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.
Read MoreA Creative Vision Committed to Change: Jahman O. Anikulapo
Aside from practising as an artist since 1980, Jahman O. Anikulapo has been an arts and culture journalist since 1984, writing mostly on the performing arts, visual arts, literature, film, and cultural affairs for a number of local and international…
Read MoreNú Barreto, The Fascination of Red
Multidisciplinary artist, Nú Barreto draws attention to political and social issues on the African continent. His work resonates strongly with the #EndSARS movement currently shaking Nigeria. Few weeks before the opening of the 5th edition of ART X LAGOS during…
Read MoreLola and Deen Solebo: Fostering a Legacy for Art
Lola Ogunnaike is a Nigerian American features and entertainment journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times, she lead its entertainment coverage and wrote for the paper’s Arts and Leisure section. Lola and her husband, Deen Solebo, are art…
Read More“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.
Read MoreAïcha 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.
Read MoreCultural 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.
Read MoreDavid 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.
Read MoreInside 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.
Read MoreAmina 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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