NEWS STORIES
The latest news about contemporary arts from Africa and the diaspora
“Arts historians are here to serve artists and help translating their message and vision, making them accessible to the broadest” Chantal TOMBU, TEXAF BILEMBO
We met this with Chantal Tombu, director and curator at Texaf Bilembo center in Kinshasa to discuss the release book Artistes du 21e siècle : RDC. Vol. 3. : Art Contemporain en République Démocratique du Congo, dedicated to Congolese multidisciplinary artists Rachel Malaika NKUMISONGO, Catheris MONDOMBO and Thonton KABEYA and in collaboration with artist and curator Christine DECELLE.
BIKOKA ART PROJECT : THE ART OF CITY STILLS WITH YVON NGASSAM
Portraits of patriarchs, green lands and scarce markets, those are the snippets of life in rural Lolodorf (Cameroon) photographer Yvan Ngassam captured and which compose Portrait of Community - Features of a Land, kick-start exhibition of BIKOKA ART PROJECT by Christine Eyene launching on Friday 11 February
That time Faith Ringgold said she would paint black without a hint of white.
The poise of Faith Ringgold only matches the rawness of her work. Brutally honest and highly reflective of the America she was born in. An ambivalent America full of symbolism and leading values influencing the world yet at war home.
