Accompagné depuis l’enfance par la peinture et le dessin, Mohamed Said Chair est un artiste autodidacte qui a longtemps évolué dans le secteur bancaire.
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Kofi Setordji: Telling Our Own Stories
Kofi Setordji is a multidisciplinary artist, born in 1957 in Accra. Largely self-taught, he is arguably one of Ghana’s most successful artists, widely exhibiting his work internationally. Setordji is also an active member of Nukube, a foundation for the promotion…
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“A Beautiful Struggle”, a film by Dafe Oboro
Dafe Oboro is part of a new generation of Africa-based storytellers. Walking the line between fashion imagery and social documentary, Oboro’s work is encompassed in the tender and benevolent humor of this talented image-maker.
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Aïcha Snoussi and Alida Rodrigues: Constructed Mythos
Visual artists Aïcha Snoussi (Tunisia) and Alida Rodrigues (Angola) illustrate a body of imagery that is developed from distortions of the social world and vestiges of the imaginary.
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Cultural Platform “Of Soul and Joy”, Johannesburg: Lives through the lens
Of Soul and Joy in Thokoza, Johannesburg, is a project that seeks to empower young adults through a camera lens.
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David Goldblatt and Zanele Muholi: The Grey Area
In a country struggling to shape its identity in the wake of recent history, South African photographers have utilised their chosen medium as a tool to explore an ever-changing social and cultural climate.
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Inside Gregory Olympio’s shapeless, Brightly-Hued world
French-Beninese artist Gregory Olympio uses his abstract painting style to explore the ways in which life can be boundless, more of a feeling than something you can hold.
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Amina Agueznay et Hicham Benohoud à 1-54 : Lorsque la matière se tisse en paysages…
À l’occasion de la troisième édition de la foire d’art contemporain 1-54 Marrakech, les artistes marocains Amina Agueznay et Hicham Benohoud sont présentés côte à côte au Riad El Fenn Marrakech
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Clarke’s Bookshop: Bridging the art world to audiences through books
Established in 1956, Clarke’s Bookshop in Cape Town, South Africa, is one of the oldest surviving independent bookshops in the country.
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Cape Town Art Fair’s curatorial project “SOLO”: Proprioception
SOLO – the Investec Cape Town Art Fair’s curatorial project – is nothing short of astonishing this year. It is not the nod to women artists, a global genuflection, that matters, but the quality of the work.
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