The Alliance Francaise in Johannesburg has opened up a new exhibition showcasing a collection of the uniforms worn by Air France’s cabin crew since 1953. The exhibition puts French fashion, style and culture into the spotlight – through aviation. BUILDING CULTURAL TIES The opening, held at Alliance Francaise’s Johannesburg centre was the epitome of … Read more
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will host the fourth edition of its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) WKND in Algiers, Algeria, from 16 to 19 October. According to the organisers, this year’s event will showcase Africa’s creative industries and feature diverse activities, including exhibitions, roundtable discussions, masterclasses, live performances, and networking opportunities. CANEX WKND 2024 aims … Read more
Yemoja, 2021 British Nigerian photographer Tayo Adekunle’s new solo exhibition explores the power of stories in the preservation of culture. The exhibition focuses on those who have been misrepresented, mistreated or ignored, decolonising and reworking historical tropes relating to Black people. An important part of Adekunle’s practice is how she uses her work to celebrate … Read more
Two anonymous ladies, Tivoli Cinema, Acre Road, Leeds. Taken from Sisson’s Lane, 1976 In the course of his working life, Mitchell has had many jobs – truck driving, silkscreen and printmaking, hand-lettering and poster designer, stock control clerk of a perfume counter – and all the time he was taking photographs. Mitchell’s exhibition A New … Read more
“Billie Dreaming in Blue,” 2021. Harris, who has taught in the U.S. and abroad for much of his postgrad life, can talk like an academic (“There was a desire to find that subject position . . . as well as the desire to lay claim to a space of greater visibility and agency,” he says in a collection … Read more
Beloved by celebrities such as Twiggy, Mick Jagger and Cher, Biba made style accessible to young people in the 60s and 70s. “Biba made fashion democratic – their clothes were inexpensive, of good quality and highly cherished,” says Martin Pel, curator of a new exhibition about the store founded by Barbara Hulanicki in 1963. These … Read more
Venice, LA, 1990 The pioneering Italian colour photographer Franco Fontana (born 1933, Italy) is renowned for his intense and abstracted landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes and bodyscapes. His work features bold and vibrant colours, capturing landscapes, urban scenes, and everyday objects in a way that transforms them into abstract and visually striking compositions. His daring use of … Read more
