Check Out These Great Online Exhibitions & Events

5 websites where you can experience unique African contemporary art from the comfort of your home

It’s interesting and quiet challenging times that we find ourselves in today. The impact of Covid19 and the various restrictions placed in countries around the world have undoubtedly left the art world in question, asking: “what’s next?”.

An answer many organisations, galleries and artists alike are still trying to figure out.

Thanks to technology we can fill some of these gaps that the industry is facing with some new & exciting digital experiences. Galleries and artists have come together to give us a digital experience of artworks and exhibitions aimed at easing our contemporary art FOMO, but more importantly to give us an opportunity to support the creative industry during these uncertain times.

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1. August House

The exhibition titled ‘the studio is a sacred place’ is the Johannesburg based artist studio August houses’ direct response to the current challenges that affect artists during the Covid19. It features two exhibition rooms of multiple artworks that honestly give us the intimate feeling of being in an actual exhibition space. See a snippet of our journey below:

2. Zeitz MOCAA

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is giving us an exclusive insight into its exhibitions, along with audio tours of the prestigious buildings’ architecture. There are 3 online art exhibitions, namely: The Main Complaint, Five Bhobh – Painting at the End of an Era and Still Here Tomorrow to High-Five You Yesterday. We highly recommend this website as it also has some amazing content and articles on the African art scene.

Zeitz MOCAA - Still Here Tomorrow to High-Five You Yesterday

3. CFHILL

The independent art space based in Stockholm offers us an insider’s look into their exhibition spaces which are filled with captivating art from their multi-themed exhibits. They offer a 360 view of their latest exhibition titled Black Voices/Black Microcosm, that will be running until May 14, 2020.

CFHILL

4. BKhz (Banele Khoza) Studio

The Johannesburg based transformative art space serves as a gallery, artist studio, shop and project space is giving us a whole range of online tours looking at multiple themes works such: Blue is The Warmest Colour, The Zeitgeist and Metamorphisis and Seeking love, amongst others. The 3D tours are of past and present exhibitions that the space has hosted over the years.

BKhz - Blue is The Warmest Colour

Maybe Try Something a Little More Interactive??

5. Museum of the African Diaspora

Museum of the African Diaspora

The Smithsonian affiliate, Museum of the African Diaspora based in San Francisco is offering a range of interactive and educational events ranging from Afro-Latin music lectures; artist talks and open mic sessions. Most of the museums' events are free of charge and only require registration from participants.

There’s definitely something in there for everyone!

Upcoming Exhibit: Everard Read - Cape Town

With their first online exhibition launching on May 13th the Cape Town-based gallery will be showcasing the most recent works of well-known South African artist Lionel Smit titled Verso.

Read our article on Lionel Smit’s MOCA 2018 Exhibition titled Obscura here.

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