Highlights of the month
A selection of this month’s stories, articles, events, and news about African Contemporary Art that you can’t miss.
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WAAU – World African Artists United – had the pleasure of presenting the association’s mission and vision during ARCOlisboa 2025.
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At ARCOlisboa 2025, WAAU spoke with its president and founder, Elson Angélico, for an insightful exchange on art, cultural infrastructure, and narrative change.
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WAAU – World African Artists United is pleased to share an interview with Christophe Person, director of the eponymous gallery dedicated to contemporary African art.
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At ARCOlisboa 2025, WAAU – World African Artists United had the honour of interviewing the award-winning architect and curator Paula Nascimento, member of the WAAU Association, and co-curator of the fair’s section “The Shapes of the Ocean”, together with curator Igor Simões.
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At ARCOlisboa 2025, WAAU – World African Artists United engaged in a dynamic program dedicated to centering African and Afro-diasporic voices within contemporary art discourse.
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WAAU – World African Artists United – was honored to participate in the opening of ARCOlisboa 2025, reinforcing our commitment to amplifying contemporary African and Afro-diasporic voices within the global art scene.
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New Zealand’s Rob Tucker creates works that are both joyful and enigmatic. His naïve yet spirited compositions present luminous and pop-inspired landscapes and still lifes, where the experimentation of textures generates a unique visual experience for the viewer.
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VOLTA returns to its founding city of Basel to celebrate two decades of fostering cutting edge creativity and being a trusted force within the emerging contemporary market for collectors this June.
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Perve Galeria is excited to confirm its participation in VOLTA Basel 2025, making this its second appearance at one of the most important international contemporary art fairs on the Art Basel parallel circuit.
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The 4th edition of Contemporary Art Now already has a date: from June 25 to 29, 2025, the FECOEV fairgrounds in Ibiza will once again become the epicenter of the most relevant contemporary art.
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Africa Basel is the international art fair for contemporary art, specializing in works and artists from Africa and its diaspora.
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Art Basel’s show in Basel is divided into sectors. Each sector has a specific focus, from monumental works to solo presentations by emerging artists. Discover the sectors and exhibitors at Art Basel in Basel in 2025.
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Every layer tells a tale. In Ibrahim Khatab’s world, posters aren’t just paper, they’re memory, texture, rhythm. Glued to walls, boards, and moments in time, they become fragments of everyday beauty.
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Ana Silva gained recognition by creating maternity scenes on textile. Then she began collecting raffia bags from Luanda’s markets, diverting their use by embroidering and sometimes assembling them into installations. While giving these objects a second life, she sketched with poetry and by using colored thread, scenes of daily life and moments of intimacy.
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Museum Van Loon proudly announces Flourish: Kehinde Wiley x Museum Van Loon , an exhibition featuring new portraits by renowned American artist Kehinde Wiley. It is Wiley's first solo exhibition in the Netherlands. The new work the artist is creating for this exhibition forms a visual response to Museum Van Loon's portrait collection and historical interiors.
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The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent.
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"Umphako" is a solo exhibition by current resident Sibusiso Bheka, celebrated for his evocative, cinematic images of life in Thokoza, South Africa.
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WAAU hosted a vital conversation exploring the role of memory, imagination, and artistic practice in addressing the enduring legacies of colonialism across Afro-Atlantic geographies.
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WAAU – World African Artists United – had the pleasure of presenting the association’s mission and vision during ARCOlisboa 2025.
Highlighted event
At ARCOlisboa 2025, WAAU spoke with its president and founder, Elson Angélico, for an insightful exchange on art, cultural infrastructure, and narrative change.
Highlight interview
WAAU hosted a vital conversation exploring the role of memory, imagination, and artistic practice in addressing the enduring legacies of colonialism across Afro-Atlantic geographies.
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