen’s Little Sun solar-powered lamp in Senegal. Suñu Jant is a Wolof phrase that means “our sun.” From 28 February to 30 March 2013, Raw Material Company features Little… Read More
The making and trading of cloth have been vital elements in African culture for at least two millennia. Through cloth we can understand not only Africa’s history but also its engagement with other parts of the world. This exhibition considers the global phenomenon that is… Read More
A new exhibition and several public programs at the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College explore the impact of African coiled basket-making on aspects of economic development in the American South, as well as the present-day environmental and sociological threats to… Read More
”START – A Journal of Arts and Culture” is a Kampala-based online journal covering Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Literature, Music and any other creative industry in the region. Start was published four times as a printed magazine between 2007 and 2010, but went online in… Read More
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a special exhibition highlighting the African works acquired by the New York avant-garde and its most influential patrons during the 1910s and 1920s. At the beginning of the 20th century, the appreciation of African artifacts in the West shifted… Read More
