Highlights of the month

Victoria Miro is delighted to present Incroci del Passato (Crossroads of the Past), an exhibition of paintings by Richard Ayodeji Ikhide commenced during a recent residency with the gallery in Venice.

Driftwork, curated by Essence Harden, begins with the notion of remnants: fragments that persist after departure, traces that endure past erasure, impressions that hover in the space between consciousness and reverie.

This showcase aims to highlight Black Cinema made in Portugal and to contribute to public debate around these films and filmmakers, and the many questions they raise.

On 11 November 1975, the Republic of Angola gained its independence.

ART X Lagos is the premier international art fair in West Africa, and a dynamic platform created to celebrate and champion contemporary culture from Africa and its diaspora.

The first major solo exhibition of Harold Offeh’s work in a UK institution, this exhibition will explore two decades of the artist’s videos, performances and projects that have taken place across the world.

The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is featuring the artist Otobong Nkanga’s first monographic exhibition in a Parisian museum in fall 2025.

AKKA Project Venice presents Dangerous Desires, a group exhibition that engages with the legacy of Giacomo Casanova - Venice’s most infamous libertine - through a radical, contemporary African lens. The show marks the 300th anniversary of Casanova’s birth, a moment that invites not only celebration but also critical reflection.

A Blueprint of Resonance: Building Detroit’s Artistic Future is a multimedia exhibition highlighting a new generation of Detroit-based artists shaping the city’s creative landscape. These artists build on a long-standing legacy of collaboration and community care, drawing inspiration from early institutions like Pewabic Pottery and the Scarab Club to the artist-led movements of the 1960s and ’70s, such as the Cass Corridor and Gallery 7.

Cooper Gallery’s critically lauded five-chapter exhibition and event project The Ignorant Art School: Five Sit-ins towards Creative Emancipation culminates with Sit-in #5, Compassionate Rebels in Action staged by award winning British-Kenyan (Maasai Kikuyu) artist, filmmaker and writer Grace Ndiritu.

Encounter an artist who changed the face of portrait photography. Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens is the most expansive North American exhibition of the legendary Malian photographer’s work to date.

Giving you the best that I got highlights images and narratives of Black mothers, from pregnancy to the forever journey of what it means to be a mother.

À l'occasion de la 10ème édition deAKAA - Art & Design Fair, la Galerie Anne de Villepoix a le plaisir de présenter le travail de 5 artistes.

Perve Galeria returns to AKAA – Also Known As Africa, the leading European fair dedicated to contemporary African art, taking place from 23 to 26 October 2024 at Le Carreau du Temple, in Paris, France.

Du 23 au 26 octobre 2025, à l’occasion du 10e anniversaire d’AKAA, la Galerie CHRISTOPHE PERSON présente les œuvres de trois artistes : Thiémoko Claude Diarra, Ghizlane Sahli et Nyaba Léon Ouédraogo, dont les univers singuliers interrogent la présence de l’animisme.

MAGNIN-A is pleased to announce its participation at Art Basel Paris, to be held from October 22 to 26, 2025.

Art Basel Paris takes place at the Grand Palais, in the heart of the French capital.

MOVART returns with two compelling solo exhibitions by Fidel Évora and Jules BE KUTI. These exhibitions mark a new chapter for MOVART, offering a celebration of artistic creativity, dialogue, and expression through two distinctive voices.

October Gallery, London, presents works by LR Vandy, Alexis Peskine, Xanthe Somers, Zana Masombuka, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga and Romuald Hazoumè at the 2025 edition of 1-54, London. The Gallery’s booth comprises arresting sculptural works, striking photography and vivid paintings.

Following the success of its participation in 1-54 New York, AKKA Project is thrilled to announce our return to 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London. The fair will take place from 16 to 19 October 2025.

Art Comes First The Sartorial Spirit of Punk Tailors.
ęmí: freedomsong by Rohan Ayinde and Tayo Rapoport, curated by Zarina Rossheart
Everyday Lusaka Gallery The Inherited Counter-Archive
Monçao In collaboration with the India Art Fair Young Collectors Programme Curated by Strangers House Gallery
Nando's & Spier Arts Trust
PICHA/Biennale de Lubumbashi
Seed Archives Form, Feeling

The Afreximbank Curated Spotlight at this year’s 1-54 London presents Do you hear the landscape?, an exhibition that brings together a constellation of Algerian artists across painting, photography and video installation.

Perve Galeria is proud to participate in the 2025 edition of Frieze Masters in London, at Stand S13, presenting a Spotlight solo project devoted to Mozambican artist Teresa Roza d’Oliveira (1945–2019), curated by Carlos Cabral Nunes.

For this year’s London edition of the fair, AFIKARIS presents a booth that delves into the exploration of the body as both a natural, political and spiritual entity. Each of the six artists probes the intricate relationship between body and environment, exploring its role as both a site of exploitation and a vehicle for deeper, often healing, connections.