AFRICAN ART

Africa Basel 2026: The Artists, Conversations and Cultural Infrastructure Shaping the Future of Contemporary African Art

Africa Basel 2026: The Artists, Conversations and Cultural Infrastructure Shaping the Future of Contemporary African Art

Every June, Basel becomes the meeting point of the international art world. Collectors, museum directors, curators, artists, journalists, academics, foundations,

June 8, 2026
Carrying Home Across Oceans: Anina Major on Memory, Migration, and the Making of Tender Seedlings

Carrying Home Across Oceans: Anina Major on Memory, Migration, and the Making of Tender Seedlings

For many artists, the journey away from home becomes a story of departure. For Bahamian ceramic artist Anina Major, it

June 6, 2026
The Art World Passport Brings Questions of Mobility and Access to Art Basel Week 2026

The Art World Passport Brings Questions of Mobility and Access to Art Basel Week 2026

The participatory artwork by Zimbabwean artist Richard Mudariki transforms the language of visas, embassies, and border control into a reflection

June 4, 2026
Why Art Basel Is Reintroducing Souleymane Keïta to a Global Audience

Why Art Basel Is Reintroducing Souleymane Keïta to a Global Audience

At a moment when museums, curators, and collectors are increasingly revisiting overlooked histories of modernism beyond Europe and North America,

June 3, 2026
Ibrahim Mahama Takes Over Basel’s Historic Münsterplatz With Major New Art Basel Commission

Ibrahim Mahama Takes Over Basel’s Historic Münsterplatz With Major New Art Basel Commission

Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama is set to transform one of Switzerland’s most historic public squares when he unveils a major

June 2, 2026
Towards the Sky: Michele Mathison on Stone, Landscape, and the Making of Verso il Cielo in Umbria

Towards the Sky: Michele Mathison on Stone, Landscape, and the Making of Verso il Cielo in Umbria

In a quiet clearing hidden within the Umbrian countryside, surrounded by ancient woodland, rolling hills, and distant views of the

May 30, 2026
Inheriting the Future: How Heritage, Memory, and Transformation Shaped October Gallery’s Landmark Exhibition of Contemporary African Art

Inheriting the Future: How Heritage, Memory, and Transformation Shaped October Gallery’s Landmark Exhibition of Contemporary African Art

Through conversations with curator Eleri Fanshawe and artist Zana Masombuka, Africans Column reflects on an exhibition that explored how contemporary

May 25, 2026
Dawit Abebe’s BLACKBOX Opens in Venice, Exploring Memory, Opacity, and the Human Body During the 2026 Biennale Preview Week

Dawit Abebe’s BLACKBOX Opens in Venice, Exploring Memory, Opacity, and the Human Body During the 2026 Biennale Preview Week

As collectors, curators, artists, critics, and cultural practitioners descended upon Venice for the preview week of the 2026 Venice Biennale,

May 22, 2026
Africa Basel 2026: The Boutique Fair Positioning African Art at the Center of Basel’s Global Art Week

Africa Basel 2026: The Boutique Fair Positioning African Art at the Center of Basel’s Global Art Week

Every June, the Swiss city of Basel becomes the epicenter of the international art world. Collectors, museum directors, curators, artists,

May 20, 2026
“Brazil Beyond Brazil”: Igor Simões on Reframing Afro-Brazilian Art at 1-54 New York 2026

“Brazil Beyond Brazil”: Igor Simões on Reframing Afro-Brazilian Art at 1-54 New York 2026

As 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to New York for its twelfth edition, the fair once again positions itself

May 17, 2026
Amoako Boafo on Portraiture, Presence, and His Venice Exhibition at Palazzo Grimani

Amoako Boafo on Portraiture, Presence, and His Venice Exhibition at Palazzo Grimani

During the preview week of the 61st Venice Biennale, when Venice once again became the center of the global art

May 16, 2026
Leaving Venice Behind: Michele Mathison’s Verso il Cielo Unveiled in the Quiet Mountains of Umbria

Leaving Venice Behind: Michele Mathison’s Verso il Cielo Unveiled in the Quiet Mountains of Umbria

After days spent moving through the intensity of Venice Biennale preview week — navigating crowded vaporetto stations, packed national pavilions,

May 15, 2026