Addis Ababa What's on
Kendo: Japanese Art of the Sword
29-30 May 2012. This breathtaking performance is performed by seven of the best practitioners from Japan and organized by the Embassy of Japan.
It pays homage to the Samurai culture and its traditi...
Accra What's on
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
31 May 2012. This artistic event brings together several works by various Ghanaian artists, who used different means of expression, ranging from fine to applied arts.
Their works are inspired by th...
Nairobi What's on
20 April-8 June 2012. This Eco-Art exhibition is entitled Zebra in the Red Heels and brings together a selection of art pieces, created with ecological materials.
This event encourages the creation...
Nairobi What's on
Exhibition by East Africa's Pioneer Artists
12-29 April 2012. On occasion of the 40th anniversary of the African Heritage, this exhibition pays homage to some of the pioneer artists of East Africa, who struggled against tremendous odds right af...
Addis Ababa What's on
Official Opening of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations
11 April 2012. This ceremony inaugurates the 50th anniversary celebrations of Goethe Institut.
The programme includes a concert by Delian-Quartett, who performs pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach...
Addis Ababa What's on
3-24 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Examples to Follow! Expeditions in Aesthetics and Sustainability, is part of a wider project organized by Goethe-Institut and Modern Art Museum/Gebre Kristos D...
Cairo What's on
Return from Beyond by Mervat Refaat
14 March-14 April 2012. This exhibition, entitled Return from Beyond, features the latest pastel paintings by Mervat Refaat.
On display are 30 pastel coloured paintings of different sizes, which mo...
Cairo What's on
29 March-30 April 2012. This exhibition displays a series of sculptures by the Iraqi artist Anas Al Alusi. Al Alusi was among the young artists, who were paid by Saddam Hussein during his reign to cre...
Nairobi What's on
Chilonga’s 20 Years of Experience
7-27 April 2012. This exhibition pays tribute to the 20 year-long career of the Tanzanian artist Chilonga Haji.
Chilonga was born in 1969 at Lukuledi in south Tanzania from a pottery and blacksmith...
Nairobi What's on
David Maiden First Impressions
3 April-1 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled First Impressions, brings together more than 30 oil paintings by the British artist David Maiden.
In this series the protagonists of Maiden’s can...
Nairobi What's on
25 March-25 April 2012. This exhibition, entitled Lamentations, brings together some recent paintings and works with mixed media by the Kenyan artist Ehoodi Kichapi,better known as Jes’se Ng&rsq...
Cairo What's on
15 March-15 April. This group exhibition, entitled Art for All The Family, features the paintings by some Egyptian artists, such as Adham and Seif Wanli, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Georges Bahgory, Adam Henei...
Nairobi What's on
Existence Sculpture Exhibition
29 March-10 April 2012. This exhibition, entitled Existence Sculpture, displays the works by the famous Kenyan sculptor Kevin Oduor.
In this series of conceptual three dimensional installations, ma...
Addis Ababa What's on
Contemporary Dance: Play with the Senses
26 April 2012. This unconventional contemporary dance show is choreographed by the famous South African choreographer Sello Pesa and performed by various dancers from Addis Ababa. This performance is...
Cape Town What's on
Photographs by Lidio Cipriani in Cape Town
15 August 2011-30 April 2012. This exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture, displays a series of photographs by the controversial Italian anthropologist, Lidio Cip...
Cape Town What's on
9 November 2011-10 April 2012. This exhibition pays homage to the renowned contemporary British conceptual and land artist, Richard Long. On display are a series of photographs, taken in Southern...
Cape Town What's on
For Future Generations - Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music
19 November 2011-31 March 2012. The Iziko Good Hope Gallery hosts this travelling exhibition, entitled For Future Generations - Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music, which pays h...
Cape Town What's on
Sterling Eq Live at Baxter Theatre
24 March 2012. The acclaimed instrumental pop group Sterling Eq will perform life their eclectic mix of instrumental pieces and melodies at Baxter Theatre.
This female quartet is well known around...
Cape Town What's on
16 March-8 July 2012. This exhibition, entitled Iqholo le Afrika (Her African Pride), pays tribute to the South African artist and author Barbara Tyrell on occasion of the centenary from her birth. T...
Cape Town What's on
Sounds and Silences from a San Archive
18 August 2011-15 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Sound and Silences from a San Archive, displays a series of artefacts, rare wax cylinder sound recordings, ethnographic texts, drawings and other...
