In Zimbabwe, hunhu is a cultural belief system that instructs us to embrace our neighbours, honour our elders and respect each other’s rights. Also known as ubuntu, it’s a way of being that resonates with southern Africa’s interconnected but diverse communities, where generational wisdom and values are passed from elders to the young. Hunhu is...
A chance encounter off the coast of Malibu set artist Thomas Houseago on a mystical path ‘There was a whole mystical thing that occurred,’ Thomas Houseago says, when we speak ahead of his solo show at Xavier Hufkens gallery. He is talking about a serendipitous, maybe even ordained, series of events that led to Cosmic Snail (Shell Temple) (2025), his immersive...
Trani, Puglia, where stone is more than material—it is memory. Walls and courtyards, carved centuries ago, stand as silent witnesses to lives once lived. For artist Valerio Galati, these same stones have become both his canvas and his calling, a medium through which he translates a life shaped first by the sea, and now by...
The young French artist pictures the game’s intensity through his signature bold colors Few things bring people together like football and television. Nadjib Ben Ali, born in Paris in 1994 and a 2019 graduate of the École Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Étienne, paints both, placing himself at the crossroads between timeless human emotions and...
For this year’s Miami Art Week, the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) delivered a dazzling spectrum of creativity, presenting works from artists who explored diverse mediums and subjects. From copper woven on canvases to quilted textiles, LED installations, and sediment-textured oil paint, the exhibition offered an eclectic and thought-provoking experience. Among the standout showcases was...
Art Miami is more than just an art fair; it’s a convergence of creativity, commerce, and cultural exchange. Among the luminaries present during this year’s event, Gilles Dyan, founder and chairman of Opera Gallery, stood out as a figure of enduring influence in the contemporary art world. Hosting an exhibition, Unveiling Masters in the City,...
A French government official recently said the return of three artifacts to Ethiopia was a diplomatic handover rather than a restitution. On November 30, France‘s foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot handed over two prehistoric stone axes, bifaces, and a stone cutter to Ethiopia’s tourism minister Selamawit Kassa during a symbolic ceremony at the National Museum of Ethiopia in the...
Koyo Kouoh, one of Africa’s most high-profile curators, has been picked to organize the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale’s, the world’s biggest recurring art exhibition. She will now become the second African-born curator ever to organize the Biennale, and the first to do so since Okwui Enwezor, who made history when he curated the...
Five years after Paris watched Notre Dame Cathedral burn, the 861-year-old structure has been restored. It is slated to reopen its doors to the public on Sunday, December 8, with two Catholic masses will commemorating the event. Following the April 2019 blaze, €846 million ($891 million) was raised in donations from 340,000 donors across 150 countries, with...
Members of the Art Basel editorial team share their personal highlights Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (New York) Kabinett and Galleries (C2) What is American art? When walking the aisles of Art Basel Miami Beach, despite the plethora of extraordinary works on view, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a conclusive answer. And yet, at Michael Rosenfeld’s booth, it might...
