Contemporary Rwandan Art @ The Pan African Dance Festival (FESPAD) 2010

The annual Pan African Dance Festival (FESPAD) took place in Kigali, Rwanda last week bringing together a rich and diverse showcase of both performing and contemporary African art.

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10th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest - 'Work'

International artists specialising in cartoons are invited to submit their works for the 10th Tabriz cartoon contest to be held in Iran on september 15, 2010.

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Spectre Of Memory In Contemporary African Art: Edinburgh Art Fesival

Ed Cross fine art showcases work by Richard Onyango, Soly Cisse, Lovemore Kambudzi and Peterson Kamwathi at the Edinburgh art Festival from August 5 at 6-9pm. 

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Gallery MoMo Presents David Adjaye's Urban Africa

One of the leading architects of his generation, David Adjaye has stepped out of his regular line of work to photograph and document key cities in Africa as part of an ongoing project to study new patterns of urbanism.

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Campus Artistique A Maputo

Le peintre mozambicain artiste vétéran Malangatana Valente Ngwenya la garantie d'un large public international, d'influencer de nombreux jeunes artistes sur le continent aujourd'hui.


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For The Sake Of Colour By Mohamed El Masry

Using colour as a means of expression rather than description, Egyptian artist Mohamed El Masry presents his works 'For The Sake of Colour' at the Maria Pestana online art gallery.

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Samuel Githui: Visual Story Teller

Kenyan artist Samuel Githui's work has a charm that ‘knocks your socks off’ with his genius painting. His brand of social realism is infused with a deep appreciation of ordinary Kenyan scenes.

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'Aint I A Woman'

Opening 15th July 2010, contemporary art exhibition 'Aint I a Woman' offers artistic depictions of women of African descent, focusing specifically on their interiority.

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Probing Nelson Mandela

Courting controversy, South African artist Yiull Damaso's painting 'An anatomy lesson', showing a dead Nelson Mandela, has drawn criticism with many terming it as disrespectful and in bad taste.

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Born In Zimbabwe

5 contemporary Zimbabwean artists Dominic Benhura, Lovemore Kambudzi, David Chinyama, Voti Thebe and Batsirai Muskwe, exhibit at the Cerncice Gallery, Czech Republic until Sep 2010.

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Getahun Assefa Balcha's "Azmari Of Arada"

Collectors now have the opportunity to experience & appreciate contemporary Ethiopian artist Getahun Assefa Balcha's art in a series of paintings he calls “Azmari of Arada."

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Ugandan Artist Going Back To Basics

Other than delving into an all out white wash of the usual expectations, contemporary Uganda artist Opio Michael is finding new styles using dots, lines and finally stick figures.

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Football For Hope

Football for Hope Festival in Johannesburg hosted a 2 week workshop which saw many young artists expressing contemporary issues close to their hearts namely, football and identity.

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La Dynamique De Creativite Plastique Dans Le Pays Est Essentiellement Endogene

Cette compilation qui réunit la dizaine d’exposes faits sous un design avant-gardiste, une impression en quadrichromie et un solide façonnage.

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The Curator As Culture Broker: A Critique Of The Curatorial Regime Of Okwui Enwezor In The Discourse Of Contemporary African Art

Dr. Sylvester Ogbechie calls for a critical examination of Okwui Enwezor's curatorial practice and its promotion of an ahistorical interpretation of contemporary African art.

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The Essence Behind The Pricing Of Artworks

Pricing artworks is one of the most difficult aspects of being an artist. An artist must somehow divorce himself from what his creations mean to him personally and view his art in a cold commercial light.


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