Festivals and Films
Nairobi What's on
Libraries with a Kick poster exhibition
10 June-30 July 2010. This exhibition is the result of a poster competition entitled Libraries with a Kick, launched in sub-Saharian countries on the occasion of the recent FIFA World Cup 2010 in Sout...
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The Earth’s Future in Our Hands
4-30 June 2010. This exhibition, curated by the photographer James Muriuki, displays a photo installation by the Nairobi-based photographers Achieng
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19 May-13 June 2010. Douglas Musyoki, Robinson Kimanthi, Sam Kimemia, Kevin Karuiki and John Ndung
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Rift Valley Painters exhibition
21-26 May 2010. Bronzes, paintings and glassworks by Astrid von Kalckstein, Donna Pido, Sue Dumbelton, Margery Barnes, Joel Rintari and Denis Matthews are on display at the Matbronze Wildlife Art gall...
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Fitsum Berhe Woldelibanos at the Talisman
11 May-6 June 2010. Portraits and paintings in acrylic by Eritrean artist Fitsum Berhe Woldelibanos are on display in the Talisman restaurant in Karen.
Born in Ethiopia, Fitsum graduated from the...
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14 May-9 June 2010. Kenya-born artist Larissa Hoops presents her second solo show in the capital Nairobi.
Born in Kenya in 1981, Hoops studied fine art at the University of Gloucestershire in the...
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Soapstone sculpture and Geraldine Robarts at the Village Market
28 April-23 May 2010. The Village Market in the exclusive Gigiri area presents two exhibitions in April and May. The first is a show of soapstone sculptures, which runs from 28 April to 9 May; and the...
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El Tayeb Exhibition At Le Rustique
9 April-2 May 2010. Mixed media work by El Tayeb, who is widely considered the most talented Sudanese artist based in Nairobi. Here colourful works on paper, canvas and textiles explore the cycle of l...
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Salah Amar and Simon Muriithi at the Talisman
16-31 March 2010. Kenyan artists Salah Amar and Simon Muriithi display their work at the Talisman restaurant in Karen.
Amar is an abstract painter who uses vibrant colors, bold lines and shadow tec...
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Collectors & Collections at RaMoMa
17 March-28 April 2010. The Rahimtulla museum of modern art (RaMoMa) presents a group exhibition featuring established Kneyan artists whose work is held in private and corporate collections. The show...
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2-16 March 2010. Seven Kuona Trust studio artists, Peterson Kamwathi, John Kamicha, Beatrice Wanjiku, Ogonga Thom, Allan Githuka, Kimathi Richard and Soi Michael, reflect on the problem of corruption...
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3 March-4 April 2010. Group exhibition of work by Anne Mwiti, an art lecturer at Kenyatta University, and 13 other artists from Nairobi. Opening 3 March at 19.00 with the Channel Islands-based art col...
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19-24 March 2010. Each year Friends of the Arts (FOTA) at the International School of Kenya organises an annual show and sale of work by over 100 Kenyan and international upcoming and established arti...
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Textures art exhibition at ISK.
22-27 Feb 2010. High school art students at the International School of Kenya (ISK) present the exhin
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GoDown artists at the Talisman.
16 Feb-2 March 2010. Four resident artists at the GoDown art centre, Tom Mboya, William Wambugu, Patrick Kariuki and Martin Chumbi, present their mixed media work in a group exhibition at the Talisma...
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Timothy Brooke at Le Rustique.
14 Jan-11 Feb. Drawings and watercolours by Kenya-based Irish artist Timothy Brooke, whose colourful landscapes are on permanent display in leading hotels in Nairobi, including the Norfolk and the Int...
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Nairobi Provincial Visual Arts Exhibition.
30 Jan-28 Feb 2010. Paintings, sculptures and multimedia works by Nairobi-based artists are on show at the GoDown arts centre in an exhibition organised by the department of culture in conjunction wit...
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13 Jan-4 March 2010. Rahimtullah Museum of Modern Art hosts three parallel exhibitions covering a range of disciplines and styles.
The first is an exhibition of work by Kuona Trust artist Michael So...
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4 Dec 2009-4 Jan 2010. This exhibition brings together the work of the self-taught artist from Thika Peter Ngugi. Ngugi likes to portray animals in oils using vivid colours. Following his early emacia...
