
Mohau Modisakeng’s striking imagery addresses South Africa’s violent history.
For the much-awaited reopening of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium—rebaptised AfricaMuseum (which reopened its doors on 8 December 2018) — TLmag journeyed to the vast African continent to explore the artistic inventiveness of creative Africans on a local and international scale. This fascinating edition was challenging, maybe even impossible to create, considering the density of material in the many ‘Africas’: 54 sovereign countries, nine territories and two de facto independent states, each constantly changing, attempting in its own way to exorcise the colonial and post-colonial past and to achieve hyper-modernity. In the extended pages of our 29th print edition, we continue our journey and highlight African artists, designers, architects and photographers who are producing universal, powerful and lively works.
Mohau Modisakeng’s striking imagery addresses South Africa’s violent history.
William Kentridge, the master of creative cross-fertilisation, brings together worlds of performance and animation into galleries and stages worldwide.
For thousands of years, the Omo Valley, in Southern Ethiopia, has been a place of cultural and ethnic encounter. The various peoples who’ve lived and… Read more
Hugely prolific multidisciplinary artist Wangechi Mutu came first to the UK as a teenager from Nairobi, before moving to the US where she studied art… Read more
Renowned social artist, Theaster Gates, curated ‘The Black Image Corporation’ from the Johnson Publishing Comany’s archives in celebration of African American women
Throwback the performance of Faustin Linyekula 7 month before the re-opening of Africa Museum this weekend.
The owner of NOMADGALLERY talks about ten years with his gallery and his ongoing interest in contemporary African art.
The rich and complex history of iron is unpacked at Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths’. TLmag talks to lead curator Tom Joyce to find out more
South African ceramics artist Andile Dyalvane’s intuitive mastery stems from a lifelong fascination with the medium. First stumbling upon the viscous qualities of natural clay in the rural setting of his native Eastern Cape, the talent went on to become a leading figure of the Cape Town creative scene.
Five contemporary artists helping to shape the global discourse around and market for contemporary African art.
Africa’s influence on contemporary design continues to expand.
Several contemporary works of art will be finding their home in the newly renovated Royal Museum for Central Africa.