Art

Through conversations with curator Eleri Fanshawe and artist Zana Masombuka, Africans Column reflects on an exhibition that explored how contemporary African and diasporic artists are reimagining inheritance, identity, and cultural memory. When Inheriting the Future opened at October Gallery in London in April 2026, it arrived as more than a group exhibition. It served as […]

As 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to New York for its twelfth edition, the fair once again positions itself at the center of global conversations surrounding contemporary African and diasporic art. Taking place at Chelsea’s Starrett-Lehigh Building from May 13–17, 2026, this year’s edition brings together more than twenty galleries and exhibitors from across

At the 61st Venice Biennale, the Egypt Pavilion arrives not through spectacle, noise, or visual excess, but through an act of withdrawal. Titled Silence Pavilion: Between the Tangible and the Intangible, the presentation by Armen Agop transforms the historic Egyptian Pavilion in the Giardini into a contemplative environment centered on stillness, slowness, and sensory awareness.

At the 61st Venice Biennale, curated by Koyo Kouoh under the title In Minor Keys, Nigerian artist Victoria-Idongesit Udondian presents a deeply layered intervention that transforms discarded textiles into a powerful meditation on migration, labour, memory, and environmental violence. Invited by Kouoh as part of the International Exhibition, Udondian’s presentation extends her long-standing investigation into