Festivals and Films
Addis Ababa What's on
20-30 June 2006. Paintings by Ethiopian artists Taddese Mesfin, Ayele Assefa, Muzie Awel, Abdurahman M. Sherif and Ameneshewa Admasu are on display at the Italian Cultural Institute. Opening 20 June 1...
Addis Ababa What's on
18-20 Sept 2006. there is an exhibition of work by Fikadu Amare at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa. Opening 18.00.
Nairobi What's on
12 May-8 June 2006. Work by Kenyan artists A. Uman, T. Ogonga and A. Githuka is on show in the exhibition space of Le Rustique restaurant in Westlands. The exhibition is supported by the Rahimtulla Mu...
Accra What's on
27 May-8 June. Recent paintings by Fernand Nonkouni go on show at the Alliance Franaise in Accra. Born in Ivory Coast in 1968, Burkinab Nonkouni is a self-taught artist specialising in abstract painti...
Accra What's on
30 May-9 June 2006. Painting, sculpture, installations and mixed media works by Akindiya Rasheed Olaniyi, otherwise known as Akirash, go on show at the Goethe-Institut. For Akirash there is no such th...
Addis Ababa What's on
28 June-8 July 2006. The district of Kechene at the foot of the Entoto hill in north Addis Ababa is home to a large community of potters and weavers who combine traditional styles and techniques with...
Nairobi What's on
Paintings by Sebastian Kiarie.
13 June-8 July 2006. Recent work by Sebastian Kiarie is on display at the Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art (RaMoMA). An agronomist by training, Kiarie has always shown an interest in subjects from ever...
Maputo What's on
13 April-28 May 2006. Paintings, photographs, videos, drawings, sculptures and installations by artists from Portuguese-speaking Africa and Brazil are on show at the National Art Museum in Maputo. The...
Addis Ababa What's on
31 May-17 June 2006. Work by the founder and owner of the popular Asni Gallery in Addis Ababa goes on show at the lAlliance Ethio-Franaise. Established in 1996, the Asni Gallery promotes the work of y...
Nairobi What's on
29 April-27 May 2006. Exhibition of painting and sculpture by 22 established and emerging artists belonging to the Banana Hill Art Studio just outside Nairobi. Exhibits include Local pub by Kamuyu Mar...
Cape Town What's on
8 April-28 May 2006. Work by the winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art 2005 award, Wim Botha, is on display at the South African National Gallery. The exhibition includes the Mieliep...
Addis Ababa What's on
Seven Years in Black and White.
21 April-5 May 2006. Work by Ethiopian artist Merid Tafesse is on show at the childrens village near Arat Kilo to mark the 40th anniversary of the visit made by Emperor Haile Selassie to Jamaica on 21...
Accra What's on
2-14 May 2006. The Foundation For Contemporary Art Ghana (FCA) presents an exhibition and sale of work by local contemporary artists inspired by the cities of Accra and Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti...
Addis Ababa What's on
4-20 May 2006. Gotas traditional silos found in homes in northern Ethiopia for storing grain made by arte povera artist Elias Sime go on show at the Alliance thio-franaise. The exhibits are large in...
Maputo What's on
13-31 May 2006. This itinerant exhibition organised by the ProJustitiae Foundation based in Porto, Porugal, features a variety of work by artists from Portugal, Brazil, Sao Tom and Prncipe, Guinea Bis...
Maputo What's on
3-31 May 2006. Paintings by Mozambican artist Domingos Matsamba go on show at the Franco-Mozambican cultural centre in Maputo. Matsamba is a founding member of the Mozarte youth centre for art and cra...
Nairobi What's on
14-17 April 2006. Kenyan and African artists present their work in an exhibition and sale at The Sarova Stanley in central Nairobi. Free Your Spirit has been assembled by Africancolours.net, the leadi...
Nairobi What's on
25 April-30 June 2006. Exhibition of photographs organised by the Goethe-Institut in conjunction with Magnum Photos as part of the official 2006 FIFA World Cup arts and culture programme.
Cape Town What's on
Truth and reconciliation in art.
4 April-31 December 2006. This exhibition reflects on the achievements of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) ten years after it began its hearings in Cape Town. Established by the governmen...
Nairobi What's on
4-18 May 2006. Photographs by Italian photojournalist Francesco Broli are on show at the Italian Institute of Culture. Born in Como in 1966, Broli studied photography at the Riccardo Bauer Institute i...
