View of Dineo Seshee Bopape: Born in the first light of the morning [moswara’marapo], Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan. Photo: Agostino Osio.

Pirelli HangarBicocca presents Dineo Seshee Bopape: Born in the first light of the morning (moswara’marapo)

October 6, 2022–January 29, 2023 Dineo Seshee Bopape's first retrospective exhibition, Born in the first light of the morning [moswara'marapo], will be on display at Pirelli HangarBicocca from October 6, 2022, to January 29, 2023. The artist creates a poetic visual landscape at Pirelli HangarBicocca using a distinctive fusion of moving pictures, sound elements, wall…

October 12, 2022

Courtesy of Independent Curators International.

Visual Arts Events

Independent Curators International presents States of Becoming at The Africa Center

October 14, 2022–February 26, 2023 States of Becoming, curated by Fitsum Shebeshe, will begin its fall tour this year at The Africa Center in New York City. The exhibition contributes to the conversation about identity construction in the African Diaspora by examining the dynamic forces of relocation, resettling, and assimilation that shape the artistic practices…

October 7, 2022

Delilah Montoya, Casta 2 (detail), 2018. From the series “Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra Calidad,” 2018. Dye sublimation on metal, wooden curio box, laser-etching, sand, QR code. Courtesy of the artist.

Visual Arts Events Fairs

FotoFest presents Biennial 2022 artists and themes

FotoFest announces participating artists of the upcoming FotoFest Biennial 2022 central exhibitions If I Had a Hammer, African Cosmologies: Redux, and Ten by Ten, on view between September 24 and November 6, 2022 in Houston at Sawyer Yards in Arts District Houston.

September 12, 2022

Doreen Adengo. Design: © and courtesy Fred Swart. Photo: courtesy of Doreen Adengo.

Architecture Architecture & Design Events

Tribute to Doreen Adengo from the African Futures Institute

July 28–September 23, 2022 The first annual Alero Olympio Memorial lecture, delivered by renowned Nigerian architect Mariam Kamara in honor of the Ghanaian architect Alero Olympio, who passed away from cancer in 2005, marked the beginning of the AFI's first public events program in August of last year. The bright, motivated, and passionate architect from Kampala,…

August 4, 2022

[1] View of Indigo Waves & Other Stories, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, 2022. From left: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Thania Petersen, Malala Andrialavidrazana. [2] Joël Andrianomearisoa, The Five Continents of All Our Desires, 2022. Black silk paper, metal, rope. Dimensions variable. Commissioned by Zeitz MOCAA. Photo: Storm Janse van Rensburg.

Visual Arts Events Museums

Zeitz MOCAA presents Indigo Waves & Other Stories and Joël Andrianomearisoa: The Five Continents of All Our Desires

Indigo Waves & Other Stories Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora June 30, 2022–January 29, 2023 Joël Andrianomearisoa The Five Continents of All Our Desires August 2, 2022–June 25, 2023 The international study and multi-chapter exhibition Indigo Waves & Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora, as well as a site-specific commission by Jol Andrianomearisoa, are…

August 3, 2022

Azza El Siddique, What is left is only water (detail), 2019. Steel, fired slip cast, water, slow drip irrigation system, cement bricks, 84 x 47 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Helena Anrather, New York. Photo: Sebastian Bach.

Visual Arts Events Galleries

MIT List Visual Arts Center presents Azza El Siddique

June 30–September 4, 2022 Curator tour: September 1, 5:15pm, with Selby Nimrod On June 30, Azza El Siddique's first official institution solo exhibition will launch at the MIT List Visual Arts Center. The exhibition will feature a freshly commissioned installation by the artist and will be the 25th in the List Projects exhibition series. Born in 1984 and…

July 4, 2022

Johanna Mirabel, Cascade, 2019. Oil on canvas, 89 x 76.8 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Visual Arts News

International Studio & Curatorial Program announces winner of the 2022 Ritzau Art Prize

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2022 Ritzau Art Prize, Johanna Mirabel (b. 1991), a painter and sculptor whose work explores the contradictions and complexities of cultural identity. The Ritzau Art Prize provides global visibility, professional development, and career-enhancing residencies in…

June 10, 2022