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Financial Times
'Bags of Attitude', Jackie Wullschlager, 30 June 2018 June 30, 2018 Read more -
Meadows Museum of Art, Louisiana
Solo exhibition of work by Lavar Munroe, entitled 'Devil in a White City', opening 13 September 2018. May 30, 2018 Read more -
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau
Ten year survey solo exhibition of work by Lavar Munroe, 13 September - 2 December 2018. May 30, 2018 Read more
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Upcoming solo show of new works by Raquel van Haver, entitled 'Spirits of the Soil'. Runs 24 November 2018 - 7 April 2019. May 30, 2018 Read more -
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Group exhibition entitled 'Talisman in the Age of Difference', curated by Yinka Shonibare, including works by Armand Boua. Show runs 5 June - 21 July 2018. May 30, 2018 Read more -
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Touring group exhibition entitled 'Making Africa', including work by Goncalo Mabunda & Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 14 October 2018 – 6 January 2019. February 26, 2018 Read more
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MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome
Group exhibition entitled 'African Mētrópolis', curated by Simon Njami & Elena Motisi, including work by Lavar Munroe. Show runs 22 June to 21 October 2018. February 26, 2018 Read more -
Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA
New acquisition of work by Baatarzorig Batjargal. February 26, 2018 Read more -
Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA
New acquisition of work by Goncalo Mabunda. February 26, 2018 Read more
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Peres Projects, Berlin
Upcoming solo exhibition of paintings by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, entitled 'The New Dialogue', 16 March - 13 April 2018. February 26, 2018 Read more -
The Mint Museum, North Carolina
Group exhibition entitled 'Africa-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 6 October 2018 - 28 April 2019. February 26, 2018 Read more -
11th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Group exhibition entitled 'The Atlantic Triangle', curated by Alfons Hug, 6 April - 3 June 2018. Including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. January 16, 2018 Read more
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Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands
Solo exhibition of work by Raquel van Haver, 'De Scheffer Prize' runs through to 15 April 2018. January 16, 2018 Read more -
Gangwon International Biennale, South Korea
Group exhibition entitled 'The Dictionary of Evil', including works by Goncalo Mabunda, 3 February - 18 March 2018. January 16, 2018 Read more -
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
New acquisition of works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. January 16, 2018 Read more
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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Tennessee
Group exhibition entitled 'Africa-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style', 24 February - 12 August 2018. January 16, 2018 Read more -
Michigan State University, Union Art Gallery
Solo exhibition of work by Karen Hampton entitled 'WATER Puerto Rico......Flint a Human Right', 19 January - 23 March 2018. January 16, 2018 Read more -
Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
Touring group exhibition entitled 'Making Africa', including work by Goncalo Mabunda & Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 3 February - 6 May 2018. September 8, 2017 Read more
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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Nationwide touring group exhibition entitled 'Ex Africa', curated by Alfons Hug. Includes works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, October 2017 - October 2018. September 8, 2017 Read more -
Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA
New acquisition of work by Armand Boua. Currently installed in the African art galleries. September 8, 2017 Read more -
The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, New York
'A Journey Where There is No North Star', upcoming group exhibition including works by Lavar Munroe, opens 22 September 2017. September 8, 2017 Read more
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The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
New aqcuisition of works by Hamidou Maiga. September 8, 2017 Read more -
Financial Times
'The Hero of a New Generation', Maya Jaggi, 24 June 2017 June 24, 2017 Read more -
Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
Group exhibition entitled 'Latin American Cartographies', including work by Raquel van Haver, through to 6 August 2017. May 30, 2017 Read more
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National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
New acquisition of work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. May 30, 2017 Read more -
Princeton University Art Museum, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Revealing Pictures: Photographs from the Christopher E. Olofson Collection', including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Show runs through to 2 July 2017. May 30, 2017 Read more -
Prospect 4 New Orleans, USA
Citywide exhibition entitled 'The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp', under the artistic direction of Trevor Schoonmaker. Including work by Lavar Munroe, alongside Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Michael Armitage and Rashid Johnson among others. May 30, 2017 Read more
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Royal Academy of Arts, London
Group exhibition including works by Aboudia & Goncalo Mabunda, 13 June - 20 August 2017. May 30, 2017 Read more -
The Art Newspaper
'As African art hits the mainstream, will collectors be converted?', Jane Morris, 1 April 2017 April 1, 2017 Read more -
Financial Times
'In with the new | Local and diaspora collectors are creating a lively demand for African art', Melanie Gerlis, 4 March 2017 March 4, 2017 Read more
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Brooklyn Museum, USA
New acquisition of works from the Egungun series by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. February 7, 2017 Read more -
California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Made in Cotton', including work by Karen Hampton, 25 October - 17 December 2017. February 7, 2017 Read more -
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Making Africa - A Continent of Contemporary Design', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou & Gonçalo Mabunda, 15 October 2017 - 7 January 2018. February 7, 2017 Read more
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Institut fondamental d’Afrique noire, Dakar, Senegal
Group show entitled 'Lumieres d'Afriques', including work by Goncalo Mabunda, through to 20 February 2017. February 7, 2017 Read more -
Manchester Art Gallery, UK
New acquisition of work by Boris Nzebo. Acquired for Manchester Art Gallery's collection with the support of The Jack and Janice Livingstone Trust. Nzebo to be featured in upcoming collection display entitled 'To Be Human', 1 April - 3 September 2017. February 7, 2017 Read more -
Afrika Museum, Netherlands
Group exhibition entitled 'Carnival Around the World', including work by Raquel van Haver, through to 26 March 2017. January 12, 2017 Read more
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Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
Group exhibition entitled 'Making Africa: Continent of Contemporary Design', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou & Gonçalo Mabunda, through to 15 January 2017. January 12, 2017 Read more -
La Villette, Paris
Group exhibition entitled '100% Afriques Capitales', including work by Lavar Munroe, 29 March - 21 May 2017. Curated by Simon Njami, the show features artists Pascale Marthine Tayou, William Kentridge and Abdoulaye Konate among others. January 12, 2017 Read more -
Orlando Museum of Art, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Who We Are Now', including work by Lavar Munroe, through to 12 March 2017. Selected pieces from the collection of Dr. Robert Feldman featuring Mickalene Thomas, Titus Kaphar, Tallur L. N. & Yoan Capote among others. January 12, 2017 Read more
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The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, Senegal
Lavar Munroe invited as 2017 artist in residence at Thread: Artists' Residency & Cultural Center, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Senegal. January 12, 2017 Read more -
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Women Art & Fiber: Contemporary Responses to Abolition and the Underground Railroad', including work by Karen Hampton, 8 March - 4 April 2017. January 12, 2017 Read more -
Artforum
'Making & Unmaking' at the Camden Arts Centre, Gilda Williams, 1 October 2016 October 1, 2016 Read more
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Fowler Museum at UCLA, USA
'African-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style', group exhibition including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, March - July 2017. September 2, 2016 Read more -
Honolulu Museum of Art, USA
'The Journey North', solo exhibition of work by Karen Hampton, 20 October 2016 - 23 April 2017. September 2, 2016 Read more -
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
'Regarding Africa: Contemporary Art and the Afro-Futuristic Connection', group exhibition including work by Jack Bell Gallery artists Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou & Aboudia, 8 December 2016 - 22 April 2017. September 2, 2016 Read more
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Van Every Gallery at Davidson College, USA
'Material Matters: Water, Pigment, and Light', group exhibition including work by Lavar Munroe, 29 August - 7 October 2016. September 2, 2016 Read more -
Frieze
'Life in Style', Duro Olowu, 1 September 2016 September 1, 2016 Read more -
The Guardian
'Hustle and bustle: the African pop art of Boris Nzebo', 8 July 2016 July 8, 2016 Read more
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Artsy
'Mario Testino Spotlights the Overlooked West African Photographer Hamidou Maiga', Charlotte Jansen, 30 June 2016 June 30, 2016 Read more -
Financial Times
'Material World', Lily le Brun, 25 June 2016 June 25, 2016 Read more -
Artsy
'The Brooklyn Museum’s African Mask Show Is a Complex, Powerful Exploration of Identity', Karen Kedmey, 3 May 2016 May 3, 2016 Read more
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Modern Painters
'Uncomfortable Expression', Charlie Schultz, 1 May 2016 May 1, 2016 Read more -
Financial Times
'This ship would set sail', Emma Crichton-Miller, 30 April 2016 April 30, 2016 Read more -
Vogue
'Mind's Eye', Duro Olowu, 27 April 2016 April 27, 2016 Read more
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Camden Arts Centre, UK
Group exhibition entitled 'Making & Unmaking', curated by Duro Olowu, 19 June - 18 September 2016. Including work by Jack Bell Gallery artists Hamidou Maiga and Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, alongside Glenn Ligon and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye among others. April 26, 2016 Duro Olowu Making & Unmaking Camden Arts Centre Hamidou Maiga Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou Read more -
MATE - Museo Mario Testino, Peru
Solo exhibition of work by Hamidou Maiga, 6 July - 23 October 2016. Maestros de la Fotografía is an exhibition series showcasing historical, modern and contemporary photography from cultures around the world. April 25, 2016 MATE presents the third edition of Maestros de la Fotografía; this exhibition series shows the work of established photographers from... Read more -
Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain
Group show entitled 'Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design', runs through to 28 August 2016. Includes work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou & Gonçalo Mabunda. April 22, 2016 Making Africa CCCB Amelie Klein Okwui Enwezor Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou Goncalo Mabunda Vincent Michea Read more
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Museum Angewandte Kunst, Germany
Group show entitled 'Unter Waffen. Fire and Forget 2', including work by Goncalo Mabunda, 9 September 2016 to 8 January 2017. April 20, 2016 There are weapons everywhere: they exert an ambivalent fascination because they embody power, violence and superiority while also reminding us... Read more -
Dakar Biennale 2016, Senegal
Lavar Munroe has been announced as a participant of the 2016 Dakar Biennial. Curated by Simon Njami, the biennial will include 65 artists from all over the African continent and its diaspora. February 8, 2016 Dak’Art: African Contemporary Art Biennale (Senegal) | Biennial Foundation Read more -
Institut Français, Benin
Group exhibition entitled 'Mois de la photographie', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, February 2016. February 8, 2016 Read more
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Manchester Art Gallery, UK
Solo exhibition of work by Boris Nzebo, entitled 'Urban Style', 24 June - 13 November 2016. February 8, 2016 Boris Nzebo explores urban life through elaborate hairstyles and vibrant city views. Urban Style, his first solo exhibition in a... Read more -
SCAD Museum of Art, USA
Solo exhibition of works by Lavar Munroe, entitled 'Journey Elsewhere: Musings from a Boundless Zoo', through to 24 April 2016. February 8, 2016 Read more -
Smith College Museum of Art, USA
New aquisition of work by Hamidou Maiga. February 8, 2016 Read more
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Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, USA
Solo exhibition entitled 'The Journey North', 3 October - 20 December 2015 October 1, 2015 Read more -
Joan Mitchell Foundation, USA
Lavar Munroe has been invited to participate in the Joan Mitchell Foundation's Artist in Residence Program, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, September 2015. June 16, 2015 Read more -
Christie's Curates, London
Group exhibition entitled 'Past Perfect / Future Present', Christie's King St, London. Including works by Sigmar Polke, Rubens, James Balmforth and Armand Boua, 12 - 16 June 2015. June 3, 2015 Christie's Curates Armand Boua Sigmar Polke Read more
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The New York Times
'Spare Times', Joshua Barone, 15 May 2015 May 15, 2015 Read more -
56th Venice Biennale, Italy
'All the World's Futures', curated by Okwui Enwezor, including work by Lavar Munroe & Goncalo Mabunda. Group exhibition runs 9 May - 22 November 2015. March 9, 2015 Read more -
Des Moines Art Center, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Field, Road, Cloud: Art and Africa', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 14 February - 19 April 2015. February 26, 2015 Read more
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Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, North Carolina, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Area 919: Artists in the Triangle', including work by Lavar Munroe, 24 January - 12 April 2015. December 12, 2014 Read more -
Grand Palais, Paris, France
Group exhibition entitled 'Picasso Mania', including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Jeff Koons, David Hockney, Jasper Johns and Jean-Michel Basquiat among others, 7 October 2015 - 29 February 2016 December 12, 2014 The twenty or so solo or group exhibitions since 1973 that have focused on the study of the posterity of... Read more -
Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain & Vitra Museum, Germany
Touring group exhibition entitled 'Making Africa; A Continent of Contemporary Design', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou & Gonçalo Mabunda, 14 March 2015 through to2016. December 12, 2014 From March 2015, a major exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum sheds new light on contemporary African design. Showcasing the... Read more
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Seattle Museum of Art, Fowler Museum LA, Brooklyn Museum
A travelling group exhibition entitled 'Disguise: Masks and Global African Art', including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 18 June through to 2016. December 12, 2014 Disguise Masks Global African Art Contemporary Masquerade Read more -
Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
Group exhibition entitled 'Africa Now: Political Patterns', including works by Goncalo Mabunda, 16 December 2014 - 15 February 2015. December 12, 2014 Read more -
ArtReview
Butcheca and Goncalo Mabunda, Marie Darrieussecq, 1 December 2014 December 1, 2014 Read more
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Brooklyn Museum, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Double Take: African Innovations', long-term installation, East Gallery / 1st Floor. October 1, 2014 Kevin Dumouchelle Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands Goncalo Mabunda Read more -
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Group exhibition entitled 'Pangaea II: New Art From Africa and Latin America', including works by Aboudia, Armand Boua & Boris Nzebo, 11 March to 15 October 2015. June 6, 2014 Read more -
Fleming Museum of Art, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Staring Back: the Creation and Legacy of Picasso’s Demoiselles', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, February 3 through June, 21, 2015. June 5, 2014 Read more
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The Independent
'Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America', Zoe Pilger, 18 April 2014 April 18, 2014 Read more -
Timeout
'Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America at Saatchi Gallery', Timeout, 27 March 2014 March 27, 2014 Read more -
ArtReview
'Filipe Branquinho: Showtime', Kathy Noble, 1 March 2014 March 1, 2014 Read more
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Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Group show entitled 'Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America', including works by Aboudia, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou & Boris Nzebo. Show runs 2 April 2014 - 31 August 2014. February 19, 2014 Read more -
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
New acquisition of works by Armand Boua. January 8, 2014 Read more -
The Independent on Sunday
'The Flowers and the Glory', Robert Epstein, 10 November 2013 November 10, 2013 Read more
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Art + Auction Magazine
'New Light on Africa', Scott Reyburn, 1 October 2013 October 1, 2013 Read more -
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
New acquisition of works by Boris Nzebo. September 25, 2013 Read more -
National Portrait Gallery, London
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 14 Nov 2013 - 9 Feb 2014. September 10, 2013 Read more
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Museum of African Design, South Africa
Group exhibition entitled 'Native Nostalgia', including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Nov 14 - Feb 9 2013. September 1, 2013 Read more -
Samstag Museum of Art, Australia
Group exhibition entitled 'Revealed2', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, September 2013. September 1, 2013 Read more -
Museum of Modern Art, Equatorial Guinea
New acquisition of work by Aboudia. August 1, 2013 Read more
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Carnegie Museum of Art, USA
New acquisition of works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. June 20, 2013 Read more -
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, UK
New acquisition of work by Goncalo Mabunda. June 18, 2013 Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK Read more -
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, UK
Group exhibition entitled 'Caught in the Crossfire', including work by Goncalo Mabunda, until 7 July 2013. June 18, 2013 Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK Read more
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The Art Newspaper
'Something new out of Africa', Eddy Frankel, 14 June 2013 June 14, 2013 Read more -
The Nevada Museum of Art, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'In All Cases: A Collection Selection', including work by Aboudia, May 18 - September 8 2013. May 18, 2013 The Nevada Museum of Art Aboudia Read more -
Modern Painters
'Flexing with Flowers', Coline Milliard, 16 April 2013 April 16, 2013 Read more
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The Independent
'Powerful portraits of war from the Basquiat of the battleground', Zoe Pilger, 28 January 2013 January 28, 2013 Read more -
Timeout
'2013 The Ones to Watch', Ossian Ward, 8 January 2013 January 8, 2013 Read more -
Ocula
Conversations Q&A: Jack Bell, 5 December 2012 December 5, 2012 Read more
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Indiana University Art Museum, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Photographing the Social Body: Malian Portraiture from the Studio to the Street', including work by Hamidou Maiga, Autumn 2013. December 3, 2012 Read more -
The Sunday Times
'My Family and Other Animals', Emma Broomfield, 11 November 2012 November 11, 2012 Read more -
The Independent on Sunday
'David Chancellor: Fair Game?', Kate Wills, 28 October 2012 October 28, 2012 Read more
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Financial Times
'Snapshot: Trophy Room by David Chancellor', 20 October 2012 October 20, 2012 Read more -
Goethe-Institut South Africa, Johannesburg
Group exhibition entitled 'Über(w)unden: Art in Troubled Times', including work by Aboudia, 7 - 11 September 2012. September 7, 2012 Read more -
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, UK
Group exhibition entitled 'Betwixt and Between: Contemporary African Photography', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Show runs September 2012 - March 2013. September 1, 2012 Read more
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The Independent Magazine
'What to Do, See & Buy: Recommended', Charlotte Philby, 7 July 2012 July 7, 2012 Read more -
Manchester Art Gallery, UK
Group exhibition entitled 'We Face Forward: Art fom West Africa Today', including work by Hamidou Maiga, 1 June - 16 September 2012. June 1, 2012 Read more -
Manchester Art Gallery, UK
New acquisition of work by Hamidou Maiga. June 1, 2012 Read more
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Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Group exhibition entitled 'Out of Focus: Photography', including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 25 April - 15 July 2012. April 25, 2012 Read more -
The Sunday Times Magazine
'Red Alert', Emma Broomfield, Spectrum, 22 April 2012 April 22, 2012 Read more -
Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Photographing the Social Body: Malian Portraiture from the Studio to the Street', including work by Hamidou Maiga. Show runs 30 March - 3 June 2011. March 30, 2012 Read more
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The New York Times
'Duro Olowu, Material: Salon 94, New York', Roberta Smith, 2 March 2012 March 2, 2012 Read more -
Salon 94, New York, USA
'Material', a group show curated by Duro Olowu, including work by Hamidou Maiga. Show runs March 1 - March 31 2012. March 1, 2012 Read more -
The Art Newspaper
'In the Frame', Gareth Harris, 1 March 2012 March 1, 2012 Read more
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The New York Times
'The Moment: Exuberance', Nancy Macdonell, 5 February 2012 February 5, 2012 Read more -
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, UK
New acquisition of works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. February 3, 2012 Read more -
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK
New acquisition of work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. January 11, 2012 Read more
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Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, USA
New acquisition of work by Hamidou Maiga. January 10, 2012 Read more -
GQ Magazine
'My other car... is a coffin', Kenny Schachter, 1 January 2012 January 1, 2012 Read more -
Another Magazine
'Egungun Project by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou', Lucia Davies, 31 October 2011 October 31, 2011 Read more
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Museum of Modern Art, Equatorial Guinea
New acquisition of works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. October 3, 2011 Read more -
Financial Times
'Booming London', Gareth Harris, 1 October 2011 October 1, 2011 Read more -
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
New acquisition of works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. September 22, 2011 Read more
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Dazed Digital
'The Battle for Abidjan', Natasha Hoare, 11 July 2011 July 11, 2011 Read more -
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
New acquisition of works by Aboudia. June 22, 2011 Read more -
Financial Times
'From Maya to Maiga', Georgina Adam, 13 October 2010 March 26, 2011 Read more
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Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
New acquisition of works by Hamidou Maiga. March 20, 2011 Read more -
Esquire Magazine
'Who says you can't take it with you?', Miranda Collinge, 25 November 2010 November 25, 2010 Read more -
Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'The Global Africa Project', including work by Goncalo Mabunda. November 17, 2010 Read more
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The Observer
'Bespoke coffins from Ghana', Imogen Carter, 14 November 2010 November 14, 2010 Read more -
Financial Times
'Frieze Week: Contemporary African art in Victoria', Georgina Adam, 13 October 2010 October 13, 2010 Read more -
The Art Newspaper
'In the frame', Gareth Harris, 11 October 2010 October 11, 2010 Read more
