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For the first time, South Africa’s longest-running public arts festival has included a digital component, making its progressive content available online to anyone anywhere, at no cost. By expanding its programming to include digital-first works, […]
Joburg. New York. Paris. Cairo… (Un)Infecting the City breaks ground AND borders Read Article
Clay Healer / Andile Dyalvane on the making of ‘iThongo’ ABOUT ART AFRICA visited Andile Dyalvane in his studio to find out more about the making of ‘iThongo’. The body of work was recently exhibited
Clay Healer
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The 20th Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Johannesburg-based practice Counterspace, directed by Sumayya Vally, will open on 11 June 2021. A TIME100 Next List honoree, Vally is the youngest architect to be commissioned for this internationally renowned architecture programme. The
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AKKA Project Venice is pleased to present ‘Rhythmic Elements’, a group exhibition curated by Tafadzwa Gwetai, dedicated to four artists from Zimbabwe. The exhibition aims to analyze the concept of contemporary Africa and the meaning of being
Andile & Nkuthazo Alexis Dyalvane perform iSitolotolo ABOUT Inspired by their ancestors Andile and Nkuthazo Alexis Dyalvane perform iSitolotolo at the Imiso Ceramics in Cape Town, South Africa. The performance was filmed during our interview
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This multimedia digital showcase presents the diversity of 33 artistic projects for social cohesion carried out by several organisations, creators and cultural professionals from the project’s 15 participating African countries over the period 2018-2021. “The
Black is Blue / Oupa Sibeko / A Durational Performance ABOUT BLACK IS BLUE by Oupa Sibeko is a durational performance artwork exhibited at Nel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 3rd – 20th June. Sibeko
Black is Blue
Oupa Sibeko
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Meet the Co-Curators of the Congo BiennaleArmelle Dakouo & Fahamu Pecou ABOUT Armelle Dakouo, Paris, and Fahamu Pecou, Atlanta, discuss this years edition of the Congo Biennale. They speak about Birago Diop’s poem, which inspired
Meet the Co-Curators of the Congo Biennale
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Creative Scotland announces that Alberta Whittle has been commissioned to develop new work which will be put forward to represent Scotland as a collateral event at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia at the Arsenale
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Fostering Namibian Talent / Gina Figueira & Helen Harris / StArt Art Gallery ABOUT Gina Figueira and Helen Harris, co-founders of StArt Art Gallery, Windhoek, Namibia, speak to ART AFRICA about fostering creative talent, how
Fostering Namibian Talent
Gina Figueira & Helen Harris
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