January in Cairo IV: the two faces of Egyptian art
Om Kalthoum, the late great Egyptian singer, stands in the studio of Khaled Hafez. Her eyes are
Art
How to feminise a tank
The Egyptian artist Nadine Hammam’s work maps out the social and psychological position of the female body through the dialectic of the naked and the nude.
A photograph cannot give you concrete information
Despite her reluctance, Zarina Bhimji's work does engage with her personal history of Indians' expulsion from Uganda.
Get Up, Stand Up
Tunisian born artist Amel Bennys, who works between Tunis and Paris, has just had her first
January in Cairo III
We can deduce certain trends about Egyptian painting and the nature of its buyers.
The Ministry of Culture
In the wake of January 2011, art is not yet able to understand the exemplary demography of the Egyptian people.
Remembering Tunisia
A series of public portraits by the young French-Algerian artist Bilel Kaltoun honors the martyrs of Tunisia's revolution.
Nothing has Changed in Egypt
Tahrir Square has become the most troublesome of metaphors in a country beset by problems of representation.
Modern life in Lagos
Nigeria is surely too large and its art community too diverse for any claims for representativeness to be sincerely possible?
GAL draws Africa
71-year-old GAL draws a weekly cartoon for the Belgian magazine Knack.* More of his 2011 work
Tumi's Tête Savante
We presume you’ve had Tumi and the Volume’s latest album, Pick A Dream, as much on
Africa and contemporary art
I am no contemporary art expert. Sometimes one has to start with a disclaimer. The term
The afterlife of African studio photography
Is African studio photography, Cape Town art writer Sean O’Toole asks in frieze magazine, dying out? The answer,
Les Fantômes
A painting sits glowering on the wall of the Jack Bell Gallery in London. Figures daubed
The Chronic
Fresh off its Euros prize from its €100,000 prize from the Dutch Prince Claus Fund, Chimurenga launched
‘The Art of El Anatsui’
Film Review by Elliot Ross* Making a film about an artist whose work is as beautiful