Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Drive: Toronto, Canada
September 21, 2019 - February 23, 2020ExhibitionSeptember 21, 2019February 23, 2020Europe/LondonCaravans of Gold, Fragments in TimeAga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Drive: Toronto, Canada
Journey along the Sahara Desert’s trade routes during a time when West African gold directly impacted and connected peoples and cultures, arts and beliefs across continents. Experience the first major exhibition to reveal the shared history of West Africa, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe from the 8th to 16th centuries and see more than 250 artworks, many shown in North America for the first time.
Fiction Congo
Gablerstrasse 15, 8002: Zürich, Switzerland
November 22, 2019 - March 15, 2020ExhibitionNovember 22, 2019March 15, 2020Europe/LondonFiction CongoGablerstrasse 15, 8002: Zürich, Switzerland
For the first time, the exhibition presents objects and photographs brought back from the Congo in 1938/39 by the art ethnologist Hans Himmelheber: colorful masks, powerful figures and artfully designed everyday objects. This contrasts with contemporary positions of renowned Congolese artists.
I Am… Contemporary Women Artists of Africa
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue: Washington, D.C., United States
June 20, 2019 - July 05, 2020ExhibitionJune 20, 2019July 05, 2020Europe/LondonI Am… Contemporary Women Artists of AfricaSmithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue: Washington, D.C., United States
Taking its name from a 1970’s feminist anthem, I Am… Contemporary Women Artists of Africa draws upon a selection of artworks by women artists from the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art’s permanent collection to reveal a more contemporary feminism that recognizes the contributions of women to the most pressing issues of their times. With experimental and sophisticated use of diverse media, the 27 featured artists offer insightful and visually stunning approaches to matters of community, faith, the environment, politics, colonial encounters, racism, identity, and more.
Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond
The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street: New York, United States
March 22, 2020 - July 25, 2020ExhibitionMarch 22, 2020July 25, 2020Europe/LondonFélix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and BeyondThe Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street: New York, United States
The Museum of Modern Art announces Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond, the first exhibition devoted to the influential French art critic, editor, publisher, dealer, and collector Félix Fénéon (1861–1944), on view from March 22 through July 25, 2020. Though largely unknown today and always discreetly behind the scenes in his own era, Fénéon played a key role in the careers of leading artists from Georges Seurat and Paul Signac to Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse, each of whom is featured prominently in the exhibition. Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond traces Fénéon’s career through approximately 150 works that highlight his initiatives to help artists via his reviews, exhibitions, and acquisitions; his commitment to anarchism; his literary engagements; and his contributions to the recognition of non-Western art. Bringing together a selection of major works that Fénéon admired, championed, and collected, alongside contemporary letters, documents, and photographs, the exhibition underscores the tremendous impact he had on the development of modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Heroes: Principles of African Greatness
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue: Washington, D.C., United States
November 13, 2019 - November 15, 2020ExhibitionNovember 13, 2019November 15, 2020Europe/LondonHeroes: Principles of African GreatnessSmithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue: Washington, D.C., United States
Be your best. This is the quest that the greatest of heroes model for us. Through their journeys, struggles, and triumphs, exceptional individuals exemplify values that we celebrate in tales of heroic accomplishment.
Through art, artists tell such stories—stories of the world’s current complexity, but also visions of a world that could yet be. Heroes: Principles of African Greatness features artworks from the National Museum of African Art’s permanent collection that tell the story of key heroic principles and personages in Africa’s arts and history. Throughout, core values are considered as each artwork is paired with a specific historic African individual who embodies the value expressed in the selected work.
Discover Africa’s heroes—some well-known, others perhaps surprising—and see artworks in new ways.
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue: Washington, D.C., United States
April 08, 2020 - November 29, 2020ExhibitionApril 08, 2020November 29, 2020Europe/LondonCaravans of Gold, Fragments in TimeSmithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue: Washington, D.C., United States
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa is the first major exhibition addressing the scope of Saharan trade and the shared history of West Africa, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe from the eighth to sixteenth centuries. Weaving stories about interconnected histories, the exhibition showcases the objects and ideas that connected at the crossroads of the medieval Sahara and celebrates West Africa’s historic and under-recognised global significance. Presenting more than 250 artworks spanning five centuries and a vast geographic expanse, the exhibition features unprecedented loans from partner institutions in Mali, Morocco, and Nigeria, many of which will be seen in North America for the first time.
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