Tag: Art

Eastern Voices: Contemporary Artists from East Africa

‘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,

A Quiet Fire: Billie Zangewa

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

Portraits | Estelle and Adja, 2023, Collage with archival paper, burnt archival paper, and coffee granules on archival paper, 22 × 22 in Courtesy of kó

The Investigation of Body Image in Mobolaji Ogunrosoye’s Work

In her portrayal of the female body, Mobolaji Ogunrosoye has perfected her manipulation of photography and collage. Through her process of distorting the photographs of her subjects, the Nigerian conceptual artist investigates her ideas of perception.

No Twilight Too Mighty

No Twilight Too Mighty presents a selection of over 70 paintings and charcoal drawings from Lynette Yiadom-Boakye 2020 to 2023 on display for the first time at the Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition thus provides a rich opportunity to observe the continuum in the artist’s practice of creating evocative paintings that relate

From Mali, with Love

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. Iyanuoluwa AdenleIyanuoluwa Adenle is a Nigerian art writer, essayist, and poet based in Lagos. She

Democratising the art world

With a focus on African art, democratising the art world means levelling the barriers that have made it difficult for African artists to make a career while working on their craft, and acknowledging the need for an equitable and diverse art market.