African art - Finestre sull'Arte

An exhibition in Zurich on the looting and restitution of works from the Kingdom of Benin

From Aug. 23, 2024, to Feb. 16, 2025, the Rietberg Museum in Zurich presents the exhibition "In Dialogue with Benin: Art, Colonialism, Restitution," a project that aims to illustrate the past, present and future of the cultural heritage of the Kingdo...
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"If these are the things": new exhibition of Ibrahim Mahama in Brescia.

After ten years of collaboration, the APALAZZOGALLERY gallery in Brescia presents the new solo exhibition of Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama (Talame, 1987), entitled IF THESE ARE THE THINGS, open from May 25 to Sept. 22, 2024 at the Lombard gallery. M...
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Pietrasanta, African art stars in the church and cloister of St. Augustine

African art takes center stage in Pietrasanta with the exhibition titled Africa Tunes, a group show curated by Alessandro Romanini, hosted at the Complesso di Sant'Agostino from Jan. 20 to March 17, 2024, and produced by the City of Pietrasanta in co...
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The Royal Museums of Turin dedicate an exhibition to their forgotten African collections

From October 27, 2023 to February 25, 2023, the Sale Chiablese of the Royal Museums of Turin will host the exhibition AFRICA. The Forgotten Collections, curated by Elena De Filippis, Enrica Pagella, and Cecilia Pennacini, produced by the Musei Reali ...
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African contemporary art enters the spaces of the Ca' Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art

From May 20 to October 1, 2023, Ca' Pesaro - International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice hosts AFRICA 1:1 Five African Artists at Ca' Pesaro, an exhibition of site-specific works created by five artists from the African art scene, invited to Venice...
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In Palermo exhibition of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, one of the fathers of contemporary African art

Held from April 28 to May 28, at the Riso. Regional Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Palermo, the exhibition Frédéric Bruly Bouabré | Cosmogonie, the first review in Sicily dedicated to one of the founding fathers of cont...
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A UK public museum returns its bronze collection to Nigeria for the first time

For the first time, a public museum in the United Kingdom has returned its bronze collection to Nigeria. It is theHorniman Museum and Gardens, located in South London, which handed back during an official ceremony on Monday, November 28, 2022, to Nig...
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Milan, in Heart of Darkness Gallery, exhibition on contemporary African art

Through Nov. 20, 2021, 210 Gallery at Vik Gallery in Milan, Via Silvio Pellico 8 (Galleria Vittorio Emanuele) hosts Cuore di tenebra, an exhibition of contemporary African art curated by Alessandro Romanini featuring some of the great protagonists of...
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