An international residency in Togo is bringing history into conversation with contemporary art, inviting a new generation to rethink how cultural heritage is preserved and experienced....
Three Ghanaian boats have arrived in Naples, but they are not going anywhere. Standing upright at Piazza Municipio, near one of Italy’s busiest ports, the three...
A family photograph resting on a shelf may look like decoration. A half-finished piece of woven cloth may seem incomplete. A living room may simply be...
A constellation is never just about the stars. It is about the lines we imagine between them. That idea sits quietly at the heart of Nsoromma,...
A football jersey can tell you which country a player represents. In the hands of Nigerian artist Mayowa “Shutabug” Alabi, it can tell you something much...
Most people walk past an old armchair, a woven basket or a family photograph without a second thought. Artists, however, have a remarkable habit of stopping...
From family living rooms to woven cloth and well-worn furniture, the objects we overlook every day often preserve histories that no textbook can capture. There is...
The best way to understand Accra isn’t from behind the window of a tour bus. It is on foot, where every street, gallery and workshop reveals...
For many gallery visitors, the first instinct is to ask what a painting means. Standing before the abstract works of Nicholas Kowalski, however, a different question...
There is a tendency to look for history in monuments, official records, and museum collections. Yet some of the most revealing archives of a society can...
