Since the early 1960s, the London-based Africa Centre was a place to socialize and connect but also had a critical political impact, with ties to the numerous nations and people dealing with the aftermath of colonization. It became a home for anti-apartheid campaigners – in the 1980s, it was chosen as the venue which would […]

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will host +234 Connect, a unique five-day cinematic and exhibition experience celebrating the art, people and cinema of Nigeria, Wednesday, 28th of September through Sunday, 2nd of October 2022. The festival, which runs through Nigerian Independence weekend, will feature exhibitions, film screenings, master classes, conversations with filmmakers and

From 4 – 6 November, ART X Lagos, the leading international art fair in West Africa, will return for its seventh edition at The Federal Palace, Lagos, with 31 African and diasporan galleries. It’s been 7 years of creating and evolving West Africa’s leading international art fair, and our refreshed brand identity reflects our re-energized

South African artist Bonolo Kavula was named as the Grand Prize Winner of the Norval Sovereign African Art Prize for her artwork Tswelopele, a textile-based sculptural piece crafted from a red shweshwe dress. Bonolo is the first artist to receive this annual award for contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora, which was launched in 2021 as

Artist Ibrahim Mahama has been awarded the ultimate prize at this year’s Pino Pascali Award by the Pino Pascali Award Museum Foundation. The event took place at Polignano a Maria, Italy. In his acceptance speech, Ibrahim said, “happy to be the recipient of this year’s Pino Pascali award in Italy. I dedicate this award to

Nigerian crypto-artist Osinachi’s NFT series Different Shades of Water will be the first NFT by a contemporary African artist to be sold by Christie’s, London, with an online-only auction taking place from 5-19 October. In collaboration with Christie’s, the series will be also shown on screens at the 1-54 London fair at Somerset House from 14-17 October.  Osinachi (born