The Spier Contemporary Art Competition

This competition and exhibition was a reflection of South Africa as a 'rainbow nation', featuring issues of the upcoming FIFA World Cup, identity, urban landscapes and political status.

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The Butterfly Dance

This poetry project has brought in established authors and upcoming writers to collaborate with the finest of Uganda’s contemporary artists in transforming their words into colourful paintings.

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Celebrating 50 years of Artistic Achievements in Cameroon

This essay seeks to shine some light on some of the artistic benchmarks since Independence and Reunification as leverage to mentor young art professionals in Cameroon.

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Other Forms Of Sculptures In Zimbabwe

There is a misguided notion that Zimbabwean art is only based on its long stone carving tradition. Stephen Garan'anga takes us through other forms of sculptures in Zimbabwe.

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L’artiste Mauricienne Nirveda Alleck Reçoit un Prix

Nirveda Alleck a obtenu le prix de Soleil d’Afrique lors de la biennale de l’art contemporain, Dak’Art. Ce prix est sous forme d’une résidence d’artiste au Mali, à travers l’association Hama Goro.

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South Africa Celebrates Art And Soccer

With less than three weeks to go before the first FIFA World cup on the African soil, soccer fever is evidently catching up and now soccer related art has flooded the market.

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Real Stories Gallery Call For International Artists

We are extending an invitation to you, artist’s/poets/writers around the world to contribute to Real Stories Gallery an image of an art work with an accompanying written narrative, inspired by a life affected by HIV within your community.

 

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Dak’Art 2010 Is Finally Here!

The 9th Biennale of Contemporary African  Art welcomes you to Dakar, Senegal from May 7 - June 7 2010.

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Dak'Art: Soly Cisse & Barthelemy Toguo @ Festival

Senegalese artist Soly Cisse and Cameroon artist Bartholemy Toguo are showing their work at Galerie le Manege, located at the heart of Dakar CBD.

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Dak’Art: God Created Birds & Trees But Man Built Cages

AfricanColours: Who is Nduwhite Ndubuisi Ahanonu ?

Ndubuisi Ahanonu : As a person, I am very deep in my thoughts, a thinker, a reserved person. I think of myself as a child, very simple. As an artist, I am very extreme and controversial.

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Artists selected For Dakar’s 9th Biennial Arts Festival

Twenty-eight artists from sixteen nationalities were selected to take part in the 9th edition of the biennial of African Contemporary Art (Dak’Art 2010) to be held from May 7 to June 7 in Dakar, the event’s organizing committee said.

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Dak'Art: Monument de la Renaissance Africaine Photographs

The biennale according to Ousseynou Wade encourages the integration of the contemporary African Art into the international Art market, and contributes to the development of art criticism in Africa.

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One On One With Ousseynou Wade, Secretary General Of The Dak’Art Biennale By Maggie Otieno/AfricanColours.com

The biennale according to Ousseynou Wade encourages the integration of the contemporary African Art into the international Art market, and contributes to the development of art criticism in Africa.

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X Biennale Ensarte: Vers Un Renouvellement De Generation De Plasticiens En Angola

C’est l’un faits majeurs que les heureux invités  à la dernière édition de l’emblématique manifestation créative  de la Société

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Niyi Olagunju's Installations: Structures of Trade 2010

The exhibition is comprised of various wood-based installations, a genre that has always intrigued the artist and one, which he has explored since his college days at Ruskin School of Art.

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The Dominican Monument In Ibadan

Structural designer Demas Nwoko is well known for his various unique designs. His devotion lies in an edifice, an architectural masterpiece, in the outskirts of Ibadan.

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Pan-African Circle of Artists Dream of African Integration

Built around the philosophy & symbolism of maps as instruments of ownership and violence, the project seeks to promote integration and networking in the field of cultural production Africa.

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"Candongueiro"

Instituto Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center announces the official opening of the exhibition entitled "Candongueiro" of Angolan plastic artist Hildebrando de Melo.

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Modern Zimbabwe Art On Show In South Korea

Seoul-based Korea Foundation Cultural Center officially opened an exhibition of modern Zimbabwean art from the private collections of Czech and Dutch ambassadors on May 4 2010.

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Minute Showing At Greatmore Studios

The One Minute video exhibition, the fruit of a collaborative mentorship programme facilitated by the One Minutes foundation, will be open for a week at Greatmore Studios from the 6th of May 2010.

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Crafting Peace: Call For Submission

Butterfly Works is searching for 10 artists to create an art piece BIRD, to be exhibited at the Maker Faire Africa in Nairobi (Kenya), 6th-7th of August 2010.We provide:
A plain BIRD that will be sent to the artists at the beginning of May 2010.

 €200,- (265 US dollar) for decoration material, return shipping costs and their time....

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The Core Project: Call For Submission

Matthew Nevin is a Visual Artist based in Ireland & the UK and currently working on a International Visual Art Project - 'The Core Project'. Mathew is looking for one video entry from one person in every country....was wondering if you know of someone who could be the Namibia participant, perhaps yourself?.....

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Ensa-Arte 2010 Grand Prize Winner Announced

Plastic artist Miguel da Franca is the winner of the 10th edition of  the 2010 Ensa-Arte painting prize with his work titled “A & B”.


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Chance Encounters: From Sabo to SoBO

In another Africa-India story, the Sakshi Gallery (maybe not a misspelling of Saatchi, but reputed to be hip anyway), in the back streets of South Bombay near the Taj Mahal Hotel, has collaborated with the Centre for ContemporaryArt, located in Lagos’s Sabo.

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Contemporary African Art Dynamism

Use of traditional materials like shards of pots, ancient relics, signs and symbols known as cultural artifacts are increasingly being featured in the contemporary artist work today....

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Larissa @ Le Rustique

Primarily a painter, Kenyan artist Larissa Hoops works in collage and mixed media. Her interest in people, their histories, their social situations and cultural complexities are potrayed in her work. Her recent works are on show at Le Rustique restaurant, General Mathenge Drive, Westlands, Nairobi. Kenya.

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Our Cultural Zones Of Silence

The National Organising Committee for the celebration of fifty years of the Independence of the then French Cameroon and the Independence/Reunification of the former Southern Cameroon and French Cameroon in what is now the Republic of Cameroon has a lot in their plate....

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Placing Cotonou & Porto Novo In The Urban Landscape

The Waba festival in Benin, an intiative by artist Rafiy Okefolahan Smith, bringings together artists from Cotonou and Porto Novo to open their studios up to the urban audience.

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Critical Interventions: Special Issue on African Film, Spring 2011

Critical Interventions: Journal of African Art and History invites contributions for a special issue on African Film to be published in Spring 2011. We are interested in receiving proposals for substantial articles on all areas of African Film but particularly papers that focus on an interpretation of African film as a vital component of visual culture.

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