Frankfurt photographer Ana Paula dos Santos deconstructs ‘A Place in the Sun’ in her eponymous series
A place in the sun, (German: Ein Platz in der Sonne) is a phrase heavy with longing. It is credited to the Foreign affairs Minister of the German Empire, Bernhard von Bülow. Refe..
Baloji tackles skin bleaching in short film ‘Never Look At The Sun’
Imagine a woman facing a mirror, surrounded by beauty items; a powerful, common image. It is ritualised: the mirror is a women’s best friend and worst enemy at the same time. Ref..
‘Not Fully Human, Not Human At All’ explores Europe’s processes of dehumanization
Citizenship, new forms of nationalism, borders and immigration policies, universal affordable healthcare, the new human rights crisis brought along by the consequences of the glo..
Boubacar Boris Diop | Decolonizing African literature begins with language
I have a fairly accurate understanding of the Senegalese education system having pursued my entire education there; from primary school right up until Cheikh Anta Diop University..
‘PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES: Fractals and Fragments’
Galleria Anna Marra presents PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES: Fractals and Fragments curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah. The exhibition is the fourth iteration in a series―the first outside..
Home Museum | Lagos Photo Festival’s 11th edition is about a Rapid Response Restitution
This year’s edition of Lagos Photo Festival examines the ramifications of restitution through an ambitious and innovative project, the Home Museum. An open call in May asked peop..
Track by track inside Technoir’s new album, ‘Never Trust The Algorithm’
Long before the world as we knew it was swallowed into chaos, Jennifer Villa and Alexandros Finizio, aka Technoir, had already decided to venture into new, sonically uncharted te..
Nyome Nicholas-Williams wins the battle against censorship and Instagram updates its policy on nudity
“I want to ensure that I am respected and allowed to use spaces like Instagram, as many other creators do, without the worry of being censored and silenced.”
While going on ou..
Simone Leigh will represent the United States at the 2022 Venice Biennale
Chosen to represent the United States at the 59th Venice Biennal (23 April to 27 November 2022), US artist Simone Leigh will be the first Black woman ever to do so. The announcem..
Broken hearts, broken souls in Maíra Bühler’s ‘Let it burn’
There is so much prejudice revolving around drug addicts, especially around crack cocaine users. Lost, hopeless and potentially dangerous, we rarely see them for who they are, hu..