Festivals and Films
Lagos What's on
Nigeria Golden Jubilee Exhibition in Abuja
11-15 June 2010. Fifty Delights in the Golden Age features a selection of 50 works of art by local artists, created for Nigeria
Accra What's on
29 June-16 July 2010. This exhibition brings together batik/tie dye fabrics by the artist Mama Ree, who is known for her creations worldwide. The display includes old pieces as well as new ones create...
Cape Town What's on
26 May-19 June 2010. A new series of oil paintings entitled Transition, Emergence and The Parts in Between by Lara Feldman explores how the ordinary and spatially undefined journeys of everyday life a...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
International Day of Refugees photo exhibition
22 June-3 July 2010. To mark the annual international day of refugees on 20 June the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has organised an exhibition of photographs by Giuseppe Salern...
Cairo What's on
23 May-20 June 2010. This exhibition brings together a selection of works investigating the multiple positions assumed by audiences as spectators, viewers, readers, listeners and actors. It also focus...
Accra What's on
2 June-3 July 2010. This exhibition entitled the dream features metal sculptures by the Nigerian artist Joseph Kola. The works on show, which include hangings, table tops and life-size human figures,...
Lagos What's on
Prèt-à-Partager: A Transcultural Exchange
5 June-18 July 2010. Ready to Share is a transnational artistic dialogue featuring works by 17 European and African artists on art, fashion, sports, Africa and its diaspora. The participating artists...
Cape Town What's on
2010 Fine Art: an Eye on the World Cup
21 May-31 July 2010. On the occasion of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July, this exhibition displays paintings, sculptures and photographs by leading contemporary artists...
Accra What's on
Exhibition by Uchi and Henry Kpetigo Jnr
26 May-1 June 2010. This exhibition entitled Trotro brings together designs by the dancer, stylist and bead maker Uchi and work by Henry Kpetigo Jnr, a Ghanaian fine art artist.
Uchi from Japanen jo...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
MaKuYa exhibition in Dar es Salaam
28 May-12 June 2010. This exhibition provides a window onto the traditional performing and cultural arts of the indigenous Makonde and Makua people from southeast Tanzania ahead of the third edition o...
Accra What's on
18 May 2010. Launch of the CD African Kiss, which brings together 14 songs by Ghanaian musicians from poor rural communities including Atsu Koliko, Old Sodja, Sammi B and Blakk Rasta. The album is the...
Cairo What's on
17 May-5 June 2010. The Joys of the Mystics brings together a selection of paintings by the Egyptian artist Mennah Hafez exploring the mystical and spiritual world of Sufi through colours and forms....
Cairo What's on
Palestine: Women and Children First
17 May-15 July 2010. This exhibition features the work of the United Nations
Cairo What's on
16 May-29 June 2010. This annual exhibition of installations, video art and other mixed media works by graduating students of the American University of Cairo offers a unique lecture on topics related...
Nairobi What's on
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...
Nairobi What's on
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...
Nairobi What's on
19 May-13 June 2010. Douglas Musyoki, Robinson Kimanthi, Sam Kimemia, Kevin Karuiki and John Ndung
Nairobi What's on
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...
Maputo What's on
18 May-3 June 2010. Anjos Urbanos is the title of a solo show by Mozambican photographer Jos
Maputo What's on
11 May-4 June 2010. The history of Maputo is the subject of a photographic exhibition by the Maputo-based painter and photographer Cita Vissers. She is the author of the photographic book Entre Mar e...
