8 April 2021 • Mark Westall
Through a frenzy of colours and symbols that are chiselled, burnt and painted onto panels of wood, Nigerian artist Gerald Chukwuma creates a striking visual language that weaves together ancient symbols, contemporary and historic references.
26 March 2021 • Mark Westall
Born in New York City in 1964, Simmons has achieved wide acclaim over the past three decades for a profound… Read More
25 March 2021 • Mark Westall
Queen Mudda is Coleby’s first solo exhibition in London. The exhibition has been curated by Natalie Willis, Associate Curator at the… Read More
11 March 2021 • Mark Westall
We are all familiar with the white cube gallery space. But when one arises in the middle of a Congolese palm oil plantation, the effect is deeply disorienting.
2 March 2021 • Lee Sharrock
In the first of this new FAD series of interviews with upcoming talent, Lee Sharrock talks to 27 year old artist Travion Payne about his love of Caravaggio, redressing the cultural imbalance in art by putting black people in the forefront, and the power of Instagram in gaining exposure for unsigned artists.
8 February 2021 • Mark Westall
For his new exhibition in Brussels, Omar Ba, rising star of the African scene, presents an exclusive group of paintings more critical than ever. An original and striking portrait of the continent, the show explores the fragility of democracy and individual freedoms.
5 January 2021 • Mark Westall
A series of unique artworks and design interventions by leading artist Yinka Ilori have been installed at St Stephen’s Centre, part of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to bring cheer and lift the mood for patients and staff.
5 January 2021 • Mark Westall
Whitechapel Gallery has announced that Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (b. 1962, UK) is the eighth artist to receive the prestigious annual Art… Read More
9 December 2020 • Mark Westall
Victoria Miro has announced the representation of Kudzanai-Violet Hwami. A new work by the painter will feature in Victoria Miro’s… Read More
13 November 2020 • Mark Westall
As part of the ‘Rediscovering the History of Benin’ initiative announced today in Benin City, Nigeria, The Legacy Restoration Trust (LRT), the British Museum and Adjaye Associates are pleased to announce a major new archaeology project, linked to the construction of the newly named Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA).
22 October 2020 • Mark Westall
Signature African Art presents Say My Name, two exhibitions of works curated by Khalil Akar and presented by acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay in London from 27 October 2020 and in Los Angeles in February 2021.
20 October 2020 • Mark Westall
ART X Lagos, West Africa’s premier international art fair, will return from 6-15 November with a hybrid digital/physical offering
14 October 2020 • Mark Westall
Opening in October 2020, the inaugural exhibition at ADA \ contemporary art gallery, Gindin Mangoro: Under the Mango Tree presents a new body of work by Nigerian portrait artist Collins Obijiaku, addressing notions of lived experience and identity.
10 October 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
You could say that 1:54 is the Frieze fair this week – at any rate it’s the only real life fair in the city during ‘Frieze week’. So it seems only fair to pay it attention.
7 October 2020 • Mark Westall
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair opens tomorrow Thursday 8th October with 29 exhibitors bringing physical presentations to an intimate eighth London edition at Somerset House
3 October 2020 • Mark Westall
Unfolding across the entirety of both of Hauser & Wirth’s London spaces is an exhibition dedicated exclusively to the works of renowned contemporary American artist Rashid Johnson.
2 October 2020 • Staff
Meleko Mokgosi’s first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom has opened at Gagosian’s Britannia Street gallery. It’s an ongoing project with paintings created between 2013 and 2019. Titled Democratic Intuition, it takes its name from Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; a scholar, theorist and feminist critic.
29 September 2020 • Mark Westall
We managed to catch up with five of the exhibiting artists for a quick overview about them their work and what they will be exhibiting at Five Hides the first artist is Textile & Performance Artist Enam Gbewonyo.
27 August 2020 • Mark Westall
Acute Art has announced Nina Chanel Abney’s first artwork in augmented reality (AR) for individuals to realise their personal power to shift a situation.
1 June 2020 • Mark Westall
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture today launched Talking About Race, a new online portal designed to help individuals, families, and communities talk about racism, racial identity and the way these forces shape every aspect of society, from the economy and politics to the broader American culture.
24 January 2020 • Mark Westall
Black Shade Projects, the art and exhibition platform championing photography and photo-based work documenting visual culture across Africa and the diaspora, announces their second exhibition, running to coincide with 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Marrakech.
19 December 2019 • Caira Moreira-Brown
While Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s banana took the Art world’s media by storm selling for upwards of six figures prevalence and progression for the artist of African Diaspora had not only a beautiful impact but captivated spectators from around the world.
25 November 2019 • Mark Westall
The Goss-Michael Foundation’s (Dallas) new exhibition ‘Nothing New Under The Sun’ is a showcase of eight new works by renowned South African artist Ryan Hewett, from Unit London.
4 October 2019 • Lee Sharrock
Somerset House again plays host to the 1:54 art fair, now in its 7th London edition with fairs in Marakesh and New York.
