International Wed 01-02-2012

MORTUARY ARTS in Africa & African Diaspora. A Call for Papers
Krydz Ikwuemesi

Funerals in Africa have never been a mere act of interment marked by rites of passage, but an important performance on the social stage conditioned by the incident  and social perception of  death. 

South Africa Mon 30-01-2012

The New Colonials, Lithographs
The Artist Press

In these lithographs Diane Victor takes on the issue of China’s relationship to Africa. in the making of the prints a meeting of two perfectionists in the studio, Mark Attwood the master printer and Diane Victor the maestro is made.


International Mon 23-01-2012

Skoto Gallery at 20
by Geoffrey Jacques

To say the quality of the work shown at Skoto Gallery during these last twenty years is responsible for its success would be one obvious truth. There is, however, more to it than that.


International Tue 17-01-2012

The Market Photo Workshop Briefing Sessions
Press Release

The Market Photo Workshop will hold briefing sessions on Wednesday 18 January 2012 at 1pm for applicants wishing to enter either for the 2012 Women's Photography Mentorship or for the 2012 Media and Advocacy Photography Mentorship.


Kenya Tue 17-01-2012

The Matatu Project: A Collection of Woodcuts
Press Release

Dennis Muraguri's first solo show in Kenya is on at Le Rustique Restarurant Gallery. It features his unique interpretation of the popular kenyan mode of transport 'The Matatu'.


International Mon 16-01-2012

Yinka to exhibit in New York
James Cohan Gallery

British born, Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE is exhibiting in New York at the James Cohan Gallery with new works in February (16) running through until March 24th.


Kenya Mon 16-01-2012

‘I Have Only What I Remember’
Press Release

Displacement is at the core of Xavier Verhoest’s current work. After the post election violence in Kenya in 2007, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced within the country.


Angola Mon 16-01-2012

FOTOGRAFIA: Linhas Zungueiras, Linhas Estéticas
Simão SOUINDOULA

E, visivelmente, a relação artística que o olho destro de Ndilo Mutima confirma com a cinquentona de poses de jovens vendedores, ambulantes, rodando, infatigavelmente, as ruas e grandes avenidas da actual, opulenta, cidade de...


South Africa Mon 16-01-2012

Stuarts Bird Promise Land
Press Release

In a series of meticulously and often obsessively hand-crafted sculptures and installations, Stuart Bird explores the position of the artist and the individual in contemporary South Africa


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