My exhibition review in publication “African Arts” on George Osodi’s photographs.
Royals and Regalia inside the Palace of Nigeria’s Monarchs. I am thrilled that my review of George Osodi’s exhibition curated by Christa Clarke – Royals and Regalia Inside the Palace of Nigeria’s Monarchs: Recent photographs by George Osodi – at the Newark Museum in 2015 has just come out in the publication African Arts, Fall […]
Upcoming art events featuring African art in New York, London, Paris
OCTOBER UPDATE A lot is happening on the Africa front. I went to Kenya for a couple of weeks this summer and spend a few days in Nairobi interviewing a few key players and artists in an emerging East African art scene that is gaining momentum. I will report on this in my November Newsletter. […]
South African artist Zanele Muholi at Les Rencontres de la Photographie at Arles
I love that even though I now spend my summers in Provence in an adorable house in the foothills of the Luberon I don’t have far to go to see good African art. The Photography Festival at Arles – Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles – is an hour away and this year South […]
South African Wim Botha at The Foundation Blachere in Apt, France
Wim Botha’s fragmentary spectacle: An engrossing juxtaposition of materials. From my summer house in the Luberon in Provence, South of France it takes me barely 20 minutes to get to the Fondation Blachere in Apt, which is devoted to fostering contemporary creativity in Africa and to promoting its artists. Situated in the industrial suburb […]
African art at the Philadelphia Museum
African photography, textiles, fashion, architecture, sculpture and more in Philadelphia Between the rehearsal dinner and the wedding of the son of a dear friend of mine whom I have known since he was a baby I drove into Philly just a short hour away from West Chester where we were staying . My friend who […]
African Art Fair 1:54 is back for the second time in New York
In May The African Art Fair 1:54 was again with us New Yorkers in Red Hook, Brooklyn at Pioneer Works. The mix of artists was different than last year making the fair an opportunity for discoveries for New Yorkers and I found works that peeked my interest. It was very well attended and therefore a […]
UPCOMING AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOWING IN NEW YORK
New African Photography can be seen in Brooklyn, New York, May 7 – 15, 2016 Something that five years ago was unthinkable is happening in New York . Contemporary African photography is getting increasing exposure in New York , not just the classics but also the newest of the new. Nataal, a new global media […]
Ellsworth Kelly sees abstract forms in every day life: His photographs
Exhibition of Ellsworth Kelly photographs at Matthew Marks. Read the review of the exhibition in the New York Times for more information.
“The World is 9” : Aida Muluneh’s new photographic series at David Krut Projects
Conceptual photography from Ethiopia : Aida Muluneh’s new body of photographs “The World is 9” shown at David Krut Projects in New York City is bold, enigmatic, highly personal and imaginative, and infused with theatricality. Sai Mado/ The Distant Gaze, 2016 By choosing this title Muluneh is referencing a saying she heard from her […]
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