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Intertwined | Wangechi Mutu’s Fantastical Forms On View

Published on 27/03/2023

Demas Nwoko Awarded The Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement Of The 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale

Published on 25/03/2023

Julien Creuzet To Represent France At The 60th Biennale Di Venezia In 2024

Published on 01/02/2023

John Akomfrah RA To Represent Great Britain At La Biennale Di Venezia In 2024

Published on 30/01/2023

Mutidisciplinary Artist Kapwani Kiwanga To Represent Canada At La Biennale Di Venezia 2024

Published on 27/01/2023

MOTHERLAND ▷ VICTOR FOTSO NYIE

Published on 28/12/2022

MOTHERLAND ▷ LAS NIETAS DE NONÓ

Published on 28/12/2022

2022 Appointments In The Art World

Published on 27/12/2022

Day 99 With Ruangrupa

Published on 17/11/2022

Sasha Huber | YOU NAME IT

Published on 16/11/2022

Yinka Shonibare Launches G.A.S. Foundation

Published on 06/11/2022

Glenn Lutz On There’s Light

Published on 17/10/2022

Pasolini’s Cinematic Poetry Between The Past And The Present

Published on 06/10/2022

We Are Angry, We Are Sad, We Are Tired, We Are United | Lumbung Community Respond To Documenta 15’s Scientific Advisory Panel

Published on 11/09/2022

Documenta 15 Releases Press Release By New Scientific Advisory Panel

Published on 11/09/2022

Zineb Sedira’s Untitled Dreams

Published on 03/09/2022

MOTHERLAND ▷ MUNA MUSSIE

Published on 29/08/2022

MOTHERLAND ▷ CHRISTIAN OFFMAN

Published on 13/08/2022

The Nothing #8 | Autumn Knight And Silvia Calderoni In Conversation

Published on 10/08/2022

SPAZIO GRIOT | The Body Speaks Of Identities In Sorry, But I Feel Slightly Disidentified…

Published on 04/08/2022

SPAZIO GRIOT | OPEN CALL – Come As You Are. A Workshop With Inua Ellams

Published on 06/06/2022

Dakar Biennale | Tuan Andrew Nguyen Memorializes The Vietnamese-Senegalese Community

Published on 04/06/2022

Sonia Boyce’s Fantasy Girl Band

Published on 17/05/2022

Of Rage, Grief, Hope, Healing, Love | In Conversation With Alberta Whittle

Published on 05/05/2022

Na Chainkua Reindorf’s Secret Society

Published on 03/05/2022

GRIOT Guide To The Venice Biennale | African Pavilions

Published on 15/04/2022

GRIOT Guide To The Venice Biennale | Asian And Australian Pavilions

Published on 11/04/2022

GRIOT Guide To The Venice Biennale: American Pavilions

Published on 07/04/2022

GRIOT Guide To The Venice Biennale | European Pavilions

Published on 21/03/2022

São Paulo Biennale Names A Curatorial Collective

Published on 14/03/2022

59the Venice Biennale 2022 | Open Letter: “Not Our Namibian Pavilion”

Published on 09/03/2022

Seduced By The Charms Of A Mistake | In Conversation With Al Hassan Issah

Published on 12/02/2022

Silvia Rosi Among The Finalists Of The MAXXI BVLGARI Prize

Published on 12/01/2022

August-December 2021 Appointments

Published on 30/12/2021

Rencontres Des Bamako 2022 | Here Is The List Of Participating Artists

Published on 20/12/2021

Open Letter: Grada Kilomba And The Venice Biennale 2022

Published on 19/12/2021

Committee Snubs Grada Kilomba For Portuguese Pavilion At The 2022 Venice Biennale

Published on 18/12/2021

Inside The Art Book Of The Hour

Published on 07/12/2021

Grada Kilomba | On The Launch Of Memorie Della Piantagione In Italy And Her Upcoming Exhibition

Published on 03/12/2021

Freezing Time In A Charged Present At Photo Vogue Festival 2021

Published on 13/11/2021

Plantation Memories | Spazio Griot, Capovolte And Castello Di Rivoli Present Grada Kilomba

Published on 26/10/2021

Six Italian-Ethiopian Artists And Creatives Open Up In The New Series VISIONI – RAIY

Published on 19/10/2021

Daniela Ortiz’s Small-Scale Monuments Are Bollards Of Resistance

Published on 25/09/2021

Watery Thoughts | Josèfa Ntjam Brings Her Dazzling Aquatic Imaginaries To Rome

Published on 07/09/2021

Land Of Ibeji Zooms In On The Mythology Of Twinhood In Nigeria

Published on 09/08/2021

July Appointments In The Art World | Isolde Brielmaier, Jane’a Johnson, Oluremi C. Onabanjo

Published on 31/07/2021

Taking Stock After The Strongest Decade Of “African Photography”

Published on 29/07/2021

Elvira Dyangani Ose Appointed Director Of The Museum For Contemporary Art Barcelona (MACBA)

Published on 20/07/2021

N’Goné Fall Curates From The Ground Up

Published on 15/07/2021

June Appointments In The Art World | Kabelo Malatsie, Julia Grosse, Legacy Russell

Published on 26/06/2021

The African Futures Institute | A New School Of Architecture Set To Open In Accra

Published on 24/06/2021

Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung Appointed Director Of Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt

Published on 21/06/2021

Bamako Encounters | The African Biennale Of Photography Announces Theme And Team

Published on 23/04/2021

Asmaa Jama’s Before We Disappear Archives The Realities Of (In)visibility

Published on 21/04/2021

The Orchestras Of Transformation | New Artistic Imaginaries For The 2030 Agenda

Published on 19/04/2021

James Barnor: Accra/London – A Retrospective

Published on 30/03/2021

Agua | The Aquatic Pilgrimage Of Denisse Ariana Pérez In Her Debut Photo Book

Published on 23/03/2021

VISIONI | GUISS GUISS En Conversation Avec Virginia Diop, Actrice [FR-EN]

Published on 22/03/2021

Kader Attia Appointed As Curator Of The 12th Berlin Biennale

Published on 06/03/2021

italiana And (Video) Portraits Of Women | A New Project To Promote Italy Abroad

Published on 05/03/2021

1 Million Roses | The Exhibition Bringing Art, Iconography And The Legacy Of Angela Davis Together

Published on 25/02/2021

Biennale Di Venezia | Germaine Acogny Awarded The Golden Lion Of Dance 2021

Published on 18/02/2021

VISIONI | GUISS GUISS – En Conversation Avec Moulaye Niang, Artisan Du Verre [FR-EN]

Published on 08/02/2021

Series Of Appointments Signal New Era In Art, Fashion, Media

Published on 22/01/2021

The Latest Issue Of Indie Anthology La Rampa Unearths The History Of Black Portugal

Published on 22/12/2020

How Artists From Guyana Are Thinking Through The Liminal Spaces Of Migration

Published on 17/12/2020

Ibrahim Mahama E Melaku Belay (Fendika Cultural Center) Receive 2020 Prince Claus Awards

Published on 06/12/2020

Frankfurt Photographer Ana Paula Dos Santos Deconstructs A Place In The Sun In Her Eponymous Series

Published on 23/11/2020

Not Fully Human, Not Human At All Explores Europe’s Processes Of Dehumanization

Published on 15/11/2020

Home Museum | Lagos Photo Festival’s 11th Edition Is About A Rapid Response Restitution

Published on 07/11/2020

Simone Leigh Will Represent The United States At The 2022 Venice Biennale

Published on 28/10/2020

The 8th Edition Of 1-54 Is Almost Here

Published on 03/10/2020

Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin | Orientations, Energy And New Grammars In Գիշեր | Gisher

Published on 07/09/2020

Monira Al Qadiri On The End Of Oil And Documenting Petro-culture For A Post-oil World

Published on 02/09/2020

Àsìkò’s Visual Representation Of Emotions | The Personal Becomes Universal

Published on 07/08/2020

In Conversation With Enfant Précoce

Published on 31/07/2020

Dancing At Dusk | 38 Dancers From 14 African Countries Restage Pina Bausch’s ‘The Rite Of Spring’

Published on 24/07/2020

Silvia Rosi Is Inverting The Classic West African Studio Portrait To Retell Her Family’s History

Published on 08/07/2020

Browncoffeemoka Celebrates Moindo Eza Kitoko

Published on 06/07/2020

Centropy | Deana Lawson And Black Image Matters

Published on 24/06/2020

Open Call For Images | GRIOT Curates Next Guest Room Over At Der Greif

Published on 15/06/2020

Delphine Diallo | ‘I’ve Become A Better Person, Believing In Women’

Published on 02/05/2020
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Ivan Forde On The Politics Behind What He Makes

Published on 15/04/2020

The Representation Of Afro-descendants In Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku’s Paintings

Published on 16/03/2020

Trap Bob | Fighting Against Discrimination Through Illustration

Published on 06/03/2020
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Tiziana Manfredi Recounts The Recovery Of Dakar’s Newsreel Archive

Published on 27/02/2020

Biennials And Triennials To Visit In 2020

Published on 26/02/2020

Motherland ▷ Sasha Huber

Published on 03/02/2020

‘The New Black Vanguard’ | Antwaun Sargent On The Visual Vocabulary Redefining The Fashion Industry—and Society

Published on 20/01/2020

Imprisonment, Identification And Identity In Fiamma Montezemolo’s ‘Entanglements’

Published on 07/01/2020
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Here Is What Our (Memorie) In Ascolto [Listening Memories] Looked Like

Published on 27/11/2019

‘(Memorie) In Ascolto’ | Feed The Memory, Strengthen The Memory, Transmit The Memory

Published on 19/11/2019
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‘Living Grains’ | Ibrahim Mahama’s First Solo Exhibition In Rome

Published on 18/11/2019

Blue, Purple, Red | Women, Blackness, Injustice And Revoultion In Mary Sibande’s Uk Solo Show

Published on 13/11/2019
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AKAA Also Known As Africa | Contemporary African Art Rocks Paris

Published on 07/11/2019

10 Years Of Lagos Photo Festival

Published on 26/10/2019

‘Water Life’ | Aïda Muluneh Explores And Highlights Water Crisis

Published on 05/10/2019

The Limitations Of White Empathy | Face To Face With Anton Kannemeyer

Published on 30/09/2019
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Benin Royal Museum | David Adjaye To Design The Museum Housing Artifacts Stolen In The Colonial Era

Published on 23/09/2019

‘Ghost’ | Barokthegreat’s Analytical Journey Through Chicago Footwork

Published on 11/09/2019

Kader Attia | The Postcolonial Body

Published on 06/09/2019

100% POP | In Conversation With Nora Chipaumire

Published on 04/09/2019

‘Mirrors’ | Contemporary Dance, Video Art, Music Recount “Italia, Culture, Africa”

Published on 27/05/2019
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“May You Live In Interesting Times” | What To Expect At The 58th Venice Biennale Of Art

Published on 07/05/2019

“Black Models. From Géricault To Matisse” Is The Exhibition We Needed

Published on 26/04/2019

‘Hawi’ | Ethiopia Has Its First Female Comic Supershero

Published on 28/03/2019
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Okwui Enwezor | A Pillar Of Global Contemporary Art Has Died

Published on 16/03/2019

‘A Seat At The Table’ | Decontstructing Perspective And Perceptions

Published on 07/02/2019

‘Ina (Light)’ | Fighting The Darkness Of Oppression Through Dance

Published on 10/01/2019

Beya Gille Gacha And The Art Of Perlage

Published on 08/12/2018

‘Surfing Iran’ | Giulia Frigieri Explores The Hijabi Surfers’ Revolution

Published on 11/10/2018
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Berlin Biennale | We Don’t Need Another Review

Published on 30/09/2018
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MOTHERLAND ▷ Sanford Biggers | Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction

Published on 24/09/2018

Manifesta Biennial | Marcin Dudek’s ‘Giochi Senza Frontiere’ Mirrors And Shatters Our Past And Present

Published on 13/06/2018
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Manifesta12 Biennial | Ishion Hutchinson | Rethinking Ozio: On The Word As Liberation From The Word

Published on 11/06/2018
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‘The Boys Who Love Flowers’ Is The Series Challenging Black Hypermasculinity

Published on 30/05/2018
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Boom For Real| One Week To Go For Basquiat’s Retrospective At Schirn Kunsthalle In Frankfurt

Published on 15/05/2018
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The Prophecy | Fabrice Monteiro’s New Apocalyptic Work Urges The World To Wake Up

Published on 14/05/2018

Speaking The Unspeakable | We Went To Grada Kilomba’s Solo Exhibition In Johannesburg

Published on 18/04/2018

Salone Del Mobile And SaloneSatellite | In Conversation With Marva Griffin Wilshire, ‘La Mamma’ Of Italian Design

Published on 09/04/2018
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Contemporary Art And Africa In Rome | ‘I Is An Other – Be The Other’ Exhibition Preview

Published on 20/03/2018
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Aïcha Snoussi | On Deconstructing Eroticism And Sexuality Through Art

Published on 26/02/2018
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1:54 | Watch Touria El Glaoui Ted Talk On The Power Of Art For Africa And Its Diaspora.

Published on 07/02/2018

Noura Tafeche On Her Transcultural Dreamlike Worlds

Published on 29/01/2018

“Making Africa” At The High Museum, Atlanta | Installation (re)view

Published on 26/01/2018
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Silas Miami | On ‘Onthou Atlantis’ And Exploring Reclamation

Published on 17/12/2017

Studio Visit | A Day With Alexis Peskine

Published on 22/11/2017

FORTIA By Keyezua | A Contemporary Masked Ritual

Published on 19/11/2017

Galerie Number 8 Celebrates Its First Anniversary At AKAA – Also Known As Africa

Published on 02/11/2017

Abe Odedina | The Sacred Art Of Humanity

Published on 01/11/2017
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Black Girl Festival | The First Festival Dedicated To Black British Female Creativity Is On!

Published on 27/10/2017

Zohra Opoku | Installation View ‘We Were Queens And Kings’ At Ano Gallery

Published on 14/10/2017

The 5th London Edition Of 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair Is About To Begin

Published on 29/09/2017

Who Is Scared Of The Black Man? | Documenta 14 Exhibition In Kassel

Published on 26/09/2017

Behind The Scars | Sophie Mayanne X Femme Culture

Published on 18/09/2017

Seventy States | The New Show By Solange At Tate Modern

Published on 04/09/2017

Black Movie Summer | Pascal Beugré Tellier Nous Parle De ‘Out Of Body’

Published on 01/08/2017

Till Art Do Us Apart | Three Creative Duo Open Up To Griot

Published on 30/06/2017

Pitti Uomo 92 | 10 Photographers Have Their Say

Published on 16/06/2017
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Guggenheim | You Can Now Download Over 200 Art Books For Free

Published on 01/06/2017

Victor Ehikhamenor On The First Nigerian Pavilion At Venice Biennale And Damien Hirst’s Cultural Appropriation

Published on 30/05/2017

We Went To The Launch Of Arcades Magazine Issue 2/London

Published on 26/05/2017

Mikael Owunna’s Limit(less) Project Debunks The Idea That Being LGBTQ Is Un-African

Published on 26/05/2017
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Art Afrique At The Louis Vuitton Fondation | Discussing African Art, Italy And Monkey Noises With Lilian Thuram

Published on 19/05/2017

Reorient Magazine | Joobin Bekhrad And The Challenge Of Promoting Contemporary Iranian Art

Published on 15/05/2017
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Venice Biennale 2017 | Carlos Martiel’s Body Is A Battle Field

Published on 12/05/2017
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Power, Subcultures & Queer Stages | In Conversation With Malik Nashad Sharpe

Published on 03/05/2017

Chroniques De Clichy-Montfermeil | We Met JR And Talked About His Latest Artwork

Published on 07/04/2017

Arcades Magazine | Wendy Huynh Unveils The Hidden Beauty Of Parisian Suburbs

Published on 06/04/2017
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Africa Now! | Paris: “The African Breeze Is Blowing On Our Souls”

Published on 03/04/2017

‘PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES: Fractals And Fragments’

Published on 03/04/2017

Olga Blacker | From Selfie To #antiselfie A Mirror Of Our Society

Published on 20/03/2017

Danny Simmons | “Art Saves Lives, It’s That Simple”

Published on 14/03/2017

No Sleep | A Book For ’90s Flyer Art Nostalgics

Published on 06/03/2017
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Fade Resistance | Zun Lee’s Project Restores Orphaned Polaroids Of Black Families

Published on 22/02/2017

Dzhangal | The Objects Of Calais Shot By Gideon Mendel

Published on 15/02/2017

Pantsula | Chris Saunders Documents Johannesburg’s Most Prominent Street Culture

Published on 09/01/2017

Marie Gomis-Trezise’s Galerie Number 8 Is ‘Pulling Down The Walls’

Published on 19/12/2016

The Expats | Zoe Beatwoman | Episode 2 | New York

Published on 28/11/2016

Lagos Photo Festival 2016 | Rituals And Performance: Inherent Risk

Published on 21/10/2016
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“I Am Not At Frieze. I Am Here At 1:54”

Published on 06/10/2016
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Nathaniel Mackey | Part Two Of The American Classics Series At The American Academy In Rome

Published on 02/10/2016

Afrogallonism | A Day In Serge Attukwei Clottey’s Studio

Published on 02/10/2016
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An Interview With Sartorial Anarchist Iké Udé Who Celebrates The Radical Beauty Of Nollywood

Published on 27/09/2016
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Nakeya Brown’s Hair Stories

Published on 07/07/2016
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A Trip With Paa Joe To The Land Of The Afterlife In Fascinating Coffins That Tell Your Story

Published on 14/06/2016
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AtWork | Something Strange Is Happening In Addis Abeba

Published on 02/06/2016
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Anna Deavere Smith Brings Her Documentary Theater Style To Rome

Published on 15/05/2016
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Triumphs And Laments | William Kentridge Joins Rome’s Birthday Celebration

Published on 21/04/2016
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Malick Sidibé | Farewell To The Photographer Of African Renaissance

Published on 15/04/2016

Game Changers | Laura Kriefman | Pushing The Boundaries Of Dance And Creativity

Published on 03/04/2016
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Game Changers | Samson Kambalu And His Idea Of Play In Art And Life

Published on 31/03/2016
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The Revenge Of Photography? The MoMa Launches A Free Online Photography Course

Published on 20/02/2016

Sculptures | The March On Washington Through The Lens Of Alessandro Rizzi

Published on 12/02/2016
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If You Haven’t Been To Okwui Enwezor’s Biennale Yet, There’s Still Time

Published on 11/11/2015

ReSignifications | The Moors Conquest Of Florence

Published on 22/07/2015

The Influence Of Cultural Hybridity On The Italian Creative Scene

Published on 20/07/2015

Nero Su Bianco | On The Afro-Italian Identity At The American Academy In Rome

Published on 10/06/2015

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Warns: “Stop Telling Women To Smile”

Published on 04/06/2015

Lidia Carew | The Beautiful Duckling Is Back In Italy

Published on 22/05/2015

We Interviewed Douglas Bourgeois After Going Crazy For His Artwork

Published on 04/05/2015

Project Diaspora | Identity And Discovery

Published on 20/04/2015

Dorothy Iannone | Love, Psychedelia And Eroticism On Display At Air De Paris

Published on 27/03/2015

Laamb And Lutteur | Dreams And Hopes

Published on 22/03/2015
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YZ Talks Of Amazone | I Searched For The Warriors From The Past To Talk To Those From The Future

Published on 08/03/2015

Scorpion Dagger | Rethinking The Renaissance Through GIFs

Published on 26/02/2015
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