Exhibitions in Africa
Nairobi What's on
The Chronic Library Exhibition
2-27 July 2012. This exhibition, entitled The Chronic Library, consists of an installation of posters, books, journals, music and films, displayed in an interactive reading room.
Its aim is t...
Addis Ababa What's on
7 June-6 July 2012. This photographic exhibition, entitled From Arat to Sedist Kilo, displays a series of collages created by the Italian photographer Antonio Fiorente. On focus are the three building...
Addis Ababa What's on
Exhibition on Emperor Menelik II’s Personal Physician
18-30 June 2012. The Institute of Ethiopian Studies pays homage to the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II and his personal physician Dr. Max Steinkühler with a symposium followed by an exhibition.
I...
Lagos What's on
Photographic Exhibition by Aderemi Adegbite
16-29 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled N65, displays the works by the Nigerian photographer Aderemi Adegbite.
Adegbite
Maputo What's on
Homage to the Cheny Wa Gune and his Quartet
6 June 2012. This exhibition pays homage to the famous Mozambican musician Cheny Wa Gune and his quartet. Gune has been a member of the musical quartet Timbila Muzimba for more than 14 years. His mus...
Nairobi What's on
4-27 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Kangaeru, displays the works by the contemporary artist Yoshinari Nishio and his artists collective, Nishio Workshop Nairobi.
This series of works was produ...
Nairobi What's on
22 May-22 July 2012. This exhibition, entitled Power of unity: creating a vital voice for artists to influence good governance.
It aims to enable the artists to create a platform and forum, which t...
Nairobi What's on
The Language of African Art by Chuma Pascal
19 May-1 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled The Language of African Art, displays the works by the Kenyan artist Chuma Pascal.
Pascal started drawing when he as five years old, he later participa...
Addis Ababa What's on
Building the Konso Visual Archives
17-31 May 2012. This exhibition, organized by the Konso Cultural Centre (Karat, Konso) and the Italian Cultural Institute (Addis Ababa), displays a series of selected photographs, which focus on the a...
Nairobi What's on
6 May-10 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled Nature, Nurture and Other Visual Meditations, displays the works by the Argentinean visual artist Miriam Rubino. Her latest colourful and playful works ar...
Nairobi What's on
Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia
24 May-1 June 2012. This art exhibition, entitled Message Stick, pays homage to the Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia and is presented by the Australian High Commission.
On display is a select...
Nairobi What's on
Geraldine Robarts’ Spirit of Africa
30 May-10 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled The Spirit of Africa, displays a series of about 20 paintings by the English painter Geraldine Robarts.
Her paintings, which are dedicated to the past...
Addis Ababa What's on
22 May-1 June 2012. The Italian Institut hosts the award ceremony and the opening of this design exhibition, entitled What Can You Make With Bamboo.
The exhibition displays a series of winning proj...
Cairo What's on
1-29 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Epic, displays the paintings by the Egyptian artist Medhat Shafik.
Shafik particularly likes to portray yellow deserts and colourful old markets from his co...
Cairo What's on
10 May-13 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled Dust: The Social Life of Endangered Spaces, displays a series of images by the Russian photographer Xenia Nikolskaya.
Her works explore Egypt's abando...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Sketches of Dar by Sarah Markes
24 May-8 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled Sketches of Dar, displays a series of drawings by the illustrator and graphic designer Sarah Markes.
The rich and colourful street life of Dar with its...
Nairobi What's on
15-31 May 2012. This exhibition by Kaafiri Kariuki is entitled Shades of Time. Kariuki critically portrays contemporary society in what he calls its ironic existence.
This Kenyan artist, who has be...
Addis Ababa What's on
31 May-28 June 2012. This exhibition displays the works, which won the second edition of the famous Ethiopian arts competition Fana-Wogi.
This year the winners are Hirut Gizaw, Muluken Dessalegn an...
Cairo What's on
Drawings by Mustafa Abdel-Moati
26 April-27 May 2012. This exhibition displays the drawings by contemporary Egyptian artist Mustafa Abdel Moati, co-founder of the Egyptian Experimental Group in 1958.
Abdel-Moati does not follow f...
Cairo What's on
29 April-31 May 2012. This photographic exhibition features a selection of black and white photographs, taken in the early 1960s by Abdel Fattah Eid.
This images pay homage to the Nubian culture, b...
