12 October 2026

Reconstructed retrospectively on 2026-10-20 from reviewed sources originally published on this date. This is not an edition published by AFROSCOPE Daily at the time, and it is not an exhaustive record. Original source dates and credits remain on every story.

NewsIndian Ocean

Nirveda Alleck brings painting and video to Rome

Black Liquid Art Gallery in Rome is presenting Nirveda Alleck’s Spread Over the Ocean Bed from 10 October to 5 December 2026. Curated by Antonella Pisilli, the exhibition pairs the Mauritian artist’s video Insular Variations II – Arise with seven paintings made between 2017 and 2024. C& and the gallery frame the presentation around submerged histories and identity; the gallery describes it as Alleck’s first Italian solo show.

Contemporary And (C&)·12 Oct 2026

NewsWest Africa

Amoako Boafo’s Paris exhibition imagines a home through portraiture

Amoako Boafo’s The Home I Have Never Had opened at Mariane Ibrahim in Paris on 19 October 2026 and is scheduled to run through 19 December. The gallery describes an interior-like installation combining recent portraits, including paintings with embroidery, with works dating to 2016. C& lists the exhibition as an exploration of home and belonging through people close to the Ghanaian artist.

Contemporary And (C&)·12 Oct 2026

InterviewDiaspora

Caroline Gueye: The Shifting Value of Gold at the Senegal Pavilion

In an ART AFRICA interview, Senegalese artist Caroline Gueye discusses WURUS, her Venice Biennale pavilion curated by Massamba Mbaye. The installation transforms Palazzo Navagero through architecture, sculpture and changing viewpoints, using the idea of gold to examine how perception shapes the value people assign to things.

ART AFRICA·12 Oct 2026

NewsWest Africa

Police artists show photography, painting and recycled-material work in Dakar

An exhibition at Dakar’s Museum of Black Civilisations revealed visual-art practices among Senegalese police officers during the first Police culturelle event. APS describes photographs by Ousseynou Faye, paintings and collage, an electronic-waste installation by Dieylani, and Betty Tendeng’s reused-straw picture frames. The presentation formed part of a broader programme also including music and sport.

Agence de Presse Sénégalaise·12 Oct 2026