Agenda 02 - 08 December 2012

Zondag 02 December

van zo25.11
t/m do17.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Galerie 23 - Tentoonstelling
Dubbelexpositie Afrikaanse kunst

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen: 'De schoonheid van kwetsbaarheid- 2'; Mulugeta Tafesse: 'Een permanent experiment- 2'. Op zondag 25 november om 16.00 uur wordt deze expositie in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaars geopend door Judith Sargentini, Europarlementariër voor Groen Links. Na exact zes jaar zijn beide kunstenaars opnieuw in Galerie 23. Etiyé Dimma Poulsen was succesvol in de USA en Mulugeta Tafesse promoveerde in Spanje.

galerie23 facebook

van zo09.09
t/m zo30.12
Verenigde Staten, Denver - Denver Art Museum - Tentoonstelling
El Anatsui - When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

Brings together the full range of the artist’s work, from wood trays referring to traditional symbols of the Akan people of Ghana; to early ceramics from the artist’s Broken Pots series, driftwood assemblages that refer to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw; to the luminous metal wall-hangings of recent years.

denverartmuseum africanart

van za01.12
t/m ma31.12
België, Brussels - Galerie Lumières d'Afrique - Tentoonstelling
Exhibition: Haitian Masters & Contemporary African artists

Season group exhibition: A selection of collectors paintings by Haitian artists Philippe Dodard, Franck Louissaint, Denis Smith, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Edner Sufal and Jean-Claude Garoute (Tiga) & selected works by contemporary African artists Franck Dikisongele, David Kigozi, George Lilanga, David Mzuguno and Mufuki. Opening drink: Friday 7th December 18:00 - 22:00h

lumieres

van do29.11
t/m wo19.12
Nederland, Amsterdam - Lumen Travo Gallarie - Tentoonstelling
Expo: Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake

Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake” is a work about memory, history and recognition. Meschac Gaba presents an installation of 12 aquariums, with a mirror base, in which 12 brains are placed, representing 12 great people who have made an impression on his life in a humanist, cultural, scientific, philosophical, social, religious and political way. Opening drinks: Saturday, 1st December 2012, 16:00 – 18:00.

lumentravo

van wo12.09
t/m zo13.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
In het land van de keizer - Op expeditie in Ethiopië (1930-1931)

Baron Binnert Van Harinxma thoe Slooten en bioloog Gerrit Brouwer kregen op 2 november 1930 de unieke kans om de kroning van keizer Haile Selassie in Ethiopië bij te wonen. Maak hun expeditie mee met de foto's, persoonlijke aantekeningen en filmbeelden. De reis naar Ethiopië had oorspronkelijk het doel om de dierenwereld te bestuderen, maar hoogtepunt van de reis werd uiteindelijk de kroning van Haile Selassie.

tropenmuseum

van wo09.05
t/m do24.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington DC - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - Tentoonstelling
Laila Essaydi - Revisions

Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.

africa-si-edu

van wo19.09
t/m zo17.03
Verenigde Staten, Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art - Tentoonstelling
MCA DNA: William Kentridge

Acclaimed for his work in animated film, visual art, theater, and opera, William Kentridge had his first survey exhibition in the United States in 2001 at MCA Chicago. From this exhibition, the MCA acquired more than a dozen drawings and two of his best-known films: Felix in Exile (1994) and History of the Main Complaint (1996), both of which will be on view. The drawings featured in the exhibition are those used to make this latter film—charcoal sketches that Kentridge erased and reworked to create the memorable segments that depict his alter egos and their struggles in late and post-apartheid Johannesburg: Felix Teitlebaum, the romantic artist who is always shown nude, and Soho Eckstein, the self-absorbed, wealthy mine owner and land developer who always wears a pinstriped suit.

mcachicago

van do01.11
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Woodstock, Cape Town - Whatiftheworld/gallery - Tentoonstelling
Mumbo Jumbo - paintings by Michael Taylor

Taylor has chosen to approach this exhibition as a playful exercise in describing the landscape of his personal ‘island’. Not only is this body of work a return to large-scale drawing for Taylor, but also, a return to using narrative as a starting point for the image-making process. Devising a story, in the form of a poem, and working with a select number of preconceived titles, Taylor attempts to create a familiar metaphor for which to make drawings. The narrative shifts simultaneously between two chief protagonists - the hero, Mickey, and his ego, the island. Diving between character sketches the pictures illustrate an uncanny likeness of the two subjects.

whatiftheworld

van wo19.09
t/m zo09.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Out of Africa - The Magic of Kenya (tournee)

Out of Africa - Safari Through Magical Kenya  is het vervolg op hitproducties als Sikulu, Stamping en African Mamas en neemt u mee op safari door het magische Kenia. Opzwepende dansen van Masai-krijgers, close harmony songs van de vrouwelijke dansers, een ballet van flamingo's, funky African jazzritmes en vrolijke bengamuziek uit de nachtclubs van Mombassa en Nairobi: het wordt allemaal gebracht met niet aflatende Afrikaanse energie en vitaliteit. Zowel het traditionele als het moderne Kenia krijgt in deze overdonderende show een plek.

outofafrica youtube

van do01.11
t/m wo05.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Film
Rebelle - poëtisch filmdrama

Poëtisch drama van Kim Nguyen volgt de jonge Afrikaanse Komona als ze op 12-jarige leeftijd wordt gedwongen haar ouders te doden en zich aan te sluiten als kindsoldaat bij het leger van Great Tiger. Regisseur:
Kim Nguyen; acteurs: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga. Canada/DR Congo 2012

cinema

van vr14.09
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, New York - International Center of Photography - Tentoonstelling
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life

Photographic exhibition examining the legacy of the apartheid system and how it penetrated even the most mundane aspects of social existence in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Complex, vivid, evocative, and dramatic, it includes nearly 500 photographs, films, books, magazines, newspapers, and assorted archival documents and covers more than 60 years of powerful photographic and visual production that forms part of the historical record of South Africa.

icp

van vr02.11
t/m ma24.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Soweto Spiritual Singers

De Soweto Spiritual Singers zijn ook  in Nederland allang geen onbekenden meer na twee eerdere succesvolle tournees. Met swingende, weldadige (Zuid-) Afrikaans gospels en harmonieën, maar ook met Amerikaanse spirituals werden vele harten veroverd. En vanaf medio december wordt er in het programma ruimte gemaakt voor herkenbare en oorspronkelijke Afrikaanse kerstmelodieën. Wie maalt er nog om een witte kerst met zo’n hartverwarmende African Christmas?

tour

van za27.10
t/m za08.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Galerie Sanaa - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Loops & Lines met Adriaan de Villiers (ZA)

In all of the descriptions of his work, Adriaan de Villiers (Cape Town, 1984) names the Spanish architect, Gaudi, as one of his main sources of inspiration. De Villiers chose ceramics as his discipline. He makes rough sketches of his next sculpture and sculpts it without losing his original vision for it. When other ideas arise during the creation process, these are freely expressed.

sanaa

van za03.11
t/m zo06.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Hollandaise

Hollandaise is a critical, contemporary art exhibition built around this typical textile. The idea for the exhibition is from curator Koyo Kouoh, who is director of her own art institution in Dakar, Senegal. She asked five artists to delve into the phenomenon of Hollandaise and the peculiar trading relations and cultural interchanges that it represents. They all produced new work especially for this exhibition, which after Amsterdam will travel on to Dakar.

smba

van do29.11
t/m vr21.12
Mozambique, Maputo - Conselho Municipal de Maputo - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Maputopia

For the 125th anniversary of Maputo, African Architecture Matters and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Maputo, together with the Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning of the University Eduardo Mondlane of Maputo, the Department of Architecture of the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University have the honour to announce the international art & architecture exhibition MAPUTOPIA passado-presente-futuro.

maputopia

van vr30.11
t/m zo14.07
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Onverwachte ontmoetingen

Het Tropenmuseum brengt een ode aan zijn eigen verzamelingen met de tentoonstelling Onverwachte ontmoetingen. Verborgen verhalen uit eigen collectie.
Een Afrikaans krachtbeeld ontmoet een Apple computer en een kunstwerk met portretten van Marlene Dumas een Duitse staalkaart met veertig verschillende oogkleuren.

tropenmuseum

van za07.01
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History - Tentoonstelling
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji

Images by Congolese photographer and video artist Sammy Baloji feature the industrial landscapes around Lumbumbasi, the capital city of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The images serve as a visual indictment of the failed postcolonial leadership that mismanaged and squandered Katanga’s industrial resources, its modernity, and the economic prosperity of the region.

si

van vr31.08
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Museum Africa - Tentoonstelling
The International Exhibition of Black Music

An outstanding exploration of the sounds and rhythms of Africa and the Diaspora and a groundbreaking digital experience that pays homage to artists and music of Africa and the African diaspora, the first tribute to black artists of its kind. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art technology, with over 100 interactive audio-visual setups transmitting the sights, sounds and rhythms of artists from all over the world. The exhibition comprises of a mind-blowing 13 hours’ worth of footage.

blackmusicworldwide artlink

van wo14.11
t/m wo13.02
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Theater: In Die Nag

Geïnspireerd door onder andere Eugene O’Neills drama ‘Long day’s journey into night’ maakt Dood Paard een geheel nieuw stuk, dat gaat over afkeer en verbondenheid, over het geloof in bevrijding en over de gevangenis die werkelijkheid heet. Maar hoe diep de spiraal ook naar beneden draait – een elementaire levenskracht blijft tot op het allerlaatst bestaan. Wat er vandaag niet is, dat kan morgen toch nog komen… .

doodpaard trailer

van za24.11
t/m zo03.02
Ghana, East Legon, Accra - Nubuke Foundation - Tentoonstelling
Time, Trade & Travel - Exhibition

Exhibition focuses on the complexities of global exchange fostered by capitalism, and its effects on life and art. Time, Trade & Travel set the participating artists on a quest for the historical encounters between Europeans and Africans, in which trade and the concomitant cultural exchange receive particular attention. In collaboration with the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana and featuring Dutch and Ghanese artists.

smba nubukefoundation

van za01.12
t/m za08.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Tournee Aline Frazao

Aline Frazão is één van de interessantste artiesten van Angola’s ‘new generation of musicians’. Ze mixt haar Afrikaanse roots met invloeden van Bossa Nova tot Jazz. In 2011 nam de singer/songwriter als 23-jarige haar debuutalbum op. Hierop werd ze bijgestaan door Jose Manuel Diaz op contrabas en Carlos Freire op drums en percussie. Zichzelf begeleidend op gitaar zingt ze een combinatie van eigen liedjes en een repertoire uit Angola, Brazilië en Kaapverdië.

tour alinefrazao

van di27.11
t/m do31.01
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Goethe Institut Jan Smuts Ave - Tentoonstelling
Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases

The series Faces and Phases of acclaimed photographer Zanele Muholi was included in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel and Oldenburg, Germany from June to September 2012 and co-produced by Stevenson Gallery and the Goethe-Institut. It will now return to South Africa for an exhibition at the Goethe-Institut.

goethe stevenson

van do08.11
t/m za15.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Brodie/Stevenson - Tentoonstelling
Zombie Babylon - paintings by Conrad Botes

For this exhibition Botes continues his recent series of paintings on canvas while also showing his distinctive reverse-glass paintings, sculptures and drawings. The paintings on this show have evolved from the religious imagery he presented at his last exhibition at the gallery in Cape Town. Over the past few months he has also been fascinated by the optical effects of colour, and has created paintings that pulsate with a psychedelic intensity. The result is an unlikely and unexpected presentation of iconic images. Another series of paintings features horrifying imagery, yet rendered in beautiful and optical colours that simultaneously seduce and repulse, reminding us of how our perceptions are influenced by colour.

stevenson

van wo07.11
t/m wo26.12
Verenigde Staten, Brooklyn, New York - Barbes New York - Muziek
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 November 2012 22:00
t/m Woensdag 26 December 2012

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

barbes mandingo ambassadors at my space

Maandag 03 December

van zo25.11
t/m do17.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Galerie 23 - Tentoonstelling
Dubbelexpositie Afrikaanse kunst

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen: 'De schoonheid van kwetsbaarheid- 2'; Mulugeta Tafesse: 'Een permanent experiment- 2'. Op zondag 25 november om 16.00 uur wordt deze expositie in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaars geopend door Judith Sargentini, Europarlementariër voor Groen Links. Na exact zes jaar zijn beide kunstenaars opnieuw in Galerie 23. Etiyé Dimma Poulsen was succesvol in de USA en Mulugeta Tafesse promoveerde in Spanje.

galerie23 facebook

van zo09.09
t/m zo30.12
Verenigde Staten, Denver - Denver Art Museum - Tentoonstelling
El Anatsui - When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

Brings together the full range of the artist’s work, from wood trays referring to traditional symbols of the Akan people of Ghana; to early ceramics from the artist’s Broken Pots series, driftwood assemblages that refer to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw; to the luminous metal wall-hangings of recent years.

denverartmuseum africanart

van za01.12
t/m ma31.12
België, Brussels - Galerie Lumières d'Afrique - Tentoonstelling
Exhibition: Haitian Masters & Contemporary African artists

Season group exhibition: A selection of collectors paintings by Haitian artists Philippe Dodard, Franck Louissaint, Denis Smith, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Edner Sufal and Jean-Claude Garoute (Tiga) & selected works by contemporary African artists Franck Dikisongele, David Kigozi, George Lilanga, David Mzuguno and Mufuki. Opening drink: Friday 7th December 18:00 - 22:00h

lumieres

van do29.11
t/m wo19.12
Nederland, Amsterdam - Lumen Travo Gallarie - Tentoonstelling
Expo: Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake

Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake” is a work about memory, history and recognition. Meschac Gaba presents an installation of 12 aquariums, with a mirror base, in which 12 brains are placed, representing 12 great people who have made an impression on his life in a humanist, cultural, scientific, philosophical, social, religious and political way. Opening drinks: Saturday, 1st December 2012, 16:00 – 18:00.

lumentravo

van wo12.09
t/m zo13.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
In het land van de keizer - Op expeditie in Ethiopië (1930-1931)

Baron Binnert Van Harinxma thoe Slooten en bioloog Gerrit Brouwer kregen op 2 november 1930 de unieke kans om de kroning van keizer Haile Selassie in Ethiopië bij te wonen. Maak hun expeditie mee met de foto's, persoonlijke aantekeningen en filmbeelden. De reis naar Ethiopië had oorspronkelijk het doel om de dierenwereld te bestuderen, maar hoogtepunt van de reis werd uiteindelijk de kroning van Haile Selassie.

tropenmuseum

van wo09.05
t/m do24.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington DC - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - Tentoonstelling
Laila Essaydi - Revisions

Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.

africa-si-edu

van wo19.09
t/m zo17.03
Verenigde Staten, Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art - Tentoonstelling
MCA DNA: William Kentridge

Acclaimed for his work in animated film, visual art, theater, and opera, William Kentridge had his first survey exhibition in the United States in 2001 at MCA Chicago. From this exhibition, the MCA acquired more than a dozen drawings and two of his best-known films: Felix in Exile (1994) and History of the Main Complaint (1996), both of which will be on view. The drawings featured in the exhibition are those used to make this latter film—charcoal sketches that Kentridge erased and reworked to create the memorable segments that depict his alter egos and their struggles in late and post-apartheid Johannesburg: Felix Teitlebaum, the romantic artist who is always shown nude, and Soho Eckstein, the self-absorbed, wealthy mine owner and land developer who always wears a pinstriped suit.

mcachicago

van do01.11
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Woodstock, Cape Town - Whatiftheworld/gallery - Tentoonstelling
Mumbo Jumbo - paintings by Michael Taylor

Taylor has chosen to approach this exhibition as a playful exercise in describing the landscape of his personal ‘island’. Not only is this body of work a return to large-scale drawing for Taylor, but also, a return to using narrative as a starting point for the image-making process. Devising a story, in the form of a poem, and working with a select number of preconceived titles, Taylor attempts to create a familiar metaphor for which to make drawings. The narrative shifts simultaneously between two chief protagonists - the hero, Mickey, and his ego, the island. Diving between character sketches the pictures illustrate an uncanny likeness of the two subjects.

whatiftheworld

van wo19.09
t/m zo09.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Out of Africa - The Magic of Kenya (tournee)

Out of Africa - Safari Through Magical Kenya  is het vervolg op hitproducties als Sikulu, Stamping en African Mamas en neemt u mee op safari door het magische Kenia. Opzwepende dansen van Masai-krijgers, close harmony songs van de vrouwelijke dansers, een ballet van flamingo's, funky African jazzritmes en vrolijke bengamuziek uit de nachtclubs van Mombassa en Nairobi: het wordt allemaal gebracht met niet aflatende Afrikaanse energie en vitaliteit. Zowel het traditionele als het moderne Kenia krijgt in deze overdonderende show een plek.

outofafrica youtube

van do01.11
t/m wo05.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Film
Rebelle - poëtisch filmdrama

Poëtisch drama van Kim Nguyen volgt de jonge Afrikaanse Komona als ze op 12-jarige leeftijd wordt gedwongen haar ouders te doden en zich aan te sluiten als kindsoldaat bij het leger van Great Tiger. Regisseur:
Kim Nguyen; acteurs: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga. Canada/DR Congo 2012

cinema

van vr14.09
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, New York - International Center of Photography - Tentoonstelling
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life

Photographic exhibition examining the legacy of the apartheid system and how it penetrated even the most mundane aspects of social existence in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Complex, vivid, evocative, and dramatic, it includes nearly 500 photographs, films, books, magazines, newspapers, and assorted archival documents and covers more than 60 years of powerful photographic and visual production that forms part of the historical record of South Africa.

icp

van vr02.11
t/m ma24.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Soweto Spiritual Singers

De Soweto Spiritual Singers zijn ook  in Nederland allang geen onbekenden meer na twee eerdere succesvolle tournees. Met swingende, weldadige (Zuid-) Afrikaans gospels en harmonieën, maar ook met Amerikaanse spirituals werden vele harten veroverd. En vanaf medio december wordt er in het programma ruimte gemaakt voor herkenbare en oorspronkelijke Afrikaanse kerstmelodieën. Wie maalt er nog om een witte kerst met zo’n hartverwarmende African Christmas?

tour

van za27.10
t/m za08.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Galerie Sanaa - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Loops & Lines met Adriaan de Villiers (ZA)

In all of the descriptions of his work, Adriaan de Villiers (Cape Town, 1984) names the Spanish architect, Gaudi, as one of his main sources of inspiration. De Villiers chose ceramics as his discipline. He makes rough sketches of his next sculpture and sculpts it without losing his original vision for it. When other ideas arise during the creation process, these are freely expressed.

sanaa

van za03.11
t/m zo06.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Hollandaise

Hollandaise is a critical, contemporary art exhibition built around this typical textile. The idea for the exhibition is from curator Koyo Kouoh, who is director of her own art institution in Dakar, Senegal. She asked five artists to delve into the phenomenon of Hollandaise and the peculiar trading relations and cultural interchanges that it represents. They all produced new work especially for this exhibition, which after Amsterdam will travel on to Dakar.

smba

van do29.11
t/m vr21.12
Mozambique, Maputo - Conselho Municipal de Maputo - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Maputopia

For the 125th anniversary of Maputo, African Architecture Matters and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Maputo, together with the Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning of the University Eduardo Mondlane of Maputo, the Department of Architecture of the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University have the honour to announce the international art & architecture exhibition MAPUTOPIA passado-presente-futuro.

maputopia

van vr30.11
t/m zo14.07
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Onverwachte ontmoetingen

Het Tropenmuseum brengt een ode aan zijn eigen verzamelingen met de tentoonstelling Onverwachte ontmoetingen. Verborgen verhalen uit eigen collectie.
Een Afrikaans krachtbeeld ontmoet een Apple computer en een kunstwerk met portretten van Marlene Dumas een Duitse staalkaart met veertig verschillende oogkleuren.

tropenmuseum

van za07.01
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History - Tentoonstelling
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji

Images by Congolese photographer and video artist Sammy Baloji feature the industrial landscapes around Lumbumbasi, the capital city of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The images serve as a visual indictment of the failed postcolonial leadership that mismanaged and squandered Katanga’s industrial resources, its modernity, and the economic prosperity of the region.

si

van vr31.08
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Museum Africa - Tentoonstelling
The International Exhibition of Black Music

An outstanding exploration of the sounds and rhythms of Africa and the Diaspora and a groundbreaking digital experience that pays homage to artists and music of Africa and the African diaspora, the first tribute to black artists of its kind. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art technology, with over 100 interactive audio-visual setups transmitting the sights, sounds and rhythms of artists from all over the world. The exhibition comprises of a mind-blowing 13 hours’ worth of footage.

blackmusicworldwide artlink

van wo14.11
t/m wo13.02
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Theater: In Die Nag

Geïnspireerd door onder andere Eugene O’Neills drama ‘Long day’s journey into night’ maakt Dood Paard een geheel nieuw stuk, dat gaat over afkeer en verbondenheid, over het geloof in bevrijding en over de gevangenis die werkelijkheid heet. Maar hoe diep de spiraal ook naar beneden draait – een elementaire levenskracht blijft tot op het allerlaatst bestaan. Wat er vandaag niet is, dat kan morgen toch nog komen… .

doodpaard trailer

van za24.11
t/m zo03.02
Ghana, East Legon, Accra - Nubuke Foundation - Tentoonstelling
Time, Trade & Travel - Exhibition

Exhibition focuses on the complexities of global exchange fostered by capitalism, and its effects on life and art. Time, Trade & Travel set the participating artists on a quest for the historical encounters between Europeans and Africans, in which trade and the concomitant cultural exchange receive particular attention. In collaboration with the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana and featuring Dutch and Ghanese artists.

smba nubukefoundation

van za01.12
t/m za08.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Tournee Aline Frazao

Aline Frazão is één van de interessantste artiesten van Angola’s ‘new generation of musicians’. Ze mixt haar Afrikaanse roots met invloeden van Bossa Nova tot Jazz. In 2011 nam de singer/songwriter als 23-jarige haar debuutalbum op. Hierop werd ze bijgestaan door Jose Manuel Diaz op contrabas en Carlos Freire op drums en percussie. Zichzelf begeleidend op gitaar zingt ze een combinatie van eigen liedjes en een repertoire uit Angola, Brazilië en Kaapverdië.

tour alinefrazao

van di27.11
t/m do31.01
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Goethe Institut Jan Smuts Ave - Tentoonstelling
Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases

The series Faces and Phases of acclaimed photographer Zanele Muholi was included in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel and Oldenburg, Germany from June to September 2012 and co-produced by Stevenson Gallery and the Goethe-Institut. It will now return to South Africa for an exhibition at the Goethe-Institut.

goethe stevenson

van do08.11
t/m za15.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Brodie/Stevenson - Tentoonstelling
Zombie Babylon - paintings by Conrad Botes

For this exhibition Botes continues his recent series of paintings on canvas while also showing his distinctive reverse-glass paintings, sculptures and drawings. The paintings on this show have evolved from the religious imagery he presented at his last exhibition at the gallery in Cape Town. Over the past few months he has also been fascinated by the optical effects of colour, and has created paintings that pulsate with a psychedelic intensity. The result is an unlikely and unexpected presentation of iconic images. Another series of paintings features horrifying imagery, yet rendered in beautiful and optical colours that simultaneously seduce and repulse, reminding us of how our perceptions are influenced by colour.

stevenson

van wo07.11
t/m wo26.12
Verenigde Staten, Brooklyn, New York - Barbes New York - Muziek
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 November 2012 22:00
t/m Woensdag 26 December 2012

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

barbes mandingo ambassadors at my space

Dinsdag 04 December

van zo25.11
t/m do17.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Galerie 23 - Tentoonstelling
Dubbelexpositie Afrikaanse kunst

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen: 'De schoonheid van kwetsbaarheid- 2'; Mulugeta Tafesse: 'Een permanent experiment- 2'. Op zondag 25 november om 16.00 uur wordt deze expositie in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaars geopend door Judith Sargentini, Europarlementariër voor Groen Links. Na exact zes jaar zijn beide kunstenaars opnieuw in Galerie 23. Etiyé Dimma Poulsen was succesvol in de USA en Mulugeta Tafesse promoveerde in Spanje.

galerie23 facebook

van zo09.09
t/m zo30.12
Verenigde Staten, Denver - Denver Art Museum - Tentoonstelling
El Anatsui - When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

Brings together the full range of the artist’s work, from wood trays referring to traditional symbols of the Akan people of Ghana; to early ceramics from the artist’s Broken Pots series, driftwood assemblages that refer to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw; to the luminous metal wall-hangings of recent years.

denverartmuseum africanart

van za01.12
t/m ma31.12
België, Brussels - Galerie Lumières d'Afrique - Tentoonstelling
Exhibition: Haitian Masters & Contemporary African artists

Season group exhibition: A selection of collectors paintings by Haitian artists Philippe Dodard, Franck Louissaint, Denis Smith, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Edner Sufal and Jean-Claude Garoute (Tiga) & selected works by contemporary African artists Franck Dikisongele, David Kigozi, George Lilanga, David Mzuguno and Mufuki. Opening drink: Friday 7th December 18:00 - 22:00h

lumieres

van do29.11
t/m wo19.12
Nederland, Amsterdam - Lumen Travo Gallarie - Tentoonstelling
Expo: Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake

Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake” is a work about memory, history and recognition. Meschac Gaba presents an installation of 12 aquariums, with a mirror base, in which 12 brains are placed, representing 12 great people who have made an impression on his life in a humanist, cultural, scientific, philosophical, social, religious and political way. Opening drinks: Saturday, 1st December 2012, 16:00 – 18:00.

lumentravo

van wo12.09
t/m zo13.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
In het land van de keizer - Op expeditie in Ethiopië (1930-1931)

Baron Binnert Van Harinxma thoe Slooten en bioloog Gerrit Brouwer kregen op 2 november 1930 de unieke kans om de kroning van keizer Haile Selassie in Ethiopië bij te wonen. Maak hun expeditie mee met de foto's, persoonlijke aantekeningen en filmbeelden. De reis naar Ethiopië had oorspronkelijk het doel om de dierenwereld te bestuderen, maar hoogtepunt van de reis werd uiteindelijk de kroning van Haile Selassie.

tropenmuseum

van wo09.05
t/m do24.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington DC - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - Tentoonstelling
Laila Essaydi - Revisions

Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.

africa-si-edu

van wo19.09
t/m zo17.03
Verenigde Staten, Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art - Tentoonstelling
MCA DNA: William Kentridge

Acclaimed for his work in animated film, visual art, theater, and opera, William Kentridge had his first survey exhibition in the United States in 2001 at MCA Chicago. From this exhibition, the MCA acquired more than a dozen drawings and two of his best-known films: Felix in Exile (1994) and History of the Main Complaint (1996), both of which will be on view. The drawings featured in the exhibition are those used to make this latter film—charcoal sketches that Kentridge erased and reworked to create the memorable segments that depict his alter egos and their struggles in late and post-apartheid Johannesburg: Felix Teitlebaum, the romantic artist who is always shown nude, and Soho Eckstein, the self-absorbed, wealthy mine owner and land developer who always wears a pinstriped suit.

mcachicago

van do01.11
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Woodstock, Cape Town - Whatiftheworld/gallery - Tentoonstelling
Mumbo Jumbo - paintings by Michael Taylor

Taylor has chosen to approach this exhibition as a playful exercise in describing the landscape of his personal ‘island’. Not only is this body of work a return to large-scale drawing for Taylor, but also, a return to using narrative as a starting point for the image-making process. Devising a story, in the form of a poem, and working with a select number of preconceived titles, Taylor attempts to create a familiar metaphor for which to make drawings. The narrative shifts simultaneously between two chief protagonists - the hero, Mickey, and his ego, the island. Diving between character sketches the pictures illustrate an uncanny likeness of the two subjects.

whatiftheworld

van wo19.09
t/m zo09.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Out of Africa - The Magic of Kenya (tournee)

Out of Africa - Safari Through Magical Kenya  is het vervolg op hitproducties als Sikulu, Stamping en African Mamas en neemt u mee op safari door het magische Kenia. Opzwepende dansen van Masai-krijgers, close harmony songs van de vrouwelijke dansers, een ballet van flamingo's, funky African jazzritmes en vrolijke bengamuziek uit de nachtclubs van Mombassa en Nairobi: het wordt allemaal gebracht met niet aflatende Afrikaanse energie en vitaliteit. Zowel het traditionele als het moderne Kenia krijgt in deze overdonderende show een plek.

outofafrica youtube

van do01.11
t/m wo05.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Film
Rebelle - poëtisch filmdrama

Poëtisch drama van Kim Nguyen volgt de jonge Afrikaanse Komona als ze op 12-jarige leeftijd wordt gedwongen haar ouders te doden en zich aan te sluiten als kindsoldaat bij het leger van Great Tiger. Regisseur:
Kim Nguyen; acteurs: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga. Canada/DR Congo 2012

cinema

van vr14.09
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, New York - International Center of Photography - Tentoonstelling
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life

Photographic exhibition examining the legacy of the apartheid system and how it penetrated even the most mundane aspects of social existence in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Complex, vivid, evocative, and dramatic, it includes nearly 500 photographs, films, books, magazines, newspapers, and assorted archival documents and covers more than 60 years of powerful photographic and visual production that forms part of the historical record of South Africa.

icp

van vr02.11
t/m ma24.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Soweto Spiritual Singers

De Soweto Spiritual Singers zijn ook  in Nederland allang geen onbekenden meer na twee eerdere succesvolle tournees. Met swingende, weldadige (Zuid-) Afrikaans gospels en harmonieën, maar ook met Amerikaanse spirituals werden vele harten veroverd. En vanaf medio december wordt er in het programma ruimte gemaakt voor herkenbare en oorspronkelijke Afrikaanse kerstmelodieën. Wie maalt er nog om een witte kerst met zo’n hartverwarmende African Christmas?

tour

van za27.10
t/m za08.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Galerie Sanaa - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Loops & Lines met Adriaan de Villiers (ZA)

In all of the descriptions of his work, Adriaan de Villiers (Cape Town, 1984) names the Spanish architect, Gaudi, as one of his main sources of inspiration. De Villiers chose ceramics as his discipline. He makes rough sketches of his next sculpture and sculpts it without losing his original vision for it. When other ideas arise during the creation process, these are freely expressed.

sanaa

van za03.11
t/m zo06.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Hollandaise

Hollandaise is a critical, contemporary art exhibition built around this typical textile. The idea for the exhibition is from curator Koyo Kouoh, who is director of her own art institution in Dakar, Senegal. She asked five artists to delve into the phenomenon of Hollandaise and the peculiar trading relations and cultural interchanges that it represents. They all produced new work especially for this exhibition, which after Amsterdam will travel on to Dakar.

smba

van do29.11
t/m vr21.12
Mozambique, Maputo - Conselho Municipal de Maputo - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Maputopia

For the 125th anniversary of Maputo, African Architecture Matters and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Maputo, together with the Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning of the University Eduardo Mondlane of Maputo, the Department of Architecture of the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University have the honour to announce the international art & architecture exhibition MAPUTOPIA passado-presente-futuro.

maputopia

van vr30.11
t/m zo14.07
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Onverwachte ontmoetingen

Het Tropenmuseum brengt een ode aan zijn eigen verzamelingen met de tentoonstelling Onverwachte ontmoetingen. Verborgen verhalen uit eigen collectie.
Een Afrikaans krachtbeeld ontmoet een Apple computer en een kunstwerk met portretten van Marlene Dumas een Duitse staalkaart met veertig verschillende oogkleuren.

tropenmuseum

van za07.01
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History - Tentoonstelling
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji

Images by Congolese photographer and video artist Sammy Baloji feature the industrial landscapes around Lumbumbasi, the capital city of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The images serve as a visual indictment of the failed postcolonial leadership that mismanaged and squandered Katanga’s industrial resources, its modernity, and the economic prosperity of the region.

si

van vr31.08
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Museum Africa - Tentoonstelling
The International Exhibition of Black Music

An outstanding exploration of the sounds and rhythms of Africa and the Diaspora and a groundbreaking digital experience that pays homage to artists and music of Africa and the African diaspora, the first tribute to black artists of its kind. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art technology, with over 100 interactive audio-visual setups transmitting the sights, sounds and rhythms of artists from all over the world. The exhibition comprises of a mind-blowing 13 hours’ worth of footage.

blackmusicworldwide artlink

van wo14.11
t/m wo13.02
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Theater: In Die Nag

Geïnspireerd door onder andere Eugene O’Neills drama ‘Long day’s journey into night’ maakt Dood Paard een geheel nieuw stuk, dat gaat over afkeer en verbondenheid, over het geloof in bevrijding en over de gevangenis die werkelijkheid heet. Maar hoe diep de spiraal ook naar beneden draait – een elementaire levenskracht blijft tot op het allerlaatst bestaan. Wat er vandaag niet is, dat kan morgen toch nog komen… .

doodpaard trailer

van za24.11
t/m zo03.02
Ghana, East Legon, Accra - Nubuke Foundation - Tentoonstelling
Time, Trade & Travel - Exhibition

Exhibition focuses on the complexities of global exchange fostered by capitalism, and its effects on life and art. Time, Trade & Travel set the participating artists on a quest for the historical encounters between Europeans and Africans, in which trade and the concomitant cultural exchange receive particular attention. In collaboration with the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana and featuring Dutch and Ghanese artists.

smba nubukefoundation

van za01.12
t/m za08.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Tournee Aline Frazao

Aline Frazão is één van de interessantste artiesten van Angola’s ‘new generation of musicians’. Ze mixt haar Afrikaanse roots met invloeden van Bossa Nova tot Jazz. In 2011 nam de singer/songwriter als 23-jarige haar debuutalbum op. Hierop werd ze bijgestaan door Jose Manuel Diaz op contrabas en Carlos Freire op drums en percussie. Zichzelf begeleidend op gitaar zingt ze een combinatie van eigen liedjes en een repertoire uit Angola, Brazilië en Kaapverdië.

tour alinefrazao

van di27.11
t/m do31.01
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Goethe Institut Jan Smuts Ave - Tentoonstelling
Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases

The series Faces and Phases of acclaimed photographer Zanele Muholi was included in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel and Oldenburg, Germany from June to September 2012 and co-produced by Stevenson Gallery and the Goethe-Institut. It will now return to South Africa for an exhibition at the Goethe-Institut.

goethe stevenson

van do08.11
t/m za15.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Brodie/Stevenson - Tentoonstelling
Zombie Babylon - paintings by Conrad Botes

For this exhibition Botes continues his recent series of paintings on canvas while also showing his distinctive reverse-glass paintings, sculptures and drawings. The paintings on this show have evolved from the religious imagery he presented at his last exhibition at the gallery in Cape Town. Over the past few months he has also been fascinated by the optical effects of colour, and has created paintings that pulsate with a psychedelic intensity. The result is an unlikely and unexpected presentation of iconic images. Another series of paintings features horrifying imagery, yet rendered in beautiful and optical colours that simultaneously seduce and repulse, reminding us of how our perceptions are influenced by colour.

stevenson

dinsdag04.12
Nederland, Wageningen - Aula Wageningen Universiteit - Lezing en debat
Promotie: Ziziphus mauritiana (masau) fruits fermentation in Zimbabwe
Dinsdag 04 December 2012 13:30 - 15:00

Promovendus: L.K. Nyanga. Full title thesis: Ziziphus mauritiana (masau) fruits fermentation in Zimbabwe: from black-box to starter culture development. Promotor: prof.dr.ir. MH Zwietering.  Copromotor: dr.ir. M.J.R. Nout.

wur

dinsdag04.12
Nederland, Amsterdam - Universiteit van Amsterdam Spui25 - Lezing en debat
KNAW Tweegesprek: stemmen van Afrika in Nederland
Dinsdag 04 December 2012 16:00 - 18:00

Tweede editie van de serie Stemmen van Afrika in Nederland. Hoogleraar muziekcognitie Henkjan Honing en musicus Neco Novela gaan met elkaar in gesprek over het gedeelde verleden en de gemeenschappelijke toekomst van Afrika en Europa. Ditmaal staat de muziek centraal. Moderator: Wim Brands.

spui25

van wo07.11
t/m wo26.12
Verenigde Staten, Brooklyn, New York - Barbes New York - Muziek
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 November 2012 22:00
t/m Woensdag 26 December 2012

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

barbes mandingo ambassadors at my space

Woensdag 05 December

van zo25.11
t/m do17.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Galerie 23 - Tentoonstelling
Dubbelexpositie Afrikaanse kunst

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen: 'De schoonheid van kwetsbaarheid- 2'; Mulugeta Tafesse: 'Een permanent experiment- 2'. Op zondag 25 november om 16.00 uur wordt deze expositie in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaars geopend door Judith Sargentini, Europarlementariër voor Groen Links. Na exact zes jaar zijn beide kunstenaars opnieuw in Galerie 23. Etiyé Dimma Poulsen was succesvol in de USA en Mulugeta Tafesse promoveerde in Spanje.

galerie23 facebook

van zo09.09
t/m zo30.12
Verenigde Staten, Denver - Denver Art Museum - Tentoonstelling
El Anatsui - When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

Brings together the full range of the artist’s work, from wood trays referring to traditional symbols of the Akan people of Ghana; to early ceramics from the artist’s Broken Pots series, driftwood assemblages that refer to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw; to the luminous metal wall-hangings of recent years.

denverartmuseum africanart

van za01.12
t/m ma31.12
België, Brussels - Galerie Lumières d'Afrique - Tentoonstelling
Exhibition: Haitian Masters & Contemporary African artists

Season group exhibition: A selection of collectors paintings by Haitian artists Philippe Dodard, Franck Louissaint, Denis Smith, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Edner Sufal and Jean-Claude Garoute (Tiga) & selected works by contemporary African artists Franck Dikisongele, David Kigozi, George Lilanga, David Mzuguno and Mufuki. Opening drink: Friday 7th December 18:00 - 22:00h

lumieres

van do29.11
t/m wo19.12
Nederland, Amsterdam - Lumen Travo Gallarie - Tentoonstelling
Expo: Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake

Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake” is a work about memory, history and recognition. Meschac Gaba presents an installation of 12 aquariums, with a mirror base, in which 12 brains are placed, representing 12 great people who have made an impression on his life in a humanist, cultural, scientific, philosophical, social, religious and political way. Opening drinks: Saturday, 1st December 2012, 16:00 – 18:00.

lumentravo

van wo12.09
t/m zo13.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
In het land van de keizer - Op expeditie in Ethiopië (1930-1931)

Baron Binnert Van Harinxma thoe Slooten en bioloog Gerrit Brouwer kregen op 2 november 1930 de unieke kans om de kroning van keizer Haile Selassie in Ethiopië bij te wonen. Maak hun expeditie mee met de foto's, persoonlijke aantekeningen en filmbeelden. De reis naar Ethiopië had oorspronkelijk het doel om de dierenwereld te bestuderen, maar hoogtepunt van de reis werd uiteindelijk de kroning van Haile Selassie.

tropenmuseum

van wo09.05
t/m do24.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington DC - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - Tentoonstelling
Laila Essaydi - Revisions

Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.

africa-si-edu

van wo19.09
t/m zo17.03
Verenigde Staten, Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art - Tentoonstelling
MCA DNA: William Kentridge

Acclaimed for his work in animated film, visual art, theater, and opera, William Kentridge had his first survey exhibition in the United States in 2001 at MCA Chicago. From this exhibition, the MCA acquired more than a dozen drawings and two of his best-known films: Felix in Exile (1994) and History of the Main Complaint (1996), both of which will be on view. The drawings featured in the exhibition are those used to make this latter film—charcoal sketches that Kentridge erased and reworked to create the memorable segments that depict his alter egos and their struggles in late and post-apartheid Johannesburg: Felix Teitlebaum, the romantic artist who is always shown nude, and Soho Eckstein, the self-absorbed, wealthy mine owner and land developer who always wears a pinstriped suit.

mcachicago

van do01.11
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Woodstock, Cape Town - Whatiftheworld/gallery - Tentoonstelling
Mumbo Jumbo - paintings by Michael Taylor

Taylor has chosen to approach this exhibition as a playful exercise in describing the landscape of his personal ‘island’. Not only is this body of work a return to large-scale drawing for Taylor, but also, a return to using narrative as a starting point for the image-making process. Devising a story, in the form of a poem, and working with a select number of preconceived titles, Taylor attempts to create a familiar metaphor for which to make drawings. The narrative shifts simultaneously between two chief protagonists - the hero, Mickey, and his ego, the island. Diving between character sketches the pictures illustrate an uncanny likeness of the two subjects.

whatiftheworld

van wo19.09
t/m zo09.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Out of Africa - The Magic of Kenya (tournee)

Out of Africa - Safari Through Magical Kenya  is het vervolg op hitproducties als Sikulu, Stamping en African Mamas en neemt u mee op safari door het magische Kenia. Opzwepende dansen van Masai-krijgers, close harmony songs van de vrouwelijke dansers, een ballet van flamingo's, funky African jazzritmes en vrolijke bengamuziek uit de nachtclubs van Mombassa en Nairobi: het wordt allemaal gebracht met niet aflatende Afrikaanse energie en vitaliteit. Zowel het traditionele als het moderne Kenia krijgt in deze overdonderende show een plek.

outofafrica youtube

van do01.11
t/m wo05.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Film
Rebelle - poëtisch filmdrama

Poëtisch drama van Kim Nguyen volgt de jonge Afrikaanse Komona als ze op 12-jarige leeftijd wordt gedwongen haar ouders te doden en zich aan te sluiten als kindsoldaat bij het leger van Great Tiger. Regisseur:
Kim Nguyen; acteurs: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga. Canada/DR Congo 2012

cinema

van vr14.09
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, New York - International Center of Photography - Tentoonstelling
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life

Photographic exhibition examining the legacy of the apartheid system and how it penetrated even the most mundane aspects of social existence in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Complex, vivid, evocative, and dramatic, it includes nearly 500 photographs, films, books, magazines, newspapers, and assorted archival documents and covers more than 60 years of powerful photographic and visual production that forms part of the historical record of South Africa.

icp

van vr02.11
t/m ma24.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Soweto Spiritual Singers

De Soweto Spiritual Singers zijn ook  in Nederland allang geen onbekenden meer na twee eerdere succesvolle tournees. Met swingende, weldadige (Zuid-) Afrikaans gospels en harmonieën, maar ook met Amerikaanse spirituals werden vele harten veroverd. En vanaf medio december wordt er in het programma ruimte gemaakt voor herkenbare en oorspronkelijke Afrikaanse kerstmelodieën. Wie maalt er nog om een witte kerst met zo’n hartverwarmende African Christmas?

tour

van za27.10
t/m za08.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Galerie Sanaa - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Loops & Lines met Adriaan de Villiers (ZA)

In all of the descriptions of his work, Adriaan de Villiers (Cape Town, 1984) names the Spanish architect, Gaudi, as one of his main sources of inspiration. De Villiers chose ceramics as his discipline. He makes rough sketches of his next sculpture and sculpts it without losing his original vision for it. When other ideas arise during the creation process, these are freely expressed.

sanaa

van za03.11
t/m zo06.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Hollandaise

Hollandaise is a critical, contemporary art exhibition built around this typical textile. The idea for the exhibition is from curator Koyo Kouoh, who is director of her own art institution in Dakar, Senegal. She asked five artists to delve into the phenomenon of Hollandaise and the peculiar trading relations and cultural interchanges that it represents. They all produced new work especially for this exhibition, which after Amsterdam will travel on to Dakar.

smba

van do29.11
t/m vr21.12
Mozambique, Maputo - Conselho Municipal de Maputo - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Maputopia

For the 125th anniversary of Maputo, African Architecture Matters and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Maputo, together with the Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning of the University Eduardo Mondlane of Maputo, the Department of Architecture of the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University have the honour to announce the international art & architecture exhibition MAPUTOPIA passado-presente-futuro.

maputopia

van vr30.11
t/m zo14.07
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Onverwachte ontmoetingen

Het Tropenmuseum brengt een ode aan zijn eigen verzamelingen met de tentoonstelling Onverwachte ontmoetingen. Verborgen verhalen uit eigen collectie.
Een Afrikaans krachtbeeld ontmoet een Apple computer en een kunstwerk met portretten van Marlene Dumas een Duitse staalkaart met veertig verschillende oogkleuren.

tropenmuseum

van za07.01
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History - Tentoonstelling
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji

Images by Congolese photographer and video artist Sammy Baloji feature the industrial landscapes around Lumbumbasi, the capital city of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The images serve as a visual indictment of the failed postcolonial leadership that mismanaged and squandered Katanga’s industrial resources, its modernity, and the economic prosperity of the region.

si

van vr31.08
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Museum Africa - Tentoonstelling
The International Exhibition of Black Music

An outstanding exploration of the sounds and rhythms of Africa and the Diaspora and a groundbreaking digital experience that pays homage to artists and music of Africa and the African diaspora, the first tribute to black artists of its kind. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art technology, with over 100 interactive audio-visual setups transmitting the sights, sounds and rhythms of artists from all over the world. The exhibition comprises of a mind-blowing 13 hours’ worth of footage.

blackmusicworldwide artlink

van wo14.11
t/m wo13.02
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Theater: In Die Nag

Geïnspireerd door onder andere Eugene O’Neills drama ‘Long day’s journey into night’ maakt Dood Paard een geheel nieuw stuk, dat gaat over afkeer en verbondenheid, over het geloof in bevrijding en over de gevangenis die werkelijkheid heet. Maar hoe diep de spiraal ook naar beneden draait – een elementaire levenskracht blijft tot op het allerlaatst bestaan. Wat er vandaag niet is, dat kan morgen toch nog komen… .

doodpaard trailer

van za24.11
t/m zo03.02
Ghana, East Legon, Accra - Nubuke Foundation - Tentoonstelling
Time, Trade & Travel - Exhibition

Exhibition focuses on the complexities of global exchange fostered by capitalism, and its effects on life and art. Time, Trade & Travel set the participating artists on a quest for the historical encounters between Europeans and Africans, in which trade and the concomitant cultural exchange receive particular attention. In collaboration with the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana and featuring Dutch and Ghanese artists.

smba nubukefoundation

van za01.12
t/m za08.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Tournee Aline Frazao

Aline Frazão is één van de interessantste artiesten van Angola’s ‘new generation of musicians’. Ze mixt haar Afrikaanse roots met invloeden van Bossa Nova tot Jazz. In 2011 nam de singer/songwriter als 23-jarige haar debuutalbum op. Hierop werd ze bijgestaan door Jose Manuel Diaz op contrabas en Carlos Freire op drums en percussie. Zichzelf begeleidend op gitaar zingt ze een combinatie van eigen liedjes en een repertoire uit Angola, Brazilië en Kaapverdië.

tour alinefrazao

van di27.11
t/m do31.01
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Goethe Institut Jan Smuts Ave - Tentoonstelling
Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases

The series Faces and Phases of acclaimed photographer Zanele Muholi was included in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel and Oldenburg, Germany from June to September 2012 and co-produced by Stevenson Gallery and the Goethe-Institut. It will now return to South Africa for an exhibition at the Goethe-Institut.

goethe stevenson

van do08.11
t/m za15.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Brodie/Stevenson - Tentoonstelling
Zombie Babylon - paintings by Conrad Botes

For this exhibition Botes continues his recent series of paintings on canvas while also showing his distinctive reverse-glass paintings, sculptures and drawings. The paintings on this show have evolved from the religious imagery he presented at his last exhibition at the gallery in Cape Town. Over the past few months he has also been fascinated by the optical effects of colour, and has created paintings that pulsate with a psychedelic intensity. The result is an unlikely and unexpected presentation of iconic images. Another series of paintings features horrifying imagery, yet rendered in beautiful and optical colours that simultaneously seduce and repulse, reminding us of how our perceptions are influenced by colour.

stevenson

woensdag05.12
Nederland, Wageningen - Aula Wageningen Universiteit - Lezing en debat
Promotie: J. (Julienne) Fanwoua
Woensdag 05 December 2012 13:30 - 15:00

Title thesis: Tomato Fruit Growth. Integrating Cell Division, Cell Growth and Endoreduplication by Experimentation and Modelling. Promotor: prof.dr.ir. PC Struik; Copromotores: dr.ir. E Heuvelink, dr. PHB de Visser.

wur


woensdag05.12
Nederland, Leiden - ASC, Pieter de la Court building - Lezing en debat
Promotion: "I don't tell my husband about vegetable sales"
Woensdag 05 December 2012 15:00

Promovendus: Robert Simiyu. Full title thesis: "I don't tell my husband about vegetable sales". Gender aspects of urban agriculture in Eldoret, Kenya. Drawing on the sustainable livelihood approach, this thesis explores gender dynamics in urban agriculture, which is an integral part of the diversified portfolio of livelihood strategies adopted by residents of Eldoret town to cope with hard economic times.

asc

van wo07.11
t/m wo26.12
Verenigde Staten, Brooklyn, New York - Barbes New York - Muziek
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 November 2012 22:00
t/m Woensdag 26 December 2012

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

barbes mandingo ambassadors at my space

Donderdag 06 December

van zo25.11
t/m do17.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Galerie 23 - Tentoonstelling
Dubbelexpositie Afrikaanse kunst

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen: 'De schoonheid van kwetsbaarheid- 2'; Mulugeta Tafesse: 'Een permanent experiment- 2'. Op zondag 25 november om 16.00 uur wordt deze expositie in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaars geopend door Judith Sargentini, Europarlementariër voor Groen Links. Na exact zes jaar zijn beide kunstenaars opnieuw in Galerie 23. Etiyé Dimma Poulsen was succesvol in de USA en Mulugeta Tafesse promoveerde in Spanje.

galerie23 facebook

van zo09.09
t/m zo30.12
Verenigde Staten, Denver - Denver Art Museum - Tentoonstelling
El Anatsui - When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

Brings together the full range of the artist’s work, from wood trays referring to traditional symbols of the Akan people of Ghana; to early ceramics from the artist’s Broken Pots series, driftwood assemblages that refer to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw; to the luminous metal wall-hangings of recent years.

denverartmuseum africanart

van za01.12
t/m ma31.12
België, Brussels - Galerie Lumières d'Afrique - Tentoonstelling
Exhibition: Haitian Masters & Contemporary African artists

Season group exhibition: A selection of collectors paintings by Haitian artists Philippe Dodard, Franck Louissaint, Denis Smith, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Edner Sufal and Jean-Claude Garoute (Tiga) & selected works by contemporary African artists Franck Dikisongele, David Kigozi, George Lilanga, David Mzuguno and Mufuki. Opening drink: Friday 7th December 18:00 - 22:00h

lumieres

van do29.11
t/m wo19.12
Nederland, Amsterdam - Lumen Travo Gallarie - Tentoonstelling
Expo: Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake

Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake” is a work about memory, history and recognition. Meschac Gaba presents an installation of 12 aquariums, with a mirror base, in which 12 brains are placed, representing 12 great people who have made an impression on his life in a humanist, cultural, scientific, philosophical, social, religious and political way. Opening drinks: Saturday, 1st December 2012, 16:00 – 18:00.

lumentravo

van wo12.09
t/m zo13.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
In het land van de keizer - Op expeditie in Ethiopië (1930-1931)

Baron Binnert Van Harinxma thoe Slooten en bioloog Gerrit Brouwer kregen op 2 november 1930 de unieke kans om de kroning van keizer Haile Selassie in Ethiopië bij te wonen. Maak hun expeditie mee met de foto's, persoonlijke aantekeningen en filmbeelden. De reis naar Ethiopië had oorspronkelijk het doel om de dierenwereld te bestuderen, maar hoogtepunt van de reis werd uiteindelijk de kroning van Haile Selassie.

tropenmuseum

van wo09.05
t/m do24.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington DC - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - Tentoonstelling
Laila Essaydi - Revisions

Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.

africa-si-edu

van wo19.09
t/m zo17.03
Verenigde Staten, Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art - Tentoonstelling
MCA DNA: William Kentridge

Acclaimed for his work in animated film, visual art, theater, and opera, William Kentridge had his first survey exhibition in the United States in 2001 at MCA Chicago. From this exhibition, the MCA acquired more than a dozen drawings and two of his best-known films: Felix in Exile (1994) and History of the Main Complaint (1996), both of which will be on view. The drawings featured in the exhibition are those used to make this latter film—charcoal sketches that Kentridge erased and reworked to create the memorable segments that depict his alter egos and their struggles in late and post-apartheid Johannesburg: Felix Teitlebaum, the romantic artist who is always shown nude, and Soho Eckstein, the self-absorbed, wealthy mine owner and land developer who always wears a pinstriped suit.

mcachicago

van do01.11
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Woodstock, Cape Town - Whatiftheworld/gallery - Tentoonstelling
Mumbo Jumbo - paintings by Michael Taylor

Taylor has chosen to approach this exhibition as a playful exercise in describing the landscape of his personal ‘island’. Not only is this body of work a return to large-scale drawing for Taylor, but also, a return to using narrative as a starting point for the image-making process. Devising a story, in the form of a poem, and working with a select number of preconceived titles, Taylor attempts to create a familiar metaphor for which to make drawings. The narrative shifts simultaneously between two chief protagonists - the hero, Mickey, and his ego, the island. Diving between character sketches the pictures illustrate an uncanny likeness of the two subjects.

whatiftheworld

van wo19.09
t/m zo09.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Out of Africa - The Magic of Kenya (tournee)

Out of Africa - Safari Through Magical Kenya  is het vervolg op hitproducties als Sikulu, Stamping en African Mamas en neemt u mee op safari door het magische Kenia. Opzwepende dansen van Masai-krijgers, close harmony songs van de vrouwelijke dansers, een ballet van flamingo's, funky African jazzritmes en vrolijke bengamuziek uit de nachtclubs van Mombassa en Nairobi: het wordt allemaal gebracht met niet aflatende Afrikaanse energie en vitaliteit. Zowel het traditionele als het moderne Kenia krijgt in deze overdonderende show een plek.

outofafrica youtube

van vr14.09
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, New York - International Center of Photography - Tentoonstelling
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life

Photographic exhibition examining the legacy of the apartheid system and how it penetrated even the most mundane aspects of social existence in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Complex, vivid, evocative, and dramatic, it includes nearly 500 photographs, films, books, magazines, newspapers, and assorted archival documents and covers more than 60 years of powerful photographic and visual production that forms part of the historical record of South Africa.

icp

van vr02.11
t/m ma24.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Soweto Spiritual Singers

De Soweto Spiritual Singers zijn ook  in Nederland allang geen onbekenden meer na twee eerdere succesvolle tournees. Met swingende, weldadige (Zuid-) Afrikaans gospels en harmonieën, maar ook met Amerikaanse spirituals werden vele harten veroverd. En vanaf medio december wordt er in het programma ruimte gemaakt voor herkenbare en oorspronkelijke Afrikaanse kerstmelodieën. Wie maalt er nog om een witte kerst met zo’n hartverwarmende African Christmas?

tour

van za27.10
t/m za08.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Galerie Sanaa - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Loops & Lines met Adriaan de Villiers (ZA)

In all of the descriptions of his work, Adriaan de Villiers (Cape Town, 1984) names the Spanish architect, Gaudi, as one of his main sources of inspiration. De Villiers chose ceramics as his discipline. He makes rough sketches of his next sculpture and sculpts it without losing his original vision for it. When other ideas arise during the creation process, these are freely expressed.

sanaa

van za03.11
t/m zo06.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Hollandaise

Hollandaise is a critical, contemporary art exhibition built around this typical textile. The idea for the exhibition is from curator Koyo Kouoh, who is director of her own art institution in Dakar, Senegal. She asked five artists to delve into the phenomenon of Hollandaise and the peculiar trading relations and cultural interchanges that it represents. They all produced new work especially for this exhibition, which after Amsterdam will travel on to Dakar.

smba

van do29.11
t/m vr21.12
Mozambique, Maputo - Conselho Municipal de Maputo - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Maputopia

For the 125th anniversary of Maputo, African Architecture Matters and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Maputo, together with the Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning of the University Eduardo Mondlane of Maputo, the Department of Architecture of the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University have the honour to announce the international art & architecture exhibition MAPUTOPIA passado-presente-futuro.

maputopia

van vr30.11
t/m zo14.07
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Onverwachte ontmoetingen

Het Tropenmuseum brengt een ode aan zijn eigen verzamelingen met de tentoonstelling Onverwachte ontmoetingen. Verborgen verhalen uit eigen collectie.
Een Afrikaans krachtbeeld ontmoet een Apple computer en een kunstwerk met portretten van Marlene Dumas een Duitse staalkaart met veertig verschillende oogkleuren.

tropenmuseum

van za07.01
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History - Tentoonstelling
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji

Images by Congolese photographer and video artist Sammy Baloji feature the industrial landscapes around Lumbumbasi, the capital city of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The images serve as a visual indictment of the failed postcolonial leadership that mismanaged and squandered Katanga’s industrial resources, its modernity, and the economic prosperity of the region.

si

van do06.12
t/m ma11.03
Australië, Melbourne - The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) - Tentoonstelling
The Character - Candice Breitz

Through inventively re-edited interviews, fan performances and montaged cinema sequences, Breitz's works present a new take on contemporary portraiture by creating innovative narratives to probe and analyse individual experience. A major part of the exhibition will be the inclusion of The Woods, a new work making its international debut. Co-commissioned with the Peabody Essex Museum, Breitz's new trilogy focuses on child performers and the performance of childhood to probe aspirations and promises embedded in mainstream cinema.

acmi

van vr31.08
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Museum Africa - Tentoonstelling
The International Exhibition of Black Music

An outstanding exploration of the sounds and rhythms of Africa and the Diaspora and a groundbreaking digital experience that pays homage to artists and music of Africa and the African diaspora, the first tribute to black artists of its kind. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art technology, with over 100 interactive audio-visual setups transmitting the sights, sounds and rhythms of artists from all over the world. The exhibition comprises of a mind-blowing 13 hours’ worth of footage.

blackmusicworldwide artlink

van wo14.11
t/m wo13.02
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Theater: In Die Nag

Geïnspireerd door onder andere Eugene O’Neills drama ‘Long day’s journey into night’ maakt Dood Paard een geheel nieuw stuk, dat gaat over afkeer en verbondenheid, over het geloof in bevrijding en over de gevangenis die werkelijkheid heet. Maar hoe diep de spiraal ook naar beneden draait – een elementaire levenskracht blijft tot op het allerlaatst bestaan. Wat er vandaag niet is, dat kan morgen toch nog komen… .

doodpaard trailer

van za24.11
t/m zo03.02
Ghana, East Legon, Accra - Nubuke Foundation - Tentoonstelling
Time, Trade & Travel - Exhibition

Exhibition focuses on the complexities of global exchange fostered by capitalism, and its effects on life and art. Time, Trade & Travel set the participating artists on a quest for the historical encounters between Europeans and Africans, in which trade and the concomitant cultural exchange receive particular attention. In collaboration with the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana and featuring Dutch and Ghanese artists.

smba nubukefoundation

van za01.12
t/m za08.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Tournee Aline Frazao

Aline Frazão is één van de interessantste artiesten van Angola’s ‘new generation of musicians’. Ze mixt haar Afrikaanse roots met invloeden van Bossa Nova tot Jazz. In 2011 nam de singer/songwriter als 23-jarige haar debuutalbum op. Hierop werd ze bijgestaan door Jose Manuel Diaz op contrabas en Carlos Freire op drums en percussie. Zichzelf begeleidend op gitaar zingt ze een combinatie van eigen liedjes en een repertoire uit Angola, Brazilië en Kaapverdië.

tour alinefrazao

van di27.11
t/m do31.01
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Goethe Institut Jan Smuts Ave - Tentoonstelling
Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases

The series Faces and Phases of acclaimed photographer Zanele Muholi was included in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel and Oldenburg, Germany from June to September 2012 and co-produced by Stevenson Gallery and the Goethe-Institut. It will now return to South Africa for an exhibition at the Goethe-Institut.

goethe stevenson

van do08.11
t/m za15.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Brodie/Stevenson - Tentoonstelling
Zombie Babylon - paintings by Conrad Botes

For this exhibition Botes continues his recent series of paintings on canvas while also showing his distinctive reverse-glass paintings, sculptures and drawings. The paintings on this show have evolved from the religious imagery he presented at his last exhibition at the gallery in Cape Town. Over the past few months he has also been fascinated by the optical effects of colour, and has created paintings that pulsate with a psychedelic intensity. The result is an unlikely and unexpected presentation of iconic images. Another series of paintings features horrifying imagery, yet rendered in beautiful and optical colours that simultaneously seduce and repulse, reminding us of how our perceptions are influenced by colour.

stevenson

donderdag06.12
Nederland, Den Haag - JoHo - Dans en theater
Play in Swahili: Aliyeonja pepo
Donderdag 06 December 2012 20:00 - 21:30

The play is set in Heaven. An extraordinary place run by bureaucratic angels whose work is all but flawless. This time a rather serious mistake has occured. The lives and deaths of Juma Hamisi, a fishmonger from Bagamoyo, and John Houghton, a barkeeper from Bournemouth, got mixed up. John, who was supposed to die, is still very much alive whereas Juma, who still has a year to go, is enjoying the luxuries of Heaven. Will the angels restore peace or will the devil rule?

asc

donderdag06.12
Nederland, Oss - Theater De Lievekamp - Dans en theater
Voorstelling: Out of Africa
Donderdag 06 December 2012 20:15

Een nieuwe Afrikaanse show, geregisseerd door Leoni Jansen, waarin zowel het traditionele als het hedendaagse van Kenia op spectaculaire wijze samenkomt. Wat kunt u zoal verwachten? De opzwepende dansen van de indrukwekkende Masai krijgers, de closeharmony songs van de vrouwelijke dansers, een ballet van flamingo’s, funky African jazz ritmes en opzwepende vrolijke Benga Music.

lievekamp

van wo07.11
t/m wo26.12
Verenigde Staten, Brooklyn, New York - Barbes New York - Muziek
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 November 2012 22:00
t/m Woensdag 26 December 2012

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

barbes mandingo ambassadors at my space

Vrijdag 07 December

van zo25.11
t/m do17.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Galerie 23 - Tentoonstelling
Dubbelexpositie Afrikaanse kunst

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen: 'De schoonheid van kwetsbaarheid- 2'; Mulugeta Tafesse: 'Een permanent experiment- 2'. Op zondag 25 november om 16.00 uur wordt deze expositie in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaars geopend door Judith Sargentini, Europarlementariër voor Groen Links. Na exact zes jaar zijn beide kunstenaars opnieuw in Galerie 23. Etiyé Dimma Poulsen was succesvol in de USA en Mulugeta Tafesse promoveerde in Spanje.

galerie23 facebook

van zo09.09
t/m zo30.12
Verenigde Staten, Denver - Denver Art Museum - Tentoonstelling
El Anatsui - When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

Brings together the full range of the artist’s work, from wood trays referring to traditional symbols of the Akan people of Ghana; to early ceramics from the artist’s Broken Pots series, driftwood assemblages that refer to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw; to the luminous metal wall-hangings of recent years.

denverartmuseum africanart

van za01.12
t/m ma31.12
België, Brussels - Galerie Lumières d'Afrique - Tentoonstelling
Exhibition: Haitian Masters & Contemporary African artists

Season group exhibition: A selection of collectors paintings by Haitian artists Philippe Dodard, Franck Louissaint, Denis Smith, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Edner Sufal and Jean-Claude Garoute (Tiga) & selected works by contemporary African artists Franck Dikisongele, David Kigozi, George Lilanga, David Mzuguno and Mufuki. Opening drink: Friday 7th December 18:00 - 22:00h

lumieres

van do29.11
t/m wo19.12
Nederland, Amsterdam - Lumen Travo Gallarie - Tentoonstelling
Expo: Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake

Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake” is a work about memory, history and recognition. Meschac Gaba presents an installation of 12 aquariums, with a mirror base, in which 12 brains are placed, representing 12 great people who have made an impression on his life in a humanist, cultural, scientific, philosophical, social, religious and political way. Opening drinks: Saturday, 1st December 2012, 16:00 – 18:00.

lumentravo

van wo12.09
t/m zo13.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
In het land van de keizer - Op expeditie in Ethiopië (1930-1931)

Baron Binnert Van Harinxma thoe Slooten en bioloog Gerrit Brouwer kregen op 2 november 1930 de unieke kans om de kroning van keizer Haile Selassie in Ethiopië bij te wonen. Maak hun expeditie mee met de foto's, persoonlijke aantekeningen en filmbeelden. De reis naar Ethiopië had oorspronkelijk het doel om de dierenwereld te bestuderen, maar hoogtepunt van de reis werd uiteindelijk de kroning van Haile Selassie.

tropenmuseum

van wo09.05
t/m do24.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington DC - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - Tentoonstelling
Laila Essaydi - Revisions

Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.

africa-si-edu

van wo19.09
t/m zo17.03
Verenigde Staten, Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art - Tentoonstelling
MCA DNA: William Kentridge

Acclaimed for his work in animated film, visual art, theater, and opera, William Kentridge had his first survey exhibition in the United States in 2001 at MCA Chicago. From this exhibition, the MCA acquired more than a dozen drawings and two of his best-known films: Felix in Exile (1994) and History of the Main Complaint (1996), both of which will be on view. The drawings featured in the exhibition are those used to make this latter film—charcoal sketches that Kentridge erased and reworked to create the memorable segments that depict his alter egos and their struggles in late and post-apartheid Johannesburg: Felix Teitlebaum, the romantic artist who is always shown nude, and Soho Eckstein, the self-absorbed, wealthy mine owner and land developer who always wears a pinstriped suit.

mcachicago

van do01.11
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Woodstock, Cape Town - Whatiftheworld/gallery - Tentoonstelling
Mumbo Jumbo - paintings by Michael Taylor

Taylor has chosen to approach this exhibition as a playful exercise in describing the landscape of his personal ‘island’. Not only is this body of work a return to large-scale drawing for Taylor, but also, a return to using narrative as a starting point for the image-making process. Devising a story, in the form of a poem, and working with a select number of preconceived titles, Taylor attempts to create a familiar metaphor for which to make drawings. The narrative shifts simultaneously between two chief protagonists - the hero, Mickey, and his ego, the island. Diving between character sketches the pictures illustrate an uncanny likeness of the two subjects.

whatiftheworld

van wo19.09
t/m zo09.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Out of Africa - The Magic of Kenya (tournee)

Out of Africa - Safari Through Magical Kenya  is het vervolg op hitproducties als Sikulu, Stamping en African Mamas en neemt u mee op safari door het magische Kenia. Opzwepende dansen van Masai-krijgers, close harmony songs van de vrouwelijke dansers, een ballet van flamingo's, funky African jazzritmes en vrolijke bengamuziek uit de nachtclubs van Mombassa en Nairobi: het wordt allemaal gebracht met niet aflatende Afrikaanse energie en vitaliteit. Zowel het traditionele als het moderne Kenia krijgt in deze overdonderende show een plek.

outofafrica youtube

van vr14.09
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, New York - International Center of Photography - Tentoonstelling
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life

Photographic exhibition examining the legacy of the apartheid system and how it penetrated even the most mundane aspects of social existence in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Complex, vivid, evocative, and dramatic, it includes nearly 500 photographs, films, books, magazines, newspapers, and assorted archival documents and covers more than 60 years of powerful photographic and visual production that forms part of the historical record of South Africa.

icp

van vr02.11
t/m ma24.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Soweto Spiritual Singers

De Soweto Spiritual Singers zijn ook  in Nederland allang geen onbekenden meer na twee eerdere succesvolle tournees. Met swingende, weldadige (Zuid-) Afrikaans gospels en harmonieën, maar ook met Amerikaanse spirituals werden vele harten veroverd. En vanaf medio december wordt er in het programma ruimte gemaakt voor herkenbare en oorspronkelijke Afrikaanse kerstmelodieën. Wie maalt er nog om een witte kerst met zo’n hartverwarmende African Christmas?

tour

van za27.10
t/m za08.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Galerie Sanaa - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Loops & Lines met Adriaan de Villiers (ZA)

In all of the descriptions of his work, Adriaan de Villiers (Cape Town, 1984) names the Spanish architect, Gaudi, as one of his main sources of inspiration. De Villiers chose ceramics as his discipline. He makes rough sketches of his next sculpture and sculpts it without losing his original vision for it. When other ideas arise during the creation process, these are freely expressed.

sanaa

van za03.11
t/m zo06.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Hollandaise

Hollandaise is a critical, contemporary art exhibition built around this typical textile. The idea for the exhibition is from curator Koyo Kouoh, who is director of her own art institution in Dakar, Senegal. She asked five artists to delve into the phenomenon of Hollandaise and the peculiar trading relations and cultural interchanges that it represents. They all produced new work especially for this exhibition, which after Amsterdam will travel on to Dakar.

smba

van do29.11
t/m vr21.12
Mozambique, Maputo - Conselho Municipal de Maputo - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Maputopia

For the 125th anniversary of Maputo, African Architecture Matters and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Maputo, together with the Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning of the University Eduardo Mondlane of Maputo, the Department of Architecture of the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University have the honour to announce the international art & architecture exhibition MAPUTOPIA passado-presente-futuro.

maputopia

van vr30.11
t/m zo14.07
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Onverwachte ontmoetingen

Het Tropenmuseum brengt een ode aan zijn eigen verzamelingen met de tentoonstelling Onverwachte ontmoetingen. Verborgen verhalen uit eigen collectie.
Een Afrikaans krachtbeeld ontmoet een Apple computer en een kunstwerk met portretten van Marlene Dumas een Duitse staalkaart met veertig verschillende oogkleuren.

tropenmuseum

van za07.01
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History - Tentoonstelling
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji

Images by Congolese photographer and video artist Sammy Baloji feature the industrial landscapes around Lumbumbasi, the capital city of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The images serve as a visual indictment of the failed postcolonial leadership that mismanaged and squandered Katanga’s industrial resources, its modernity, and the economic prosperity of the region.

si

van do06.12
t/m ma11.03
Australië, Melbourne - The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) - Tentoonstelling
The Character - Candice Breitz

Through inventively re-edited interviews, fan performances and montaged cinema sequences, Breitz's works present a new take on contemporary portraiture by creating innovative narratives to probe and analyse individual experience. A major part of the exhibition will be the inclusion of The Woods, a new work making its international debut. Co-commissioned with the Peabody Essex Museum, Breitz's new trilogy focuses on child performers and the performance of childhood to probe aspirations and promises embedded in mainstream cinema.

acmi

van vr31.08
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Museum Africa - Tentoonstelling
The International Exhibition of Black Music

An outstanding exploration of the sounds and rhythms of Africa and the Diaspora and a groundbreaking digital experience that pays homage to artists and music of Africa and the African diaspora, the first tribute to black artists of its kind. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art technology, with over 100 interactive audio-visual setups transmitting the sights, sounds and rhythms of artists from all over the world. The exhibition comprises of a mind-blowing 13 hours’ worth of footage.

blackmusicworldwide artlink

van wo14.11
t/m wo13.02
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Theater: In Die Nag

Geïnspireerd door onder andere Eugene O’Neills drama ‘Long day’s journey into night’ maakt Dood Paard een geheel nieuw stuk, dat gaat over afkeer en verbondenheid, over het geloof in bevrijding en over de gevangenis die werkelijkheid heet. Maar hoe diep de spiraal ook naar beneden draait – een elementaire levenskracht blijft tot op het allerlaatst bestaan. Wat er vandaag niet is, dat kan morgen toch nog komen… .

doodpaard trailer

van za24.11
t/m zo03.02
Ghana, East Legon, Accra - Nubuke Foundation - Tentoonstelling
Time, Trade & Travel - Exhibition

Exhibition focuses on the complexities of global exchange fostered by capitalism, and its effects on life and art. Time, Trade & Travel set the participating artists on a quest for the historical encounters between Europeans and Africans, in which trade and the concomitant cultural exchange receive particular attention. In collaboration with the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana and featuring Dutch and Ghanese artists.

smba nubukefoundation

van za01.12
t/m za08.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Tournee Aline Frazao

Aline Frazão is één van de interessantste artiesten van Angola’s ‘new generation of musicians’. Ze mixt haar Afrikaanse roots met invloeden van Bossa Nova tot Jazz. In 2011 nam de singer/songwriter als 23-jarige haar debuutalbum op. Hierop werd ze bijgestaan door Jose Manuel Diaz op contrabas en Carlos Freire op drums en percussie. Zichzelf begeleidend op gitaar zingt ze een combinatie van eigen liedjes en een repertoire uit Angola, Brazilië en Kaapverdië.

tour alinefrazao

van di27.11
t/m do31.01
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Goethe Institut Jan Smuts Ave - Tentoonstelling
Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases

The series Faces and Phases of acclaimed photographer Zanele Muholi was included in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel and Oldenburg, Germany from June to September 2012 and co-produced by Stevenson Gallery and the Goethe-Institut. It will now return to South Africa for an exhibition at the Goethe-Institut.

goethe stevenson

van do08.11
t/m za15.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Brodie/Stevenson - Tentoonstelling
Zombie Babylon - paintings by Conrad Botes

For this exhibition Botes continues his recent series of paintings on canvas while also showing his distinctive reverse-glass paintings, sculptures and drawings. The paintings on this show have evolved from the religious imagery he presented at his last exhibition at the gallery in Cape Town. Over the past few months he has also been fascinated by the optical effects of colour, and has created paintings that pulsate with a psychedelic intensity. The result is an unlikely and unexpected presentation of iconic images. Another series of paintings features horrifying imagery, yet rendered in beautiful and optical colours that simultaneously seduce and repulse, reminding us of how our perceptions are influenced by colour.

stevenson

vrijdag07.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Academiegebouw Univ. Utrecht - Lezing en debat
Promotie: Ongelijke verdeling van rijkdom belemmerde groei van Kaapkolonie
Vrijdag 07 December 2012 12:45

Vaak wordt gedacht dat de Nederlandse Kaapkolonie (Zuid-Afrika) in de 17e en 18e eeuw een economisch onderontwikkeld gebied was, een kolonie waar kleine rijke gebieden verdwenen terwijl het arme grensgebied van de Kaap steeds groter werd. Uit het promotieonderzoek van economisch historicus Johan Fourie komt een heel ander beeld naar voren.

uu

van wo07.11
t/m wo26.12
Verenigde Staten, Brooklyn, New York - Barbes New York - Muziek
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 November 2012 22:00
t/m Woensdag 26 December 2012

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

barbes mandingo ambassadors at my space

Zaterdag 08 December

van zo25.11
t/m do17.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Galerie 23 - Tentoonstelling
Dubbelexpositie Afrikaanse kunst

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen: 'De schoonheid van kwetsbaarheid- 2'; Mulugeta Tafesse: 'Een permanent experiment- 2'. Op zondag 25 november om 16.00 uur wordt deze expositie in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaars geopend door Judith Sargentini, Europarlementariër voor Groen Links. Na exact zes jaar zijn beide kunstenaars opnieuw in Galerie 23. Etiyé Dimma Poulsen was succesvol in de USA en Mulugeta Tafesse promoveerde in Spanje.

galerie23 facebook

van zo09.09
t/m zo30.12
Verenigde Staten, Denver - Denver Art Museum - Tentoonstelling
El Anatsui - When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

Brings together the full range of the artist’s work, from wood trays referring to traditional symbols of the Akan people of Ghana; to early ceramics from the artist’s Broken Pots series, driftwood assemblages that refer to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw; to the luminous metal wall-hangings of recent years.

denverartmuseum africanart

van za01.12
t/m ma31.12
België, Brussels - Galerie Lumières d'Afrique - Tentoonstelling
Exhibition: Haitian Masters & Contemporary African artists

Season group exhibition: A selection of collectors paintings by Haitian artists Philippe Dodard, Franck Louissaint, Denis Smith, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Edner Sufal and Jean-Claude Garoute (Tiga) & selected works by contemporary African artists Franck Dikisongele, David Kigozi, George Lilanga, David Mzuguno and Mufuki. Opening drink: Friday 7th December 18:00 - 22:00h

lumieres

van do29.11
t/m wo19.12
Nederland, Amsterdam - Lumen Travo Gallarie - Tentoonstelling
Expo: Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake

Lac de Sagesse – Wisdom Lake” is a work about memory, history and recognition. Meschac Gaba presents an installation of 12 aquariums, with a mirror base, in which 12 brains are placed, representing 12 great people who have made an impression on his life in a humanist, cultural, scientific, philosophical, social, religious and political way. Opening drinks: Saturday, 1st December 2012, 16:00 – 18:00.

lumentravo

van wo12.09
t/m zo13.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
In het land van de keizer - Op expeditie in Ethiopië (1930-1931)

Baron Binnert Van Harinxma thoe Slooten en bioloog Gerrit Brouwer kregen op 2 november 1930 de unieke kans om de kroning van keizer Haile Selassie in Ethiopië bij te wonen. Maak hun expeditie mee met de foto's, persoonlijke aantekeningen en filmbeelden. De reis naar Ethiopië had oorspronkelijk het doel om de dierenwereld te bestuderen, maar hoogtepunt van de reis werd uiteindelijk de kroning van Haile Selassie.

tropenmuseum

van wo09.05
t/m do24.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington DC - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art - Tentoonstelling
Laila Essaydi - Revisions

Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.

africa-si-edu

van wo19.09
t/m zo17.03
Verenigde Staten, Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art - Tentoonstelling
MCA DNA: William Kentridge

Acclaimed for his work in animated film, visual art, theater, and opera, William Kentridge had his first survey exhibition in the United States in 2001 at MCA Chicago. From this exhibition, the MCA acquired more than a dozen drawings and two of his best-known films: Felix in Exile (1994) and History of the Main Complaint (1996), both of which will be on view. The drawings featured in the exhibition are those used to make this latter film—charcoal sketches that Kentridge erased and reworked to create the memorable segments that depict his alter egos and their struggles in late and post-apartheid Johannesburg: Felix Teitlebaum, the romantic artist who is always shown nude, and Soho Eckstein, the self-absorbed, wealthy mine owner and land developer who always wears a pinstriped suit.

mcachicago

van do01.11
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Woodstock, Cape Town - Whatiftheworld/gallery - Tentoonstelling
Mumbo Jumbo - paintings by Michael Taylor

Taylor has chosen to approach this exhibition as a playful exercise in describing the landscape of his personal ‘island’. Not only is this body of work a return to large-scale drawing for Taylor, but also, a return to using narrative as a starting point for the image-making process. Devising a story, in the form of a poem, and working with a select number of preconceived titles, Taylor attempts to create a familiar metaphor for which to make drawings. The narrative shifts simultaneously between two chief protagonists - the hero, Mickey, and his ego, the island. Diving between character sketches the pictures illustrate an uncanny likeness of the two subjects.

whatiftheworld

van wo19.09
t/m zo09.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Out of Africa - The Magic of Kenya (tournee)

Out of Africa - Safari Through Magical Kenya  is het vervolg op hitproducties als Sikulu, Stamping en African Mamas en neemt u mee op safari door het magische Kenia. Opzwepende dansen van Masai-krijgers, close harmony songs van de vrouwelijke dansers, een ballet van flamingo's, funky African jazzritmes en vrolijke bengamuziek uit de nachtclubs van Mombassa en Nairobi: het wordt allemaal gebracht met niet aflatende Afrikaanse energie en vitaliteit. Zowel het traditionele als het moderne Kenia krijgt in deze overdonderende show een plek.

outofafrica youtube

van vr14.09
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, New York - International Center of Photography - Tentoonstelling
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life

Photographic exhibition examining the legacy of the apartheid system and how it penetrated even the most mundane aspects of social existence in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Complex, vivid, evocative, and dramatic, it includes nearly 500 photographs, films, books, magazines, newspapers, and assorted archival documents and covers more than 60 years of powerful photographic and visual production that forms part of the historical record of South Africa.

icp

van vr02.11
t/m ma24.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Soweto Spiritual Singers

De Soweto Spiritual Singers zijn ook  in Nederland allang geen onbekenden meer na twee eerdere succesvolle tournees. Met swingende, weldadige (Zuid-) Afrikaans gospels en harmonieën, maar ook met Amerikaanse spirituals werden vele harten veroverd. En vanaf medio december wordt er in het programma ruimte gemaakt voor herkenbare en oorspronkelijke Afrikaanse kerstmelodieën. Wie maalt er nog om een witte kerst met zo’n hartverwarmende African Christmas?

tour

van za27.10
t/m za08.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Galerie Sanaa - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Loops & Lines met Adriaan de Villiers (ZA)

In all of the descriptions of his work, Adriaan de Villiers (Cape Town, 1984) names the Spanish architect, Gaudi, as one of his main sources of inspiration. De Villiers chose ceramics as his discipline. He makes rough sketches of his next sculpture and sculpts it without losing his original vision for it. When other ideas arise during the creation process, these are freely expressed.

sanaa

van za03.11
t/m zo06.01
Nederland, Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Hollandaise

Hollandaise is a critical, contemporary art exhibition built around this typical textile. The idea for the exhibition is from curator Koyo Kouoh, who is director of her own art institution in Dakar, Senegal. She asked five artists to delve into the phenomenon of Hollandaise and the peculiar trading relations and cultural interchanges that it represents. They all produced new work especially for this exhibition, which after Amsterdam will travel on to Dakar.

smba

van do29.11
t/m vr21.12
Mozambique, Maputo - Conselho Municipal de Maputo - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Maputopia

For the 125th anniversary of Maputo, African Architecture Matters and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Maputo, together with the Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning of the University Eduardo Mondlane of Maputo, the Department of Architecture of the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University have the honour to announce the international art & architecture exhibition MAPUTOPIA passado-presente-futuro.

maputopia

van vr30.11
t/m zo14.07
Nederland, Amsterdam - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam - Tentoonstelling
Tentoonstelling: Onverwachte ontmoetingen

Het Tropenmuseum brengt een ode aan zijn eigen verzamelingen met de tentoonstelling Onverwachte ontmoetingen. Verborgen verhalen uit eigen collectie.
Een Afrikaans krachtbeeld ontmoet een Apple computer en een kunstwerk met portretten van Marlene Dumas een Duitse staalkaart met veertig verschillende oogkleuren.

tropenmuseum

van za07.01
t/m zo06.01
Verenigde Staten, Washington - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History - Tentoonstelling
The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji

Images by Congolese photographer and video artist Sammy Baloji feature the industrial landscapes around Lumbumbasi, the capital city of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The images serve as a visual indictment of the failed postcolonial leadership that mismanaged and squandered Katanga’s industrial resources, its modernity, and the economic prosperity of the region.

si

van do06.12
t/m ma11.03
Australië, Melbourne - The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) - Tentoonstelling
The Character - Candice Breitz

Through inventively re-edited interviews, fan performances and montaged cinema sequences, Breitz's works present a new take on contemporary portraiture by creating innovative narratives to probe and analyse individual experience. A major part of the exhibition will be the inclusion of The Woods, a new work making its international debut. Co-commissioned with the Peabody Essex Museum, Breitz's new trilogy focuses on child performers and the performance of childhood to probe aspirations and promises embedded in mainstream cinema.

acmi

van vr31.08
t/m wo12.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Museum Africa - Tentoonstelling
The International Exhibition of Black Music

An outstanding exploration of the sounds and rhythms of Africa and the Diaspora and a groundbreaking digital experience that pays homage to artists and music of Africa and the African diaspora, the first tribute to black artists of its kind. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art technology, with over 100 interactive audio-visual setups transmitting the sights, sounds and rhythms of artists from all over the world. The exhibition comprises of a mind-blowing 13 hours’ worth of footage.

blackmusicworldwide artlink

van wo14.11
t/m wo13.02
Nederland, - Nederland - Dans en theater
Theater: In Die Nag

Geïnspireerd door onder andere Eugene O’Neills drama ‘Long day’s journey into night’ maakt Dood Paard een geheel nieuw stuk, dat gaat over afkeer en verbondenheid, over het geloof in bevrijding en over de gevangenis die werkelijkheid heet. Maar hoe diep de spiraal ook naar beneden draait – een elementaire levenskracht blijft tot op het allerlaatst bestaan. Wat er vandaag niet is, dat kan morgen toch nog komen… .

doodpaard trailer

van za24.11
t/m zo03.02
Ghana, East Legon, Accra - Nubuke Foundation - Tentoonstelling
Time, Trade & Travel - Exhibition

Exhibition focuses on the complexities of global exchange fostered by capitalism, and its effects on life and art. Time, Trade & Travel set the participating artists on a quest for the historical encounters between Europeans and Africans, in which trade and the concomitant cultural exchange receive particular attention. In collaboration with the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana and featuring Dutch and Ghanese artists.

smba nubukefoundation

van za01.12
t/m za08.12
Nederland, - Nederland - Muziek
Tournee Aline Frazao

Aline Frazão is één van de interessantste artiesten van Angola’s ‘new generation of musicians’. Ze mixt haar Afrikaanse roots met invloeden van Bossa Nova tot Jazz. In 2011 nam de singer/songwriter als 23-jarige haar debuutalbum op. Hierop werd ze bijgestaan door Jose Manuel Diaz op contrabas en Carlos Freire op drums en percussie. Zichzelf begeleidend op gitaar zingt ze een combinatie van eigen liedjes en een repertoire uit Angola, Brazilië en Kaapverdië.

tour alinefrazao

van di27.11
t/m do31.01
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Goethe Institut Jan Smuts Ave - Tentoonstelling
Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases

The series Faces and Phases of acclaimed photographer Zanele Muholi was included in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel and Oldenburg, Germany from June to September 2012 and co-produced by Stevenson Gallery and the Goethe-Institut. It will now return to South Africa for an exhibition at the Goethe-Institut.

goethe stevenson

van do08.11
t/m za15.12
Zuid-Afrika, Johannesburg - Brodie/Stevenson - Tentoonstelling
Zombie Babylon - paintings by Conrad Botes

For this exhibition Botes continues his recent series of paintings on canvas while also showing his distinctive reverse-glass paintings, sculptures and drawings. The paintings on this show have evolved from the religious imagery he presented at his last exhibition at the gallery in Cape Town. Over the past few months he has also been fascinated by the optical effects of colour, and has created paintings that pulsate with a psychedelic intensity. The result is an unlikely and unexpected presentation of iconic images. Another series of paintings features horrifying imagery, yet rendered in beautiful and optical colours that simultaneously seduce and repulse, reminding us of how our perceptions are influenced by colour.

stevenson

zaterdag08.12
Nederland, Utrecht - Vergadercentrum Hoog Brabant - Lezing en debat
Debat: Involvement of second generation Somali youth in the development of Somalia
Zaterdag 08 December 2012 09:00

Since 2011 HIRDA foundation (Himilo Relief and Development Association) has worked on a research on the involvement of second generation Somali Diaspora youth in the development of Somalia. The three main questions were: do Somali Diaspora youth maintain contact with people in Somalia? Do they send money to Somalia (financial remittances)? Do they participate in any activities aimed at the development of Somalia (social remittances)? HIRDA will organize the end event of this research.

oneworld

van wo07.11
t/m wo26.12
Verenigde Staten, Brooklyn, New York - Barbes New York - Muziek
The Mandingo Ambassadors - Music from Guinea
Woensdag 07 November 2012 22:00
t/m Woensdag 26 December 2012

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

barbes mandingo ambassadors at my space