Writing Art History Since 2002
Women in Sculpture Panel Discussion with Wangechi Mutu, Magdalene Odundo DBE and Chelenge Van Rampelberg. Moderated by Mukami Kuria. As part of their online programming, and following from the Ledge Sculpture exhibition at the Royal Academy […]
Women in Sculpture Panel Discussion at Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Kenya Read Article
In 2021, at the Nirox Foundation – located at ‘The Cradle of Humankind’ in South Africa – we see the manifestation of a global counter-intuitive project. Pitted against perversity, in search of tomorrow’s health today,
Only Connect! Ashraf Jamal reflects on monumental sculpture exhibition at Nirox Read Article
Absa is set to continue its role in shaping the visual arts landscape in South Africa when it hosts an exhibition titled ‘Remnant’ from Thursday, 26 August 2021. The exhibition will explore residual remnants of
Absa’s ‘Remnant’ Exhibition features two of South Africa’s most promising artists Read Article
‘Africa Mask 54: iiNtloko zooBawo (Heads of the Ancestors)’ is a product of the CHIP_Curatorial Heritage Interpretation Program, it is a program I developed over an 8-year research process, focused on the digitisation of indigenous
‘Africa Mask 54: iiNtloko zooBawo (Heads of the Ancestors)’ by Bongo Mei Read Article
The Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) and the Tim Hetherington Trust have announced the launch of the 2021/2022 Visionary Award. This version of the annual award takes on a Pan-African focus
Funding will be used to restore three works from Murumbi Heritage Collection The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) has been selected as a 2021 Bank of America Art Conservation Project grant recipient. The grant will
National Museums of Kenya receives grant from Bank of America Art Conservation Project Read Article
4UBU is a comfy, safe and relaxing space for different types of communities to develop ideas with each other and the NAE team. A space for ‘us’ to slow down and get to know each
4UBU at New Art Exchange, United Kingdom Read Article
Since the mid-1970s, Dawoud Bey (b. 1953) has worked to expand upon what photography can and should be. Insisting that it is an ethical practice requiring collaboration with his subjects, he creates poignant meditations on visibility, power,
‘Dawoud Bey: An American Project’ at Whitney Museum of American Art Read Article
Centimetre after centimetre, green, orange, and purple strips of cloth are tightly wound around the shiny, cold wire. Only the barbs pierce the cloth cladding from within again and again like clear and brutal rays.
A participatory project in public space knocking colonial figures off their pedestal and shifting the shadows of past and present. Even though more and more European countries are beginning to come to terms with their
‘Monumental Shadows: Rethinking Heritage’ at SAVVY Contemporary, Germany Read Article
