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The Guardian
'Aboudia blindsides market experts as bestselling artist of 2022', Dalya Alberge, 24 September 2023 September 25, 2023 Artist from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, sold 75 artworks in auction, topping Damien Hirst’s 73. Not everyone will know his name,... Read more -
Financial Times
Article featuring Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou: 'The Future of African Photography' by James Barnor, 15 July 2023 July 18, 2023 Pioneering Ghananian photographer James Barnor names Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou in his highlights of the exhibition 'A World in Common' at... Read more -
Baltimore Museum of Art
New acquisition of work by Lavar Munroe July 4, 2023 We're pleased to announce that the Baltimore Museum of Art has acquired a new work by Lavar Munroe. The acqusition... Read more -
Tate Modern, London
'A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 6 July 2023 - 14 January 2024 June 30, 2023 We are pleased to annouce that works from Leonce Raphael Agebodjelou's 'Egungun Series' will be featured in the upcoming show... Read more
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Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, USA
Featuring Ajarb Bernard Ategwa and Gonçalo Mabunda, showing from 5 September - 10 December 2023 June 22, 2023 We are happy to announce 'Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection', a group exhibition which includes works... Read more -
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Featuring Hamidou Maiga, running till 22 October 2023 June 21, 2023 'Africa Fashion', a group exhibtion including work by Hamidou Maiga moves to the next stop on its global tour at... Read more -
Guggenheim Fellowship
Lavar Munroe awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 2023 April 5, 2023 We are happy to annouce that Lavar Munroe has been named a 2023 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial... Read more -
Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago
'Sometime Come to Someplace', solo exhibition of new work by Lavar Munroe, 4 February - 18 March 2023 January 18, 2023 Jack Bell Gallery is pleased to annouce Lavar Munroe's first solo exhibition with moniquemeloche, Sometime Come to Someplace. Running from... Read more
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National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB)
Featuring Lavar Munroe, 6 October 2022 - 2 January 2023 October 19, 2022 A new exhibition 'Mercy NE:10' celebrating the upcoming 50th anniversary of national independence and sovereignty in 2023 including work by... Read more -
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
Showing Lavar Munroe, 5 November 2022 - 10 April 2023 October 12, 2022 'A Gateway to Possible Worlds', a group exhibition curated by Alexandra Müller, including work by Lavar Munroe. The American writer... Read more -
Museo de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro
Featuring Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 10 September 2022 - 14 May 2023 October 12, 2022 'A Defect of Colour', a group exhibition curated by Amanda Bonan, Marcelo Campos and Ana Maria Goncalves, including work by... Read more -
Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
Showing Marc Padeu, Lavar Munroe and No Martins, 20 November 2022 - 3 September 2023 October 12, 2022 'When We see Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting ', a group exhibition including works by Marc Padeu,... Read more
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Artsy
'5 Galleries Explain the Opportunities The Come with Selling Online' Ayanna Dozier, July 15 2022 July 19, 2022 The 20th century introduced unprecedented avenues in democratizing art through new forms of technology and public outreach. Inventions like the... Read more -
Artnet News
"Behind the Rise of Millennial Art-Market Sensation Aboudia" Eileen Kinsella, June 24 2022 June 24, 2022 Christie’s took something of a gamble last spring when it agreed to hold a sale of work by the Ivorian-American... Read more -
Elephant
Article featuring Ajarb Bernard Ategwa: 'Through the Looking Glass: Why Is Art Obsessed with Women and Windows?' Madeleine Pollard, 16 June 2022 June 21, 2022 Dulwich Picture Gallery hosts a dance between freedom and containment this summer as it considers the enigmatic motif of the... Read more -
The i
Article featuring Ajarb Bernard Ategwa: 'Netflix, Rembrandt, Hitchcock: Why is art obsessed with the woman in the window?', Florence Hallett, 5 May 2022 May 5, 2022 A new show at Dulwich Picture Gallery explores what unites the cultural motif that has inspired works from Renaissance paintings... Read more
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Dulwich Picture Gallery
Ajarb Bernard Ategwa 'Reframed: The Woman in the Window' 4 May to 4 September 2022 May 3, 2022 Ajarb Beranrd Ategwa is featured in upcoming group show 'Reframed: The Woman in the Window' at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Chronicalling... Read more -
59th International Art Exhibition at La Biennale de Venezia
Featuring Aboudia and Armand Boua, 23 April to 27 November 2022 April 22, 2022 We are very pleased to annouce Aboudia and Armand Boua's inclusion in Venice Biennale group show held at National Pavillon... Read more -
Booth School of Business, University of Chicago London Campus
2022 to 2023 April 22, 2022 'Unapologetically', a new exhibtion at the University of Chicago curated by the Robyns collection. Featuring works from Aboudia, Armand Boua,... Read more -
Cairns Art Gallery, Australia
Showing Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 17 June to 2 October 2022 April 22, 2022 'Faceless: Transforming Identity', a group exhibtion including work from Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou's 'Egungun' Series. Running 17 June to 2 October. Read more
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V&A, London
'Africa Fashion' featuring Hamidou Maiga, 2 July 2022 to 16 April 2023 April 22, 2022 Africa Fashion, a new group exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London includes work by Hamidou Maiga. Africa Fashion... Read more -
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
'Coming of Age', featuring work from Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 13 to 27 April 2022 April 14, 2022 Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou is featured in 'Coming of Age', a group exhibtion at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Running from 13... Read more -
ArtAsiaPacific
Zhong Wei's 'Stress Response', Suining Sim, 14 February 2022 February 18, 2022 Read more -
Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
We are thrilled to announce that a work by Marc Padeu has been acquired for the museum's permanent collection. December 13, 2021 Read more
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Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Upcoming group exhibition entitled 'Statement Chairs', including work by Goncalo Mabunda, 5 Feb - 1 May, 2022. December 13, 2021 Read more -
Guangdong Times Museum, China
Group exhibition entitled 'One song is very much like another, and the boat is always from afar', including works by Jean David Nkot. Show runs through to 30 January 2022. December 13, 2021 Read more -
Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage College, Albany, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of the Black and Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art', including work by Lavar Munroe. From the collection of Robert G. Feldman, featuring Nina Chanel Abney & Toyin Ojih Odutola, through 5 Feb 2022. December 13, 2021 Read more -
The New York Times
Article featuring Aboudia: 'At Frieze London, the Art World Inches Toward Normalcy', Scott Reyburn, 15 Oct 2021. October 16, 2021 With artists of color in the critical and commercial ascendant, the 1.54 Contemporary African Art Fair continues to be a... Read more
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Christie's, London
'Redefining the Trend - Histories in the Making', group show including work by Marc Padeu, curated by Christine Eyene, 9 - 15 October 2021. October 5, 2021 Christie’s, 8 King Street, London Read more -
The National Gallery, London
'Caravaggio in Cameroon', Marc Padeu and Jennifer Sliwka in conversation, 14 October September 27, 2021 Read more -
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, USA
New acquisition of work by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa September 9, 2021 We're pleased to announce that the Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin-Madison, has made a new acquisition of two new works... Read more -
Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou X Elle US Feature
September 9, 2021 'Off the Wall', a special collaboration between Elle US and artist Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Agbodjelou was commissioned to shoot an... Read more
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National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
New acquisition of work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou September 9, 2021 We're pleased to announce that the National Gallery of Canada have made a new acquisition of work by Leonce Raphael... Read more -
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021, London
September 9, 2021 Work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou has been selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, curated by Yinka Shonibare. Read more -
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea
Young Korean Artists, 28 May - 22 September 2021 August 12, 2021 Read more -
What’s Driving the Explosive Market Rise for Aboudia’s Vibrant Works
Artsy June 18, 2021 This past May (2021), at a Sotheby’s online sale, bidders around the world all wanted the same painting: Untitled (2015),... Read more
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The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalists Exhibition, including works by Lavar Munroe, 27 May - 18 July 2021. May 29, 2021 Read more -
Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
Upcoming solo show of works by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, 2 May - 12 June 2021. April 23, 2021 Read more -
Peres Projects, Berlin
Upcoming solo show of works by Marc Padeu, June 2021. April 23, 2021 Read more -
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
New acquisition of work by Goncalo Mabunda March 29, 2021 When the Chazen Museum of Art opened in the fall of 1970 as the Elvehjem Art Center, the collection of... Read more
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Musee du Quai Branly, Paris
'Ex Africa', group exhibition including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, runs through to 27 June 2021 March 22, 2021 In an original visual dialogue designed by critic and art historian Philippe Dagen, Africa Reborn attempts to decipher relations that... Read more -
Jorge M. Perez Collection, Miami
'Witness: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection', group exhibition including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Nov 30, 2020 - Jan 31, 2021 March 11, 2021 El Espacio 23 presents its highly anticipated second exhibition, Witness: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection. Guest curated... Read more -
Christie's New York
Aboudia, 'Noutchy in New York City', Solo exhibition at Christie's, Rockefeller Center galleries. 4 - 8 March 2021. February 21, 2021 Christie’s is pleased to present Noutchy in New York City , an online sale of all new paintings and works... Read more -
Jorge M. Perez Collection, Miami
New acquisition of work by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa February 6, 2021 Read more
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Peres Projects, Berlin
'what fruit it bears', group exhibition including work by Marc Padeu, 4 December 2020 - 15 January 2021. November 22, 2020 Peres Projects presents, what fruit it bears, an exhibition project presenting work by artists whose practices are radically individual, defying... Read more -
Peres Projects, Berlin
Solo show of works by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, 'Studio Ekwe', 23 October - 20 November 2020 October 16, 2020 Peres Projects is proud to present Studio Ekwe’s , Ajarb Bernard Ategwa’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition... Read more -
Jack Bell Gallery, Sydney
We are excited to announce our new office in Sydney, Australia. With this development, the gallery aims to focus on growth in the Asia-Pacific region. October 4, 2020 Read more -
Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, USA
New acquisition of works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. October 2, 2020 The Tang Teaching Museum collection is central to the museum’s mission of object-based learning and a stimulus for interdisciplinary teaching... Read more
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WePresent
Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou: A person’s soul can live on within a photograph September 29, 2020 Growing up as the son of one of West Africa’s most renowned photographers, it was never in much doubt what... Read more -
Artforum
No Martins, Jack Bell Gallery, Gilda Williams, September 2020 September 25, 2020 In the mid-twentieth century, Brazil’s multishaded racial democracy may have looked good compared to Jim Crow policies in the United... Read more -
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands
'Say It Loud', group exhibition including works from the Amo a la Reina series by Raquel van Haver, 29 Sept 2020 - 18 April 2021 September 25, 2020 SAY IT LOUD is part of the joint venture ‘Musea Bekennen Kleur’ (Museums Explore Colour), in which Dutch museums look... Read more -
Zuzeum Arts Centre, Riga, Latvia
'We Aim to Live: Contemporary Art from the Zuzans Collection', group exhibition including work by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, 10 Sept - 8 Nov 2020 September 25, 2020 We, the makers of the Zuzeum Art Centre and its inaugural exhibition ‘We Aim to Live’, invite you to feel... Read more
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Harper's Magazine
Article featuring work by Lavar Munroe, alongside Rashid Johnson & Toyin Ojih Odutola, August 2020. August 1, 2020 Read more -
Financial Times
'Galleries heed call to action', Melanie Gerlis, 13 June 2020 June 14, 2020 Read more -
WePresent
Jean David Nkot: We live in a world that is transforming April 1, 2020 Cameroonian artist Jean David Nkot ’s subjects are painted against a backdrop of maps and borders, as he explored the... Read more -
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
'Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum’s Collection', 27 February - 8 November 2020. Includes works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou & Hamidou Maiga. February 27, 2020 Dynamic images from the MFAH photography collection take you to sub-Saharan Africa. Travel from Benin to Zimbabwe and beyond with... Read more
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Financial Times
'African art gallery celebrates 10 years', Melanie Gerlis, 8 February 2020 February 12, 2020 Read more -
Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou X Louis Vuitton
Jack Bell Gallery is pleased to announce that Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou has collaborated with Louis Vuitton on the Men's Spring-Summer 2020 Campaign by Virgil Abloh. Click through image to see full campaign. January 29, 2020 Read more -
Jack Bell Gallery celebrates 10 years
As the gallery celebrates ten years, we would like to thank all of our artists, collectors and supporters. Looking forward to the road ahead! January 10, 2020 Read more -
Frieze
'The Way We Live Now', Monica Uszerowicz, November - December 2019 October 30, 2019 When Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas in September, it sat on the Abaco Islands, moving at the glacial pace... Read more
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MO.CA Centro per le Nuove Culture, Brescia, Italy
Upcoming group exhibition entitled 'Africa Now', 15 November 2019 - 6 January 2020. Includes work by Aboudia and Armand Boua. October 18, 2019 Read more -
Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria, Australia
Upcoming group exhibition entitled 'Fashioning Black Identity: Africa and the African Diaspora', 23 November 2019 - 9 February 2020. Including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. October 18, 2019 FASHIONING BLACK IDENTITY Africa and the African Diaspora explores ways in which contemporary black African artists are using fashion, photography... Read more -
Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, France
New acquisition of works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. October 18, 2019 One of the museum’s principal missions is to enrich the collections. New acquisitions strengthen the museum’s collections from different cultural... Read more -
National Gallery of Canada, Ontario
Upcoming group exhibition entitled 'Abadakone | Continuous Fire | Feu continuel', 8 November 2019 - 5 April 2020. Includes work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. October 18, 2019 Read more
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Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA
Inaugural Artist in Residence program, including Lavar Munroe, 2020. October 18, 2019 The Norton Museum of Art established a new artist-in-residence (AiR) program in 2019. The program, which will feature four artists... Read more -
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
New acquisition of work by Raquel van Haver. October 18, 2019 The Stedelijk Museum dedicates six galleries to the exhibition Spirits of the Soil by Raquel van Haver. Especially for this... Read more -
The Harvey Gantt Center, North Carolina, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Painting is its Own Country', opens 2 November 2019, includes work by Lavar Munroe. October 18, 2019 Painting Is Its Own Country, at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, is a survey exhibition,... Read more -
Artforum
'African Spirits' at Yossi Milo Gallery, New York: Joseph Akel, July 2019 August 6, 2019 From the time of its introduction to the continent, portrait photography has remained a central part of African photographic history.... Read more
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13th Cairo Biennale, Egypt
'Eyes East Bound', curated by Ehab El Laban, including work by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa. Runs through to 10 August 2019. July 10, 2019 Eyes from every corner of the globe are currently directing their scrutinizing regards towards the East; an East with an... Read more -
21c Museum Hotels, Kentucky, USA
Group exhibition entitled 'Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Runs through to May 2020. July 10, 2019 Superheroes and celebrities, totems and toys: the imagery of manufactured fantasy is reframed in the visual language of historical iconography... Read more -
Cameroon National Museum, Yaounde
World Bank Exhibition, curated by Simon Njami. Includes works by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, Jean-David Nkot and Boris Nzebo. Runs through to 19 September 2019. July 10, 2019 Read more -
Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
Group exhibition entitled 'African Spirits', including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou and Hamidou Maiga, 10 July - 23 August 2019. July 10, 2019 Read more
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Art Exchange, University of Essex
Group exhibition entitled 'Fuel For Thought', including work by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 3 May - 1 June 2019 April 24, 2019 An MA Curating student exhibition that draws on the complexities of relationships between people and the environment in the Niger... Read more -
58th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia
Congratulations to Goncalo Mabunda for his participation in 'The Past, The Present and The In Between', National Pavilion of Mozambique, 11 May - 24 November 2019 April 17, 2019 “The Past, The Present and The In Between” curated by Lidija Kostic Khachatourian and represented by Gonçalo Mabunda, Mauro Pinto... Read more -
ArtReview
Art Reviewed: Raquel van Haver at the Stedelijk Museum, March 2019 April 15, 2019 Read more -
BBC World
Ajarb Bernard Ategwa in conversation with Kim Chakanetsa, 3 March 2019 March 14, 2019 'Painting is for lazy people,' Ajarb Bernard Ategwa's father would tell him as a child. Daydreaming and doodling in his... Read more
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Artland
Spirits of the Soil - Interview with Raquel van Haver, by Shira Wolfe, March 2019 March 1, 2019 by Shira Wolfe As we approach the last room of her solo exhibition Spirits of the Soil at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk... Read more -
Blouin Modern Painters
Aboudia: Top 10 African Artists to Watch, February 2019 February 20, 2019 Read more -
Blouin Modern Painters
Goncalo Mabunda: Top Ten African Artists to Watch, February 2019 February 20, 2019 Read more -
Cairns Art Gallery, Australia
'Fashioning Black Identity: Africa and the African Diaspora', group exhibition including works by Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, 8 February - 5 May 2019. January 30, 2019 Fashioning Black Identity : Africa and the African Diaspora explores ways in which contemporary black African artists are using fashion,... Read more
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