Writing Art History Since 2002
Congolese rumba and Lumumba as an international icon of resistance are some of the best-known examples of the Congolese addition to pan-African thought. However, the country’s contributions to feminism and quilombismo, an emancipatory philosophy that …
Projecting Congo: Pan-African Arts and Archives at CIVA, Brussels, Belgium Read Article
How do we trace the origin of collections? What new insights can be gleaned from these provenances? And what should become of such collections, within and beyond museum walls? ‘ReThinking Collections’, a new temporary exhibition …
Royal Museum for Central Africa presents ‘ReThinking Collections, Belgium Read Article
‘Congo-style. Heritage & Heresy’ studies the policy of representation and cultural appropriation through contemporary artistic and architectural interventions as well as historical documents from the collections of the CIVA. © ayoh kré Duchâtelet The exhibition, …
Congo-Style. Heritage & Heresy at CIVA, Belgium Read Article
An expo on speech, discourse and argumentation to defend (yourself) against the violence of colonial history. With Sybil Coovi Handemagnon, Kyo Kim, Fallon Mayanja, Nicolas Pirus & Mawena Yehouessi. ‘Quiet Refusal‘ invokes a sensory exploration of …
Black(s) to the Future: Quite Refusal at Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium Read Article
ART X Lagos – the leading international art fair in West Africa – returns from the 4th until the 6th of November for its seventh edition at The Federal Palace, Lagos, with 31 African and …
10 artists to watch at the 7th edition of ART X Lagos Read Article
The Afropolitan Festival will take place at Bozar from 26 to 29 May 2022. Under the theme of ‘Women Power’, this 5th edition celebrates the creative force of African and Afro-descendant women artists, but also their …
Afropolitan Festival 2022 at Bozar ,Brussels, Belgium Read Article
Omar Ba’s work (1977, Senegal) is characterised by his enigmatic nature and his great poetic intensity. Omar Ba, Genesis I:26-27, 2021. Courtesy of the artist and Templon, Paris/Brussels. He seeks to express his subconscious and …
CAP Prize 2021: Five outstanding African photography series awarded with the 10th CAP Prize, the Contemporary African Photography Prize. The winners are: Aàdesokan, Nigeria Katel Delia, France Jason Florio, United Kingdom Fabrice Monteiro, Belgium Joseph Obanubi, …
