Latest articles by Gameli Hamelo
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As Zanele Muholi wins photography's biggest award, we delve into the artist's practiceEarlier in the year, Zanele Muholi was named the 2026 laureate of the prestigious Hasselblad Award, the world’s largest photography prize. Discover the groundbreaking work here
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In Los Angeles, artists consider the enduring legacy of the Black Diaspora'Here Now and Then' with works by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley, explores what it means to exist in the present moment
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Gideon Appah has joined art’s big league. How is he feeling as his New York debut at Pace gathers momentum?After being signed by Pace in 2022, the artist has gone on to translate thoughts on leisure and freedom into exquisitely detailed oil paintings
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Artists at 1-54 Marrakech 2026 set a prescient mood for the year aheadHighlights and four talents to know from Morocco’s edition of the annual fair, which spotlights contemporary art and artists from Africa and its diaspora
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MoMA celebrates African portraiture in a far-reaching exhibitionIn 'Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination' at MoMA, New York, studies African creativity in photography in front of and behind the camera
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Inside the work of photographer Seydou Keïta, who captured portraits across West Africa‘Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens’, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, celebrates the 20th-century photographer
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‘It is about ensuring Africa is no longer on the periphery’: 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in LondonThe 13th edition of 1-54 London will be held at London’s Somerset House from 16-19 October; we meet founder Touria El Glaoui to chart the fair's rising influence
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Journalist-turned-artist Massoud Hayoun considers systems of control in ‘Stateless’Hayoun’s new solo show at London’s Larkin Durey, considers his rich and eclectic heritage, and his desire to make the world ‘a little more humane’
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Inside Yinka Shonibare's first major show in AfricaBritish-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare is showing 15 years of work, from quilts to sculptures, at Fondation H in Madagascar
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Meet the duo using hair and photography as a medium to consider Africa and the African diaspora‘Strands & Structures’ makes its European debut at the Open Space Contemporary Art Museum in Amsterdam, exploring social and environmental issues in Accra, Ghana
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Beyond tourism: Caribbean artists reflect on its legacy'Fragments of Epic Memory' at the Columbus Museum of Art looks beyond the Caribbean's stereotypes
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Don’t miss these artists at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2024As the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to London (10-13 October 2024), here are the artists to see
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Art futurists go in search of micro-utopias in Nairobi‘Hakuna Utopia? In Search of Micro-Utopias’ sees Nairobi-based art collective Kairos Futura harness visions of the future to provoke change; artist Ajax Axe tells us more
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‘Humanity is always the centre of my practice': Alex Prager's new work blurs the line between reality and fictionAlex Prager speaks to Wallpaper* about her new body of work, 'Western Mechanics', which opened at Lehmann Maupin in Seoul
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Artist Abdur Rahman Muhammad reframes the ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag to consider migrationAbdur Rahman Muhammad casts the ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag in oils as a potent symbol of migration in ‘The Allegory of a Seeker’, on view at ADA gallery in Accra
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Elias Sime reflects on the destructive nature of technology in VeniceIn his solo show ‘Elias Sime: Dichotomy ፊት አና ጀርባ’ at the Venice Biennale 2024, the artist spotlights technology's destructive nature for humans and the environment
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Group show ‘Constellations’ at Gallery 1957 considers alternative forms of lifeArtists reject human dominance in 'Constellations Part 1: Figures On Earth & Beyond' at Gallery 1957’s space in London.
