11 April 2018, Zahra Omar reports on the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture (FADA) conferring an honorary doctorate to Esther Mahlangu.
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5 April 2018, Artforum reports on Decolonize This Place’s open letter demanding that the Brooklyn Museum do more to address representation in its museum. The collective has urged the museum to introduce a “Decolonization Commission” that would help the museum “redress ongoing legacies of oppression, especially when it comes to the status of African art and culture.”
10 April 2018, Nadja Sayei looks at the new exhibition which celebrates black artists who use themes of time travel, technology and heroism to convey a broader image of the African experience.
10 April 2018, Andrew Russeth covers the ongoing legal battle that the Berkshire Museum has been fighting in order to sell works from its collection in order to raise money to cover ongoing museum costs.
Can Crowdfunding Save Struggling Galleries? Postmasters Looks to Patreon Amid the Mid-Market Squeeze
9 April 2018, Eileen Kinsella reports on how Postmaster Gallery has joined Patreon to seek financial support from their fans via monthly subscriptions.
6 April 2018, Lexi Manatakis looks at the legacy of Seydou Keïta in the lead up to an exhibition of his work at Amsterdam’s FOAM Museum titled Seydou Keïta – Bamako Portraits. The exhibition runs until June 20 2018.
5 April 2018, Kate Brown covers the The UK government’s plan to ban the sale of ivory of any age in order to protect elephants for future generations.
5 April 2018, Art Africa reports on Bronwyn Katz being selected to partake as one of the artist in the SAM artist-in-residence 2018 and her subsequent exhibition at Palais de Tokyo.
4 April 2018, Nduta Waweru reports on the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) joining Google Arts and Culture platform. This means you are now able to take a virtual tour of JAG which includes 7000 works available online.
3 April 2018, Martin Bailey looks at the Victoria and Albert Museums offer to return Ethiopian treasures that were looted by British troops at the battle of Maqdala in 1868.