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Michael Armitage: Pathos and the Twilight of the Idle

Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria, Bregenz, Austria

Michael Armitage is one of the most important painters of the present day. He gained recognition with large-scale paintings that depict figures in somnambulistic landscapes. In them, paint is applied in several layers, scraped off, and reworked anew. Armitage’s motifs are marked by history and current political events. He studies local rituals and political demonstrations, […]

Transtemporal Travel: A Group Exhibition at Nomadic Art Gallery

Nomadic Art Gallery Nomadic Art Gallery 22 Adetokunbo Ademola Rd, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Oluwaferanmi Okeowo, Chrono Odyssey, 2023 || 44" X 60"|| Acrylic, Pastel on Canvas Nomadic Art Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition, Transtemporal Travel – a group show that plays on the relationship between human behaviour and time. Transtemporal travel refers to the concept of traveling through time to visit different periods in history or […]

Inzalo Ye Langa: Birthplace of the Sun – Second Solo Exhibition of Sthenjwa Luthuli

Unit London , United Kingdom

Inzalo Yelanga, 2023, Hand-carved super wood block mix, 184 x 136 x 4 cm Courtesy of Unit London Unit London announces Inzalo Ye Langa: Birthplace of the Sun, a new solo show with one of South Africa’s young emerging artists, Sthenjwa Luthuli, opening July 25th. Inspired by African history and culture, Luthuli’s second solo exhibition […]

Incantations: Group Show at Eclectica Contemporary

Eclectica Contemporary Cape Town, South Africa

LEGAKWANALEO MAKGEKGENENE Mofenyi (Sethuthuntshwane IV), 2023 Digital Photograph on True Fibre Matte 100 × 67 cm Edition of 1/ 5 This exhibition showcases female and non-binary artists that engage Incantations as a methodology in their various practices to create and formulate their own bodies of work. Pertinent in these works is how each artist intervenes […]

SESSE ELANGWE: THE DEFIANT ONES

Bwo Gallery Douala, Cameroon

Bwo gallery is pleased to present as its inaugural exhibition The Defiant Ones, Sesse Elangwe’s debut solo exhibition in his home country, Cameroon. Elangwe, a self-taught artist based in San Antonio (Texas, USA), creates disarming and elevating portraits of Black figures that investigate themes related to self-development and empowerment within Black communities. The Defiant Ones, which opens on […]

OF LAND, BODY, AND WATER: solo exhibition of Kenyan artist Jess Atieno

Montague Contemporary 526 West 26th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY USA, NY, United States

Montague Contemporary is delighted to present "Of Land, Body, and Water,” our first solo exhibition of Kenyan artist Jess Atieno. Her latest body of work results in a complex and nuanced exhibition that offers viewers an immersive journey into the duality of representation in the post-colonial context. Jess Atieno offers a fresh lens on African […]

Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Coming Back to See Through, Again

David Zwirner 519 West 19th Street, New York, NY, United States

David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of new and recent work by Njideka Akunyili Crosby at the gallery's 519 West 19th Street location. The presentation, which debuted at David Zwirner Los Angeles in May 2023, is Akunyili Crosby's first solo exhibition in New York. Born in Nigeria, Akunyili Crosby moved to the United […]

Ritual Ecstasy of the Modern

Cristea Roberts Gallery

Yinka Shonibare, Modern Spiritual II, 2023, Relief print with woodblock and fabric collage. Paper and Image: 124.6 x 100.6 cm. Edition of 25. Credit: Image courtesy Yinka Shonibare CBE and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. “We are going through a kind of African renaissance moment now, too, so I wanted to understand the origins of how […]

Visions of Home: A Journey Through Nigeria

Frame Chicago 1627 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL60614, Chicago, United States

  Omenai Gallery is pleased to present Visions of Home: A Journey Through Nigeria. This is a joint exhibition featuring works by emerging artists, Olasunkanmi Akomolehin and Bola Obatuyi. This is the gallery’s first exhibition in the United States. Visions of Home brings together two young artists who are connected by their ties to their […]

Yinka Shonibare: Free The Wind, The Spirit, and The Sun

Stephen Friedman Gallery 5-6 Cork Street London W1S 3LQ

Stephen Friedman Gallery presents ‘Free The Wind, The Spirit, and The Sun’ – a new exhibition by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA – and the first to take place at its new London home on Cork Street, Mayfair. Having joined in 1996, Shonibare is one of the gallery’s longest represented artists. The exhibition includes […]

Wangari Mathenge: A Day of Rest

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery 6 Heddon Street London W1B 4BT, London, United Kingdom

Wangari Mathenge, A Day of Rest (Inviolata, Rahema and Julia), 2023, oil on canvas. Credit: Courtesy the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is proud to present Wangari Mathenge’s second solo exhibition in London, comprising paintings and a room-size installation from her new series, A Day of Rest. Prompted by an increase in media […]

1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR 2023

Somerset House London, United Kingdom

W, THU 12 OCT This year's edition hosts 62 international exhibitors from over 31 countries, the fair’s largest edition to date. Of the 62 international exhibitors, 14 galleries will participate in the fair’s London edition for the first time. Newcomers include Affinity Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria), Efie Gallery (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Asfalto (Rio de Janeiro, […]

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