Koyo Kouoh, art curator due to lead 2026 Venice Biennale, dies at 57
Groundbreaking Swiss-Cameroonian curator would have been the first African woman to head up the art event Koyo Kouoh, the groundbreaking Swiss-Cameroonian curator who was to...
Category : Art and design
Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle
The Herds project from the team behind Little Amal will travel 20,000km taking its message on environmental crisis across the world Hundreds of life-size animal...
UK court sides with Icelandic firm over artist’s spoof corruption apology
Judge considering complaint by fishing firm Samherji rules artist Odee unlikely to be able to defend work as parody The property rights of Iceland’s largest...
‘Heartbreaking’: fire destroys historic Toronto church and rare paintings
Destroyed artefacts in St Anne’s Anglican church include unique paintings by Group of Seven art collective An early morning fire at a Toronto church has...
UK galleries rushed to diversify art after Black Lives Matter, artist says
South Africa-born painter Gavin Jantjes says institutions tried to buy work they ignored decades earlier British arts institutions deployed “kneejerk” and “stopgap” responses in the...
‘Realities of apartheid’: South African artist wins Deutsche Börse photography prize
Lebohang Kganye blends oral traditions, family photos and theatre in a ‘new and fresh way’ to trace personal history of apartheid era The South African...
Flooding in Brazil: then and now – in pictures
Devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul state have about left 90 dead with survivors seeking food and shelter Brazil flooding death toll rises to...
Surge of interest in Ethiopian culture boosts case for return of treasures, says Sissay
Poet who is curating country’s first Venice Biennale pavilion says ‘part of the heart’ of the country was looted and is being held in museums...
Africa’s largest mosque inaugurated in Algeria after years of delays
Prayer room of Great Mosque of Algiers, beset by political wrangling and cost overruns, accommodates 120,000 people Algeria has inaugurated a gigantic mosque on its...
Sculpture of colonial officer’s ‘angry spirit’ returns to DRC as Dutch urge reckoning
Carved wooden figure at Venice Biennale aims to spark debate about colonial blindspots in the art world A statue depicting the angry spirit of a...
