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Kenya Mon 06-02-2012

Gor Soudan & Paul Onditi's 'Another World is Possible'
By Zihan Kassam

‘Another World is Possible’ at Alliance Francaise is a contemporary exhibition in which two revolutionary Kenyan artists Gor Soudan and Paul Onditi reveal their diagnosis of humanity. What brought such sting...

Kenya Mon 10-10-2011

Salt of the Earth: A Sneak Preview From Geraldine Robarts’ New Watercolour Series
By Zihan Kassam | AfricanColours.com

In the spirit of warm salty air, Geraldine Robarts paints in radical watercolours again and her new series of paintings allures us with all the quirky details that give the Kenyan coast its eccentric flair.

Kenya Wed 24-08-2011

Sphere of the Surreal: The Art of Peter Elungat
By Zihan Kassam | AfricanColours.com

Thirty gigantic portions of canvas, viscous oil paints and a peculiar artist who very obviously operates at a different frequency. Those are the prerequisites in the composition of a transcendent new world.

Kenya Mon 22-08-2011

A Prolific Painter & Passionate Collector of Contemporary African Art
By Margaretta wa Gacheru | AfricanColours.com

The co-founder of RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Mary Collis may be renowned as a colorist and an abstract expressionist, but in fact, she's a woman who fearlessly experiments with various media and new techniques.

Kenya Sat 25-06-2011

Unique Bespoke Design Ideas in Recycled Glass: New Works from Kitengela Glass.
By a Correspondent

Anselm Croze and the team at Kitengela Glass have been busy, and are back with new works from the plains of Kitengela.

Kenya Wed 23-03-2011

Contemporary Kenyan Art and Sculpture in the Vanguard of The African Renaissance
By Margaretta wa Gacheru | AfricanColours.com

Despite their getting little media coverage for their tremendous creative output and productivity, Kenyan artists have continuously created incredible works worth international exposure.

Kenya Tue 01-03-2011

Aubergine and lime: Sebastian Kiarie @ The Banana Hill Art Gallery
Aarti wa Njoroge | AfricanColours.com

Artists are always inspired by two themes: politics and love.The former allows irreverence; the latter, tenderness. Sebastian's exhibition at the Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi, is abundant with both.

Kenya Thu 23-12-2010

Ngecha the Village of Artists
AfricanColours.com

Ngecha, a village where art is inborn has the distinction of producing some of the best self taught artists in the country with talent ranging from simple fine art to mystical abstract art.

Kenya Wed 22-12-2010

Have we Found a Modern-Day Impressionist?
Alnoor Amlani | AfricanColours.com

Kenyan artist Zihan Kassam talks to Caine prize nominee Alnoor Amlani about her switch from Recruitment to Education to being inspired by colour and lucid dreams.

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