Exhibition

Pretty Serious: 20 Artists Reframe Femininity, Girlhood and Softness in Cape Town

Scenes from the opening of Pretty Serious at ORMS School of Photography, Cape Town. © Courtesy of ORMS School of Photography / Art School Africa.

At ORMS School of Photography, a Women’s Month exhibition brings together 20 artists to explore femininity through joy, beauty, performance, tenderness and excess — proposing softness not as the opposite of power, but as one of its many forms. In conversations around womanhood, seriousness has often been associated with struggle: questions of inequality, representation, violence, […]

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Obi Agwam’s Love Letters to You and Me Reimagines Black Interiority at London’s Royal Academy

Nigerian-American artist Obi Agwam is rapidly emerging as one of the most compelling voices of a new generation of figurative painters redefining contemporary Black portraiture. In his recent exhibition, Love Letters to You and Me, presented at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1 to 24 May 2026, Agwam transformed personal memory into

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Afroblue at Fondation Blachère Explores the Emotional, Spiritual and Political Power of Blue in Contemporary African Art

Installation views of Afroblue at Fondation Blachère, Bonnieux, France.

Currently on view at Fondation Blachère in Bonnieux, France, Afroblue is a major group exhibition bringing together 36 artists from across Africa and its diasporas to examine the emotional, spiritual, symbolic, and political dimensions of the color blue in contemporary artistic practices. Opened on April 9 and running through September 19, 2026, the exhibition unfolds

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Efie Gallery’s Art Dubai 2026 Presentation Maps a Transcontinental Dialogue Across African and Diasporic Art

Install view. Efie Gallery at Art Dubai 2026. Works pictured by Maggie Otieno, Maria Magdalena Campos Pons and Abdoulaye KonatéCourtesy the artists and Efie Gallery (5)

As Art Dubai celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Special Edition at the Madinat Jumeirah Conference & Events Centre from 14–17 May 2026, one of the fair’s most intellectually layered and historically resonant presentations arrives through Efie Gallery. Returning to the fair for the fourth consecutive year, the Dubai-based gallery brings together an intergenerational constellation

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Amoako Boafo’s First Solo Exhibition in Italy Opens at Palazzo Grimani, Venice, Ahead of the 2026 Venice Biennale

MOAKO BOAFO, 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 2021–25, Pittura a olio e ricamo su tela (180 x 150 cm) © Amoako Boafo, Credits: Nii Odzenma, per gentile concessione dell’artista e di Gagosian.

In a significant moment for both contemporary African art and the broader global art landscape, Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo will present his first solo exhibition in Italy, It Doesn’t Have to Always Make Sense, opening on May 6, 2026 at Museo di Palazzo Grimani. Running through November 22, the exhibition is produced by Gagosian in

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Chicago Hosts Youssef Nabil’s Poetic Meditation on Memory, Cinema, and Mortality

A new exhibition by acclaimed Egyptian artist Youssef Nabil has opened in Chicago, offering a deeply introspective exploration of time, memory, and the enduring influence of cinema. Titled No one Knows but the Sky, the show runs from April 8 through May 23, 2026, marking the artist’s first solo presentation with Mariane Ibrahim Gallery. Bringing together works spanning two

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Kaloki Nyamai Unveils Monumental Textile Installation at Sprengel Museum Hannover

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Kenyan artist Kaloki Nyamai has unveiled a striking new installation at Sprengel Museum Hannover, introducing audiences to a body of work that continues to expand his material and conceptual language. Opened on 10 April 2026, the presentation takes over the museum’s Calder Hall with three towering textile works, each reaching up to six metres high.

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Prosper Aluu Explores the Politics and Poetics of Learning in “Fragments of Knowledge” at LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery

Prosper Aluu, Carrying What Was Never Fully Taught, 2025

At LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery, a space long committed to advancing some of the most compelling voices in contemporary African art, Nigerian artist Prosper Aluu presents Fragments of Knowledge, a deeply introspective solo exhibition on view from March 26 to May 9, 2026. Marking the artist’s first solo presentation in Côte d’Ivoire, the exhibition unfolds as

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SO ART Gallery at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Marrakech

SO ART Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Marrakech, taking place from February 5 to 8, 2026. On this occasion, the gallery will present a curated selection of works by Samuel Nnorom, Ange Dakouo, Adjei Tawiah, and Aidan Marak (Nadia Karam). The gallery’s presentation is structured around

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Mous Lamrabat Takes Over The Mellah During 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

On the occasion of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Moroccan photographer Mous Lamrabat, in partnership with Loft Art Gallery, presents Moustalgia through a site-specific takeover of The Mellah, transforming the boutique hotel into a living exhibition space from February 4 to 8, 2026. Departing from the conventions of the white-cube gallery, Moustalgia unfolds across

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