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Nov 28, 2023
The Met to Present First Major Exhibition on the Connections between African and Byzantine Art
Nov 19, 2023–Mar 3, 2024 | The Met Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present ‘Africa & Byzantium’, a seminal exhibition of...
Nov 26, 2023
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, sculpture ‘Hibiscus Rising’ unveiled in Aire Park, Leeds, England
A new sculpture from international artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, has been commissioned by the David Oluwale Memorial Association (DOMA)...
Nov 25, 2023
Tiwani Contemporary Lagos opens monumental show by Samuel Nnorom
Nov 24, 2023–Jan 13, 2024 | Tiwani Contemporary, Lagos Nigeria Entitled, Emotional Catch, Samuel Nnorom's solo exhibition features a...
Nov 24, 2023
Lehmann Maupin opens Calida Rawles’ first major Solo Exhibition in New York City
Nov 9–Dec 16, 2023 | Lehmann Maupin NYC Lehmann Maupin presents A Certain Oblivion, an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based...
Nov 23, 2023
James Cohan Now Represents Kaloki Nyamai
James Cohan announces their representation of the Kenyan painter Kaloki Nyamai. Nyamai takes inspiration from quotidian life in Nairobi,...
Nov 23, 2023
Bode Gallery presents 'Syncopated Tales', a group exhibition on African Musical Traditions
Nov 23, 2023–Jan 21, 2024 | Bode Gallery Bode presents Syncopated Tales, a group exhibition of Darin Cooper, Ryan Cosbert, and Emmanuel...
Nov 22, 2023
Eloghosa Osunde, author of Vagabonds!, receives the 2023 African Literary Award
The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is pleased to announce Eloghosa Osunde, author of Vagabonds!, as the winner of the 2023 African...
Nov 21, 2023
Adora Mba curates latest show at the Uta Art Space 'The Sounds of Our Souls'
Nov 17–Dec 9, 2023 | UTA Art Space | Beverly Hills Curated by Adora Mba “The Sound of Our Souls” is comprised of 15 emerging artists from...
Nov 18, 2023
The Winners of The Taylor Wessing 2023 Photo Portrait Prize
The National Portrait Gallery has announced the prize winners for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2023 at its awards...
Nov 17, 2023
Black Rock Senegal Applications Are Open!
The open call for applications for the 2024-2025 cycle of Black Rock Senegal are now open until January 15, 2024. Located in the capital...
Nov 17, 2023
404 Art Collection opens, “The Revealer”, featuring works by late Ivorian artist Frédéric Bouabré
‘The Revealer’ | Art Life Gallery 20 Oct – 10 Dec, 2023 | Miami, USA 404 Art Collection launches curatorial project “The Revealer”, the...
Nov 16, 2023
Julie Mehretu's shatters African Art Auction record again!
Julie Mehretu's 'Walkers With the Dawn and Morning' is an undoubted masterpiece-and resulted in a new auction record for the artist when...
Nov 14, 2023
Nigerian Artist Breaks Guinness World Record for Longest Painting Marathon
Oyinlola Adeyinka Odumewu, a Nigerian lawyer turned artist, popularly known as Lola Mewu, has broken the Guinness World Record for the...
Nov 10, 2023
Rare African Mask at the Center of Fierce Multimillion-Dollar Legal Battle and Repatriation Efforts
A rare 19th-century Ngil mask from Gabon is at the center of a fierce multimillion-dollar lawsuit that involves an elderly French couple,...
Nov 8, 2023
June Sarpong OBE curates group show at Saatchi Gallery and Maruani Mercier
31 Oct - 26 Nov, 2023 Maruani Mercier | Belgium Saatchi Gallery | United Kingdom Curated by June Sarpong OBE, this exhibition brings...
Nov 7, 2023
Abu Dhabi Art to Host Largest Fair to Date, with 92 Galleries Participating in Landmark 15th Edition
Abu Dhabi Art 2023 will welcome 92 galleries from 31 countries this year for the annual event which takes place from 22-26 November at...
Nov 6, 2023
Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility
Oct 20, 2023–Apr 7, 2024 | Guggenheim Museum Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility presents works of art that...
Nov 5, 2023
Kokopelli Gallery opens second Exhibition in its new space location in Lagos, Nigeria
Kokopelli is pleased to present, Parallel Passages: Typology, a group exhibition featuring selected works from 8 indigenous Nigerian...
Nov 4, 2023
Exonerating the persona of the artist
A comparison between the lifestyle of the artist in Nigeria and the West
Nov 3, 2023
Thelma Golden is the 2023 recipient of the Gish Prize
The Gish Prize Trust announced that Thelma Golden, who as Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem is internationally...
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