Art

Egyptian artist, Amer Ghada enlisted as one of the 11 renowned international artists to reinterpret and transform Dior’s timeless icon, The Lady Dior Handbag for the 7th edition of the Dior Lady Art Project. Amer has reinterpreted the iconic Lady Dior through a feminist lens. She questions the body and the place of women in the […]

Standard Bank Young Talent and the National Arts Festival announces the 6  winners of the Standard Bank Young Artists for 2022 From visual art to dance, jazz, music, theatre, and poetry, the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards is an annual award program for South African artists who have demonstrated exceptional ability in their chosen field. The award, established in

Dafe Oboro and Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński wins 2023 Access Bank Art X Prize. Oboro emerged as the winner of the Nigeria Award and Belinda emerged as the winner of the Africa/Diaspora Award. The prize which attracted thousands of applications and was keenly contested by African artists from Africa and the Diaspora was presented at a press

The 13th edition of the Bamako Encounters will be held from December 8, 2022 to February 8, 2023. This was announced by Mr. Andogoly Guindo, Minister of Crafts, who wants to “maintain this major cultural event, despite the difficult context, marked by multiple crises in Mali and all over the world”. It will take place

Film Africa, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society, returns for its 10th edition on Friday 28 October to Sunday 6 November 2022. The first edition since the end of Covid restrictions, the festival will once again return to cinemas across London, showcasing 48 titles from 16

Celebrating its 10th anniversary in London, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is delighted to return to Somerset House with its flagship edition over the course of four days from 13 – 16 October 2022 (Press & VIP Preview on 13 October). 1-54 London 2022 will host 50 international exhibitors across 21 countries, its largest number of countries to date!

Absa – in partnership with the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA) – is delighted to announce the four category winners of the Pan-African Absa L’Atelier initiative. The Absa L’Atelier, which celebrates its 36th year anniversary in 2022, has a rich and proud heritage of enhancing, developing and celebrating the rich and

Priscilla Kennedy wins the second edition of the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize, an art prize dedicated to women artists living and working in Ghana and its diaspora organized by Gallery 1957 in Ghana. Priscilla wins a GH₵40,000 cash prize alongside an artist residency and exhibition at Gallery 1957. The second and third prizes of GH₵20,000

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