dynamicafrica: Dynamic Africa Global Events Listing: Arts. Here are some of the current and upcoming
dynamicafrica: Dynamic Africa Global Events Listing: Arts. Here are some of the current and upcoming art exhibitions on our radar happening all over the world! Zander Blom - “New Paintings” at Stevenson, Cape Town.28 August - 4 October 2014. Pretoria-born artist Zander Blom will be unveiling his latest work at the STEVENSON gallery in Cape Town. The exhibition opens on Thursday, August 28th from 6pm-8pm. Blom will give an exclusive walkabout of the exhibition on Friday, August 29th at 11am, at a cost of R20. Pieter Hugo - “Kin” at Fundacio Colectania, Barcelona.18 September - 10 December. South African photographer Pieter Hugo will be exhibiting a selection of his work at the Fundacio Colectania in Barcelona, Spain, beginning on September 18th through to early December. Meschac Gaba - “Museum of Contemporary Africa Art” at Tate Modern, London.3 July – 22 September. Specializing in the creation of distinct spaces in which he houses his multimedia works of art, Benin-born artist Meschac Gaba’s ongoing exhibition at London’s Tate Modern involves a unique concept in which Gaba a mock “Museum of Contemporary African Art”. Gaba’s work is included on The Theatre of the World at Museo Tamayo, Mexico (12 June to 31 December). Ibrahim El-Salahi - “A Visionary Modernist” at Tate Modern.3 July – 22 September. Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi’s major retrospective at the Tate includes 100 works from across more than five decades of his international career. The exhibition is Tate Modern’s first of its kind dedicated to African modernism. Zanele Muholi solo shows at the EinsteinHaus in Ulm, Germany (18 September - 25 October) and at Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto (18 June - 24 August). See selections of South African photographer Zanele Muholi’s work that documents, investigates and explores the lives of black lesbians in South Africa. “Artists Committed? Maybe” at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon.21 June - 7 September. Works from 21 different artists including Athi-Patra Ruga (South Africa), Bouchra Khalili (France/Morocco), Bruno Boudjelal (France/Algeria), Celestino Mudaulane (Mozambique), Conrad Botes (South Africa), Paul Edmunds (South Africa), Simon Gush (South Africa) and Wim Botha (South Africa). “Revolution! Works from the Black Arts Movement” at the Brooklyn Museum, New York.Long-term installation. See a display of seven works by seven different artists who were part of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. Yinka Shonibare - “Egg Fight” at Centre d’Art de la Fondation Blachère, Apt.23 May - 20 September. Fondation Blachère is presenting a solo exhibition and new light installation by Yinka Shonibare MBE RA. The exhibition takes its cue from Shonibare’s installation Egg Fight (2009) recently acquired by Fondation Blachère. Inspired by Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver Travels, the piece is a satirical staging of the divisions between Protestants and Catholics through the argument over which end of a boiled egg should be broken, the large or small end. This work reflects Shonibare’s interest in addressing conflicting ideologies observed in culture, politics and society. “Young Architects in Africa” at the CA’ASI Cannaregio, Venice.7 June - 31 August. CA’ASI exhibits the laureates and nominees of the Young Architects in Africa competition in Venice, as Collateral Event of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia. The competition and exhibition highlight the creativity of a rising generation of young African architects, helping them to achieve worldwide recognition. Pangaea - “New Art From Africa and Latin America” at Saatchi Gallery, London.2 April - 2 November. Several highly renowned artists from Africa exhibit work alongside artists from Latin America. See works from the likes of Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Ibrahim Mahama, Mario Macilau, Vincent Michea and Boris Nzebo. “Great Black Music” at Cite de la Musique, Paris.11 March - 24 August. Despite the arbitrary and generic term, this Paris exhibition highlights some of the most important and influential music genres to come out of Africa and the African diaspora. Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Soundcloud | Mixcloud TO ADVERTISE AND PROMOTE YOUR EVENT WITH DYNAMIC AFRICA, EMAIL DYNAMICAFRICABLOG@GMAIL.COM. -- source link