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IT SHOULDN’T BE REVOLUTIONARY: An Exploration of Rest and Taking Care of Black Women

Masur Museum. 1400 South Grand Street. Monroe LA, United States

K’Shana Hall continues to call to the forefront a need for care and restoration for Black women in a world that demands the continued extension of their physical and emotional labor. This body of work presents counter-narratives rooted in ease, gentleness, and boundaries, affirming self-determination and autonomy over how Black women care for themselves and […]

From Mali, with Love

Retro Africa Gallery Abuja, Nigeria

Retro Africa presents From Mali with Love, a group exhibition featuring three Malian contemporary art masters. Curated by Dolly Kola-Balogun, the opening show features paintings and installations by Abdoulaye Konaté, Amadou Sanogo and Ouologuem Abdou.

Wayfinder: Larry Achiampong’s Solo Exhibition at Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art

Gateshead Quays, South Shore Rd Gateshead NE8 3BA

Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art presents the first major solo exhibition by British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong. Working in film, sculpture, installation, sound, collage, music and performance, Achiampong draws on his shared and personal heritage to explore class, gender, the intersection between popular culture and the residues of colonisation. His work examines digital identities and constructions […]

Eastern Voices: Contemporary Artists from East Africa

Addis Fine Art 21 Eastcastle Street London W1W 8DD London, United Kingdom

'Eastern Voices: Contemporary Artists from East Africa' is a group show featuring eighteen artists from Ethiopia, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda, Eritrea, and Sudan. This survey exhibition aims to foster dialogues and highlight synergies between artists and galleries working in East Africa today. Exhibiting artists include Yasmeen Abdullah, Ermias Ekube, Adiskidan Ambaye, Amel Bashier, Nigatu Tsehay, Engdaye […]

A Quiet Fire: Billie Zangewa

John Hansard Gallery 142-144 Above Bar Street Southampton SO14 7DU

Featuring a new, panoramic collage made from hand-stitched silk, the exhibition challenges the historical stereotypes used to objectify and exploit Black women. Zangewa’s autobiographical yet universal work contrasts melancholy with hope, strength with disdain, and independence with prejudice. As well as a new commission made especially for the exhibition, also featured is a selection of […]

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings: Emmanuel Awuni’s Solo Exhibition at Copperfield

6 Copperfield Street London SE1 0EP London, United Kingdom

  Emmanuel Awuni has titled his solo show with Copperfield after Maya Angelou’s autobiography, ‘I know why the caged bird sings.’ Like Angelou, Awuni is a poet. His first notes on the exhibition are in the form of lyrics or poetry. Angelou was known for her resistance and her realisation of self through expression. Inspired […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]