The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas has awarded Antwerp-based artist Otobong Nkanga its Nasher Prize, which comes with $100,000 and an exhibition at the museum. Nkanga’s exhibition, which will be accompanied by a monograph, will ...
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Ibrahim Mahama Explores Ghana-Yugoslavia Connections at Ljubljana Biennale
Last year Ghanaian author and artist Ibrahim Mahama was announced as Artistic Director of the thirty-fifth iteration of the Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. The event that opens in Slovenia on the 21 of September, titled " From the void came ...
Grace Wales Bonner will curate MoMA’a “Artist Choice Show”
London-based designer Grace Wales Bonner has been tapped to curate the sixteenth iteration of the Museum of Modern Art’s Artist’s Choice exhibition series. The designer will select fifty works from the New York institution’s collection which will ...
New Gallery Space BWO Opens in Cameroon
Cameroon's burgeoning contemporary art scene is gaining global recognition, with its vibrant blend of traditional motifs and contemporary themes striking a chord on the international stage. Notably, Cameroonian artists have graced global platforms ...
Family of poet Gboyega Odubanjo launch fundraiser to start foundation
The family of the award-winning poet Gboyega Odubanjo have raised more than £36,000 to help launch a foundation in his memory. Odubanjo went missing at a music festival last week, and officers investigating his disappearance found a body on ...
Jailed Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Pens Op-Ed From Prison
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a Cuban artist and leader of the activist San Isidro Movement (MSI), is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for using “insulting symbols of the homeland” in his work. The artist has written an opinion ...