CCA Lagos and Third Space Art Foundation have announced a November 7 panel examining how performance can challenge colonial archives and recover marginalized histories. Part of 1922 Revisited, the discussion will take Jelili Atiku’s artistic work as a starting point. Participants include Atiku, Taiwo Aiyedogbon, Tolulope Ami-Williams, Akin Oladimeji and Jumoke Sanwo, with Oyindamola Faithful moderating. The event is scheduled at CCA Lagos from 10:30am to 12:15pm.
Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo brings childhood and intergenerational memory into focus in Encantário Ibeji — Salve às crianças!, which opened in São Paulo on 31 October. The museum says works from Emanoel Araujo’s collection meet contemporary invited artists, drawing on Ibejis, Erês and other enchanted figures. Curated by Vera Nunes with Camila Tuon and Gabriela de Paula, the exhibition continues into March 2027.
CCA Lagos announced Angel-Akua Taiwo and Kwame Crentsil as researchers in the first edition of Archival Constellations. Their work centres on founder Bisi Silva’s curatorial legacy and the institution’s exhibition and administrative records. The centre described the project as a way to examine how cultural histories are preserved, whose contributions remain visible and where gaps persist. The residency forms part of a wider programme exploring institutional memory through contemporary-art archives.
CCA Lagos announced a performance by Jelili Atiku at the National Museum in Lagos on 4 November. Presented with Third Space Art Foundation, Eyes No Dey Forget Wetin Heart See was described as a journey through urban space drawing on Orisha ritual and questions of identity, memory and colonial interpretation. The event forms part of 1922 Revisited: West Africa Edition and the ART X pre-programme.
For National Heroes Day, Jamaica's National Gallery highlighted Michael ‘FreeStylee’ Thompson's 2010 digital poster Rebel from its collection. The work depicts Paul Bogle, leader of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion. The museum's October 19 post connects the image to the holiday's remembrance of Jamaica's national heroes.
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, March 2009—not a view of the current exhibition. Photograph: Carlo Giovannetti (Thief12 at English Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Thief12 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Afro-Caribbean artist Awilda Sterling-Duprey is among the participants in Diasporican Abstraction: Identities Beyond Representation at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico. The museum’s sponsored announcement describes a survey of more than sixty artists exploring migration, memory and abstraction across Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Sterling-Duprey’s inclusion connects the show to an artistic practice that the Joan Mitchell Foundation describes as combining abstract painting and Caribbean religious dance traditions.
G.A.S. Foundation and the Yinka Shonibare Foundation are developing new ways to make their collections accessible online through a partnership with Archival Consciousness. Announced on 18 October, the collaboration uses Biblio-Graph to connect archiving and publishing. A new G.A.S. Publish platform will support Re:assemblages, with an Archive Futures essay series planned for January 2027. The foundation says the work will also preserve material from its African Arts Libraries network.
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Filmmaker Mati Diop at Sea’nema in 2024. Diop is among the artists named in Turning Towards the Sun; the forthcoming exhibition is not pictured.4MAPS · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped
Zeitz MOCAA has announced a moving-image exhibition developed with the African Film and Media Arts Collective. Curated by Khanyi Mawhayi, it brings together six artists and filmmakers, including Mati Diop and Wanuri Kahiu, to explore Pan-African connections, learning and artistic exchange.
Jamaica's National Gallery is keeping Of Wood and Water: The Scotiabank Collection on view until November 1. The exhibition pairs Scotiabank Jamaica holdings with works from the national collection, exploring land, natural forces, people and spirituality. An October 13 announcement also outlined a related curators' discussion scheduled for October 17. That date has passed, so the current visitor news is the exhibition's extended run.
Vitória’s municipal government announced Turmalina, an exhibition of twelve Black women photographers at Mucane, scheduled for 20 October–20 November. Curated by Taynara Barreto and Tamara dos Santos, the presentation foregrounds varied artistic approaches, including Afrofuturism. The announcement emphasises imagination and creative freedom beyond accounts of suffering, with mediated visits intended to bring audiences into conversation with the artists’ visual choices.
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Zeitz MOCAA has announced Were It Not for Shadows, bringing together six Cape Town artists who took part in its Koyo Kouoh Atelier residency programme. Curated by Phokeng Setai, the exhibition will present installations, tapestries, sculpture and photography connected to their time at the museum. Scheduled for 12 November 2026 to 29 August 2027, it considers the experimentation and studio work that precede public exhibitions, according to the museum’s announcement.
The 16th Dakar Biennale will take place from 19 November to 19 December 2026, with Morad Montazami as artistic director. An official announcement from Biennale de Dakar, dated 24 September 2026 and posted on 13 October, details 75 artistic proposals: 54 for the international exhibition and 21 for the design section. The theme, “(Anti)fragility,” explores repair, care and responses to disruption. Faouzi Laatiris is the Grand Témoin, alongside a Carte blanche for Serigne Mbaye Camara.
Biennale de Dakar has named artist Amadou Kane Sy as curator of Senegal’s pavilion, titled Re-enchanting the World. According to the organiser, the presentation will bring together varied forms of contemporary Senegalese artistic practice, connecting artists’ local contexts with international cultural exchange. The announcement outlines the pavilion’s curatorial purpose but does not identify participating artists or specify exhibition dates.
Biennale de Dakar has included Laila Gohar in its design selection, identifying her with Egypt and the United States. Its artist profile describes a New York-based practice combining food, design and performance, with edible materials shaped into sculptural compositions. The organiser connects her work to sensory experience, memory and cultural exchange, without specifying the work she will present in Dakar.
Biennale de Dakar has announced Trajectories and Heritage, an exhibition of Senegal’s state art collection curated by Kalidou Kassé. The organiser says the presentation examines the country’s visual-art history through major institutional acquisitions. It is being developed by the Directorate of Cultural Heritage, the biennale’s general secretariat and the National Art Gallery. The announcement does not provide an exhibition timetable.
Biennale de Dakar has announced the Democratic Republic of the Congo as guest country of honour for its 16th edition, with artist Steve Bandoma curating its presentation. The organiser places the Congolese pavilion alongside its international exhibition and design section. Its national-pavilion programme gives participating countries space to present their contemporary art scenes through their own curatorial choices.
Biennale de Dakar has published a retrospective of the launch of its 16th edition at the Museum of Black Civilisations. According to the organiser, the ceremony on 24 September brought together artists, cultural professionals, institutions, partners and media. The post connects that gathering to the 2026 edition’s exploration of fragility, repair and responses to disruption. It documents a past launch rather than announcing an upcoming opening.
Biennale de Dakar has published an individual accreditation form for people seeking access to openings, previews and other restricted activities during its 2026 edition. The organiser says applications will be reviewed and submission does not guarantee accreditation. Some events and limited-capacity areas may require separate permission. People already registered through the official programme or internal teams are directed not to use the public form.
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Koyo Kouoh speaking in Douala in 2010. IMPRINT is the current iteration of the museum’s Koyo Kouoh Atelier; the current residents and exhibition are not pictured.Lard Buurman . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped
Zeitz MOCAA has introduced IMPRINT, a publishing residency bringing three Cape Town collectives into its Koyo Kouoh Atelier. (B)andWi(d)th, Medupi Publishing and Creative Knowledge Resources will use the museum as a place for production and experimentation, with the programme running until April 2028.
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Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo in São Paulo, photographed on 16 March 2024. Venue context, not an installation view of NZO.Slyronit · CC BY-SA 4.0
São Paulo’s Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo is hosting NZO – Memórias Afro-brasileiras through February 28, 2027. The exhibition brings together the Rede de Acervos Afro-brasileiros, linking community museums, photographic collections, religious spaces and personal archives across Brazil. Shared curation highlights how Black communities preserve their histories, with material connected to figures including Lélia Gonzalez and Abdias Nascimento. The exhibition opened on September 26.
By AFROSCOPE Daily·Source: Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo·
