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“Black Models. From Géricault to Matisse” is the exhibition we needed
A couple of months ago, I came across the image of a painting as I scrolled through my timeline on Facebook. It’s a painting I must have seen at least ten times in the past few y..
‘Mirrors’ | Contemporary Dance, Video Art, Music recount “Italia, Culture, Africa”
Last October, on the occasion of the ‘Italy-Africa’ Conference in Rome and the private visit of 250 guests to the African Metropolis exhibition at MAXXI museum, we presented a te..
‘Surfing Iran’ | Giulia Frigieri explores the hijabi surfers’ revolution
A revolution is something extraordinary and unexpected: it’s a game changer, it reverses the order of things, and despite what they teach us in school, soft revolutions—those whi..
Studio visit | A day with Alexis Peskine
Friday, November 10, Peskine’s atelier in Issy-les-Moulineaux’s petite ceinture parisienne. While I make myself at home, I don’t realize I’ve just put my orange juice on a piece ..
FORTIA by Keyezua: A Contemporary Masked Ritual
Keyezua sees herself as a storyteller that is currently reinventing herself to tell the day-to-day stories of women around the world that make her uncomfortable to remain silent…
Galerie Number 8 celebrates its first anniversary at AKAA – Also Known As Africa
It’s only a few days until the opening of Akaa – Also Knonw As Africa – the first and only art fair in France devoted to contemporary art and design from Africa. There’s great ex..
Abe Odedina | The sacred art of humanity
“An articulate contemporary dialogue between epochs, cultures and individuals.” This is how the contemporary african art fair 1:54 introduces the work of Nigerian-born, London an..
Black Girl Festival | The first festival dedicated to black British female creativity is on!
What does it mean to be a black girl in the UK nowadays? How to deal with the implications resulting from the cultural diversity and lack of representation of black women of all ..
Zohra Opoku | Installation view ‘We were Queens and Kings’ at Ano Gallery
Zohra Opoku’s solo installation We were Queens and Kings, closing at the end of this month is yet another feather on the artist’s hat (or rather, now that we are talking royalty,..
The 5th London edition of 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair is about to begin
The fifth London edition of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair is opening its doors on October 5, in the stunning Somerset House.
The fair is hosting more than 130 emerging an..