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Series of appointments signal new era in art, fashion, media
The announcement of a series of high-profile appointments is currently making waves online. It would seem as though there is a string of inaugurations going on in the cultural wo..
The 8th edition of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is almost here
Over 30 exhibitors from 17 countries will participate in a new blended online and offline model for the upcoming 1-54 London fair. Among them, 27 exhibitors will display physical..
In conversation with Enfant Précoce | From Parisian museums, to dance, to tatoo art
He was 24 years old when he started painting. His name is Francis Essoua Kalu, but people shall probably remember him as Enfant Précoce. He’s the nephew of the Cameroonian plasti..
‘Living Grains’ | Ibrahim Mahama’s first solo exhibition in Rome
Ibrahim Mahama (b. 1987, Tamale, Ghana) presents its first solo exhibition, Living Grains, at the Fondazione Giuliani. The show includes a range of newly commissioned artworks, i..
The limitations of white empathy | Face to face with Anton Kannemeyer
Satire is the use of humour, irony or exaggeration to expose and criticise people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical iss..
“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..