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ART AFRICA is proud to announce their partnership with the second edition of EPI, 2020. Emerging Painting Invitational (EPI) announces Dates and Jurors for its second edition to be taking place online from the 12th …
Emerging Painting Invitational (EPI) announces Jurors Read Article
*proverb from Juba, South Sudan Some views on COVID-19, the social justice protests and the art world from Harare, Zimbabwe Over the past five months, the global community and international art world appeared to be …
Don’t Set Sail On Someone Else’s Star*: Valerie Kabov Reflects on the current time Read Article
Becoming a Bright Young Thing It is fair to say that the contemporary African art sector has a strong preoccupation with ‘emerging’ artists. Despite the vibrancy and vigour of new ideas developing from the …
Valerie Kabov / Director of First Floor Gallery ABOUT ART AFRICA spoke to Valerie Kabov of First Floor Gallery at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2018 about the work of featured at the galleries …
Depart Foundation, Malibu, California Built upon a commitment to understand and support emerging artists from across Africa, Right at the Equator colours outside the lines and challenges mainstream narratives of what art from the …
Arts Council of African Studies Association (ACASA) Triennial 2017 We are often reminded that African contemporary art and its “global art mainstream visibility” is very much a contemporary phenomenon, so it is not surprising …
Remember a time when we used to have art critics? (If you are a new collector, you probably don’t) In 2003, James Elkins, wrote a little book, not much bigger than a pamphlet, titled …
Okwui Enwezor’s ‘All the World’s Futures’ appeared to herald a new era for African artists on the global stage. Unprecedented numbers of African and diasporan artists included in the main exhibition, unparalleled press, with headlines …
Economics of National Liberation in Venice and Basel Read Article
