What’s Up, Mister Höller?
On the eve of the first African screening of Carsten Höller’s 2015 film Fara Fara in Kinshasa, ART AFRICA spoke to the artist about his love affair with Congolese rumba It was inside a nightclub …
On the eve of the first African screening of Carsten Höller’s 2015 film Fara Fara in Kinshasa, ART AFRICA spoke to the artist about his love affair with Congolese rumba It was inside a nightclub …
Hacer Noche/Crossing Night Shortly after his country’s independence from France in 1960, Senegal’s charismatic first president, Léopold Senghor, began mooting plans for a museum celebrating black achievement. The project gained focus after Senghor visited Mexico …
Mexico’s first-ever showcase of South African art Read Article
ART AFRICA, issue 15, March 2019 We are off to an exciting start this year as we attend the seventh edition of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (ICTAF). It is a time for ART …
A Literary History of the Brick in Johannesburg Mitchell Gilbert Messina, Smac…revolution…, 2014. Brick-and-Glass-Pane, 60x40x20cm. Image courtesy of the artist. The rectangular clay brick has been a recurring subject of writing about Johannesburg …
ART AFRICA, issue 09. Robin Rhode’s Letter to Sean O’Toole A journalist asked me recently whether I have lost my edge in my recent work? As the works appear more passive, colourful, maybe not …