Art

Victor Ehikhamenor Explores Urban Displacement, Memory and Belonging in Undoing the City: Making Home in Sydney

Nigerian-American multidisciplinary artist Victor Ehikhamenor is set to present his first solo exhibition in Australia, Undoing the City: Making Home, opening on 15 October 2026 at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. Running until 26 April 2027, the exhibition examines the human consequences of urban redevelopment, displacement and gentrification, exploring how communities preserve

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Léon Radegonde Becomes First Seychellois Artist to Exhibit at 1-54 London as Seychelles Marks 50 Years of Independence

Léon Radegonde with Asantehene Art Award

Seychellois artist Léon Radegonde is set to make history as the first artist from Seychelles to participate in 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, marking a significant milestone for the island nation’s cultural representation on the international stage. His presentation, Restan Lepase, organised by DÄ“pART, will feature in the fair’s Special Projects programme at Somerset House,

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Beyond the Booths: Inside the Special Projects Shaping 1-54 London 2026

From Ghanaian masquerade costumes and Ugandan barkcloth to cocoa, Seychellois material histories and a living archive of African art criticism, the Special Projects at 1-54 London 2026 expand the fair beyond the conventional gallery booth. When 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to Somerset House for its 14th London edition from 15–18 October 2026, much

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1-54 London 2026: Galleries, Artists and Everything to Know About the 14th Edition

Amina Rezki, Untitled (2026). Courtesy of Loft Art Gallery.

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to Somerset House from 15–18 October 2026, bringing modern and contemporary African art into conversation through an expanded gallery programme, a new focus on African Modernism, solo presentations, debut exhibitors and a wide-ranging programme of Special Projects. From 15 to 18 October 2026, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns

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Maggie Otieno Turns Railway Sleepers and Abandoned Canoes into Vessels of Memory in Dubai

Maggie Otieno, Photograph by Khadija M. Farah. Courtesy of the artist and Efie Gallery, Dubai.

Opening at Efie Gallery on 23 September, Sojourner: The Difference Is the Same brings the Kenyan sculptor’s decades-long relationship with discarded materials into a new body of work shaped by journeys, histories and transformation. Before entering Maggie Otieno’s studio, many of the materials she works with have already travelled considerable distances. Some have crossed countries.

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Chika Idu’s ‘Pure Water’ Turns Lagos’s Most Familiar Commodity Into a Meditation on Freedom, Memory and Environmental Crisis

The Boy Named Happy, 2026 by Chika Idu. Courtesy SMO Gallery

Presented by SMO Contemporary Art at ARAMI in Lagos, Chika Idu’s expansive solo exhibition transforms water from a site of childhood play and everyday necessity into a charged space where environmental degradation, migration, memory, the Atlantic slave trade and the possibility of freedom converge. In Lagos, the phrase “pure water” belongs to everyday life. It

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Martin Abega Explores Memory, Transformation and the Sacred in Geneva Solo Exhibition Sacred Languages: The Metamorphoses

Presented by MAYÌ ARTS Curated in partnership with Filafriques, Cameroonian visual artist Martin Abega’s first solo exhibition in Geneva brings photography into dialogue with textile, embroidery, cowrie shells and charcoal to consider what the body, memory and matter retain after transformation. Cameroonian photographer and visual artist Martin Abega will present his first solo exhibition in

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Barbara Wildenboer’s Invasive Archives to Open at LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery in Abidjan

South African artist Barbara Wildenboer will present her first solo exhibition in Côte d’Ivoire with Invasive Archives, opening at LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery in Abidjan on 17 September 2026. Bringing together altered encyclopaedias, botanical materials and sculptural forms, the exhibition examines how systems of classification shape knowledge, landscapes and histories. LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery will present Invasive

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Asia Clarke Brings Sculptural Portraits of Afro-Caribbean Resistance Figures to London

Asia Clarke_Landscape_Courtesy of Photographer Albert Chime and artist Asia Clarke

The Canadian-born, Trinidadian artist’s FREE WILL: Manifestors of Realities reimagines histories of Afro-Caribbean resistance through hand-carved wooden masks and Afro-Caribbean hair traditions. By Bella Danso Asia Clarke’s FREE WILL: Manifestors of Realities began with a question about how history is remembered—and who gets to shape the images through which it survives. From Thursday 27 August

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Kelebogile Marope Becomes the First Motswana Artist to Win the FNB Art Prize

Botswana-born artist Kelebogile Marope has been named the recipient of the 2026 FNB Art Prize, marking the first time an artist from Botswana has received one of contemporary African art’s longest-running prizes. Kelebogile Marope has been named the winner of the 2026 FNB Art Prize, establishing a historic milestone for Botswana’s contemporary art scene and

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