Festivals and Films
Maputo What's on
Tenth biennial TDM exhibition of visual arts.
Until 15 Nov 2009. This exhibition features the pick of entries to the biennial art competition organised by Mozambique
Nairobi What's on
5 Nov-4 Dec 2009. This exhibition is part of the ongoing Amnesia Project to allow Kenyan and African artists to tell their own story and reclaim their past. Writer, historian and founder/editor of Afr...
Addis Ababa What's on
24 Nov-10 Dec 2009. Exhibition of drawings and texts in Amharic and French by Nicolas Deleau, who teaches French at the Lyc
Dar Es Salaam What's on
3-22 Nov 2009. Recent artwork by 87 artists from 19 countries is on display in the fourth edition of the East Africa Art Biennale. Mon-Sat 10.00-18.00.
Nairobi What's on
Mieke van Grinsven sculpture exhibition.
6-30 Nov 2009. Serpentine and African opal stone sculptures by Tanzania-based Dutch artist Mieke van Grinsven are on display in an exhibition titled Between Two Worlds. Born in the Netherlands in 1957...
Cairo What's on
George Fikry in Egyptian Rituals.
8 Nov-2 Dec 2009. This exhibition brings together the latest tableaux paintings by George Fikry, who was inspired by a journey through Egypt
Accra What's on
Art Dailies at the Goethe-Institut.
10-18 Nov 2009. This exhibition brings together the work of 16 artists from 12 African and European countries for a creative rethinking of the function of materials. The exhibition will be followed by...
Nairobi What's on
From 7 Nov. Exhibition of Christian art by 25 artists to launch the initiative Artists For Christ, which is being coordinated by the Paa ya Paa arts centre in Nairobi. The official opening is on 7 Nov...
Lagos What's on
Dialogue between cultures at the national museum.
16-20 Nov 2009. Fifty of the most renowned Nigerian artists show their work on the theme Dialogue between Cultures. Participants include Dare Lawson, Ekeyfrey, Ojeikere, Onobrakpeya, Oshinowo, Soronke...
Cairo What's on
1-13 Nov 2009. This exhibition features oil on wood paintings dedicated to Egypt and its famous Sphinx by the Italian-based Egyptian artist Gamal Meleka.
Born in 1964, Meleka moved to Italy at the a...
Lagos What's on
27-30 Nov 2009. This exhibition features shots by Nigerian photographer and photojournalist George Osodi exploring the lack of good road networks and the devastating effects of motor accidents in Afri...
Cairo What's on
Mythical Dimension by Eleftherios Mystakas.
29 Oct-20 Dec 2009. This exhibition features paintings by the Greek artist Eleftherios Mystakas, who is specialized in contemporary Christian art and iconography. For this series Mystakas has drawn in...
Cairo What's on
27 Oct-25 Nov 2009. This exhibition is dedicated to the half Egyptian, half French artist Katherine Bakhoum, whose Oriental-style paintings are made up of tender strokes and subtle pastel tones, but t...
Maputo What's on
Vanishing Coast: photography exhibition by Michael Barrientos
14-28 Nov 2009. Michael Barrientos is an American documentary photographer based in Maputo. Over the years his work has appeared in the New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, USA Today and...
Cairo What's on
25 Oct-30 Dec 2009. This exhibition features a series of new paintings by the Egyptian artist Fathi Afifi.
Fathi was born in Cairo in 1950 and is a member of The Egyptian Plastic Art Association, th...
Cape Town What's on
22 Oct 2009-31 Jan 2010. This travelling exhibition is an international project that has the double aim of making and promoting art and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. The participating artists com...
Accra What's on
21 Oct-7 Nov 2009. This exhibition brings together the colourful images taken by the Spanish photographer Angel Luis Aldai during his last journey through west Africa. His photographs explore the role...
Cairo What's on
Training Sculpture by Marisa Maza.
18 Oct-12 Nov 2009. This exhibition presents a series of videos made in 2008 by the Berlin artist Marisa Maza focusing on the relationship between space, gender and the body in the field of sports. Th...
14 Oct 2009-24 Jan 2010. This is the first mayor exhibition in Italy dedicated to Edward Hopper (1882-1967), the leading exponent of American Realism who, better than any other, portrayed the daily li...
