Festivals and Films
Cairo What's on
7 Dec 2009-5 Jan 2010. This exhibition features oil paintings by Hafez El-Raei.
Cairo What's on
6 Dec 2009-28 Jan 2010. This exhibition brings together work by all current art students of the American University of Cairo. On display are paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs created by...
Cairo What's on
6-31 Dec 2009. This exhibition displays 40 acrylic paintings, mainly inspired by the river Nile and the Egyptian environment, by Egyptian artist Mohamed Abla.
Abla graduated from the faculty of fine...
Cairo What's on
Women of My World by Britt Boutros Ghali.
6-26 Dec 2009. This exhibition features abstract watercolours of women by the Norvegian, Egypt based artist Britt Boutros Ghali.
For Boutrous Ghali paintings have their stories to tell, they are not...
Nairobi What's on
4 Dec 2009-4 Jan 2010. This exhibition brings together the work of the self-taught artist from Thika Peter Ngugi. Ngugi likes to portray animals in oils using vivid colours. Following his early emacia...
Accra What's on
7-19 Dec 2009. This exhibition displays ceramic works by the ceramic artist Kofi Adjei. His works include pots, human figures, candle stands, flower vases, dolls and ceramic murals, enriched by symbol...
Cairo What's on
Paintings by Souad Mardam Bey.
1-31 Dec 2009. This exhibition is dedicated to the Cairo-based artist Souad Mardam Bey. Her colourful canvases portray ethereal and ephemeral figures and silhouettes, such as Nubian faces and figures...
Lagos What's on
5 Dec-9 Jan 2010. Professional Nigerian makeup artists will be at the Alliance Fran
Cape Town What's on
Resolution: The Power of Innuendo.
30 Nov 2009-7 Jan 2010. This exhibition reflects on the use of photographs to capture, spread, propagandise and sell violent realities. On display are works by Lien Botha, Jean Brundrit, Carol-Anne G...
Nairobi What's on
28 Nov-23 Dec 2009. This exhibition brings together colourful paintings and sculptures by renowned and emerging East African artists.
Accra What's on
HIV/AIDS art exhibition and sale.
28 Nov 2009. On the occasion of World Aids Day the Foundation for Contemporary Art - Ghana, in partnership with West Africa Aids Foundation, brings together works by different artists on the theme of...
Lagos What's on
African Artists’ Foundation miniatures exhibition.
11 Dec 2009-11 Jan 2010. This exhibition features a selection of miniature works by contemporary Nigerian artists such as Bob Aiwerioba, Yomi Momoh, Emmanuel Dudu, Aisha Idrisu, George Edozie, Tola We...
Cairo What's on
15 Nov-7 Dec 2009. This group exhibition entitled Il Corpus Humanus brings together paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs by renowned Egyptian artists including Ibrahim El-Dessouki, Essam Da...
Cairo What's on
Desert Sea Light by Mathias Pfeiffer.
15 Nov-10 Dec 2009. This exhibition displays porcelain artworks by the German ceramicist Mathias Pfeiffer, who gives everyday objects and home accessories a touch of design without making them lose th...
Lagos What's on
Jerry Buhari in Man and Earth.
21 Nov-3 Dec 2009. This exhibition, subtitled Life as an Artist, features the works of Nigerian artist Jerry Buhari. It presents a selection of introspective works including drawings, pastels, water...
Cape Town What's on
Morbid Appetites by Frances Goodman.
12 Nov-12 Dec 2009. This exhibition by Frances Goodman features a set of six sculptures reproducing beaded luxury suitcases of famous brands. With irony and criticism she explores the transience of br...
Cairo What's on
10-26 Nov 2009. This exhibition pays homage to the prominent Egyptian artist Salah Taher (1911-2007). On display are late works by the master painter, who belonged to the so-called
Maputo What's on
1 Oct-30 Nov 2009. Veteran Mozambican sculptor Naftal Langa presents his work at the Kulungwana in the central train station in Maputo.
Born in 1932 in the small village of Mandlhakazi, Langa began...
Maputo What's on
Bagamoyo ferry boat exhibition
17-30 Nov 2009. Photographs by Portuguese/Mozambican photographer Diana Manhi
Addis Ababa What's on
Peaceful Revolution - Pictures of Leipzig.
20 Nov-3 Dec 2009. Photography exhibition organized by the city of Leipzig to mark the 20th anniversary of the peaceful protests in the then east German city of Leipzig in October 1989, which helped p...
