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Otherscapes: Four Installations by Four Contemporary South African Artists

Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation South Africa, South Africa

Installation view of Avuleka AmaZulu by Sethembile Msezane—image courtesy of JCAF Otherscapes proposes surveying the scene of contemporary South Africa through the artistic practices of four contemporary South African artists whose installations can be viewed as ‘scapes’. These address a local context by interrogating the tension between utopia and failure. Four contemporary South African artists: Siemon […]

The Eyes of the Beloved are Everywhere: Chioma Ebinama’s First Solo Exhibition at Morena di Luna, Hove

Morena di Luna Maureen Paley: Morena di Luna 3 Adelaide Crescent Hove BN3 2JD

Maureen Paley is pleased to present Chioma Ebinama’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and her first at Morena di Luna, Hove. Nigerian-American artist Chioma Ebinama draws from an array of visual and cultural references, employing myth and cosmology as a guide for examining her inner life. Her practice centres around watercolours on paper, a […]

Kehinde Wiley: ‘Equestrian Portrait of Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignan’

Timken Museum Dutch-Flemish Gallery

Kehinde Wiley is one of the most celebrated artists working today. Timken is proud to share his dazzling painting Equestrian Portrait of Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignan (2018) for the first time with the public in San Diego. Wiley employs “street-casting” to identify youthful, contemporary models for his large-scale works, posing them in the manner of […]

A World In Common: Contemporary African Photography – Group Show

Tate Modern Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom

Bringing together a group of artists from different generations, this exhibition will address how photography, film, audio, and more have been used to reimagine Africa’s diverse cultures and historical narratives. Participating artists: Kelani Abass; Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou; Malala Andrialavidrazana; Atong Atem; Sammy Baloji; James Barnor; Edson Chagas; Kudzanai Chiurai; Ndidi Dike; Andrew Esiebo; Em’kal Eyongakpa; […]

Nzulu Yemfihlakalo: Cinga Samson’s Exhibition at White Cube Mason’s Yard

White Cube, Mason’s Yard 25-26 Mason's Yard London London, United Kingdom

‘Nzulu Yemfihlakalo’ is a fresh collection of oil paintings by South African artist Cinga Samson, which is proudly on display at White Cube Mason’s Yard. Dreamlike large-scale tableaux and portraits draw from his environment and metaphysical concerns, prompting the viewer to confront the epistemological boundaries of our collective understanding. The title of the show, Nzulu yemfihlakalo, […]

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 […]

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