Africa Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Africa - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Africa.
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Wallpaper* contributing editor Ekow Eshun considers time, identity and cultural memory in Ghana
‘In and Out of Time’, held at Gallery 1957 in Accra, Ghana, and curated by Wallpaper* contributing editor Ekow Eshun, celebrates the concept of Sankofa with artists including Malala Andrialavidrazana, Shiraz Bayjoo and Godfried Donkor
By Hannah Silver Published
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Four jewellery brands to watch from Handmade Contemporary Fair, Johannesburg
Natural materials and eclectic design unite jewellers at Africa’s leading design fair
By Mazzi Odu Published
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Peter Beard’s biographer, Christopher Wallace, on writing the wild life of the quintessential Twentieth-Century Man
Author Christopher Wallace traces the footsteps of the original playboy-artist-activist Peter Beard, travelling from Kenya, to the Serengeti, Cassis and beyond
By Christopher Wallace Published
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A Somali café by Omar Degan supports community in Mogadishu
Arbe, a Somali café by Omar Degan, offers a gathering hub for the community in Mogadishu
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Venice turns into ‘laboratory of the future’ with 18th Architecture Biennale opening
Curator Lelsey Lokko’s theme, ‘The Laboratory of the Future’, brings passion, intensity and imagination to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, while placing Africa at its heart
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Abreham Brioschi’s furniture is inspired by his native Ethiopia
Rising talent Abreham Brioschi draws on his native African roots to create futuristic forms inspired by tradition and symbolism
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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‘Where To Now’: Zara and Wallpaper* launch offbeat travel guides
Zara and Wallpaper’s ‘Where To Now’ travel guides launch with five off-the-beaten-track adventures, from California to Naoshima, for armchair and actual explorers, available to buy now
By Simon Mills Published
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Discover Dakar: from African art to rooftop hangouts and hidden culinary gems
In Dakar, colonial style meets modernity, and a new city is emerging. Wallpaper* contributor Emeline Nsingi Nkosi takes us on a tour of the must-see spots
By Emeline Nsingi Nkosi Published
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Tate Modern announces El Anatsui as artist for 2023 Hyundai commission
As Tate Modern announces El Anatsui for its 2023 Hyundai commission (taking over the Turbine Hall from 10 October 2023-14 April 2024), we revisit our 2019 profile of the leading Ghanaian artist, published ahead of his survey exhibition at Doha's Arab Museum of Modern Art
By Ayodeji Rotinwa Last updated
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Kéré Architecture’s Uganda community centre provides safety and opportunity
A Uganda community centre created by Kéré Architecture was designed with development in mind
By Martha Elliott Published
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Reflections & Opportunities: Design, Cities and The World Cup
By Lauren Ho Last updated
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Cover story: Michael MacGarry designs limited edition cover for April 2020
Each month Wallpaper* offers a leading creative figure carte blanche to design a limited-edition cover, available exclusively to our subscribers. Here, Johannesburg-based artist Michael MacGarry reveals the inspiration behind his digital illustration for the April 2020 issue, arriving in post boxes anytime now
By Oyin Akande Last updated
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African queen: we dip a regal toe in the rising tribal art market
By Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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Kudzanai-Violet Hwami creates limited-edition cover for Wallpaper’s January 2021 issue
Each month Wallpaper* offers a leading creative figure carte blanche to design a limited-edition cover. For our January 2021 Next Generation issue, young Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai-Violet Hwami drew on her experience of social media to create a new painting, Plains of the Christmas Cow.
By TF Chan Last updated
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Kudzanai-Violet Hwami’s modern-pop portraits frame gender, sexuality and race
The Zimbabwean-born artist, who explores identity through vivid cartoon-inspired collages, headlines our January 2021 Next Generation issue. Writer Amah-Rose Abrams interviewed Hwami ahead of today's announcement that she has joined the roster of Victoria Miro Gallery
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Fondation Louis Vuitton throws into sharp relief the raw energy of African art
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair: the eye of modern Mali and more
By Grace Banks Last updated
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Manuel Herz wins Senegal hospital project in Tambacounda
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A new Marrakech museum is bringing Africa’s flourishing art scene home
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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The winners of the inaugural Africa Architecture Awards announced
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Mariam Issoufou Kamara to design Bët-bi museum in Senegal
Mariam Issoufou Kamara, founder of Atelier Masōmī in Niger, has been selected by a jury to lead the design of the new Bët-bi museum in the Senegambia region of West Africa
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Home proud: surveying the work of African architect Francis Kéré
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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A new book looks to the future of African art, while remembering its roots
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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What to see at FNB Joburg Art Fair 2018
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Ibrahim Mahama explores bats, Ghana, and new beginnings at White Cube
Ibrahim Mahama’s ‘Lazarus’, a new exhibition at White Cube (until 7 November 2021), sees the Ghanaian artist explore the hidden life of Nkrumah Volini, a brutalist grain silo from Ghana’s immediate postcolonial era
By Tom Seymour Last updated
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A virtual tour of Houston FotoFest: ‘Africa is everywhere'
Our digital review of the festival explores photography's historic link to colonialism and resistance, surveyed by 33 global African artists
By Tom Seymour Last updated
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Sub set: a new exhibition traces African modernist architecture
By Stephanie Murg Last updated