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Padanci: Prestige, Power, and the Pulse of the Northern Nigerian Durbar

Entering Gidan Rumfa ©unx-art 2024 The rhythmic thunder of hooves, the shimmer of embroidered robes, and the collective cry of “Ranka ya dede!”—May you live long!—announce one of West Africa’s mos...

Artist in Focus: John Francis Sesay

Freetown in Retrospect   The World Through His Eyes When you arrive in Freetown, one of the first things you notice are the old wooden houses — bod ose, as they’re called in Krio. Built by freed an...

So You Bought Art… Now What? A Conversation with Myrtha Steiner

We first met Swiss artist and curator Myrtha Steiner during Art Basel Week. The conversation lingered, and a few weeks later, we found ourselves in a cross-country virtual meeting — Switzerland, Fr...

Art-View-Snapshots: Sierra Leone

Step into the vibrant streets of Freetown with "A Regenesis in Colour: Sierra Leone’s Art Scene, Reimagined." Here, art bursts forth in unexpected places, from batik curtains fluttering in colonial...

Artist in Focus: Evans Torngmortey Akornor

Evans Torngmortey Akornor is a Ghanaian artist whose work defies the boundaries of medium, genre, and expectation. Rooted in coastal chaos, spiritual memory, and visceral intuition, his practice mo...

unx-Art Escapes: 5 African and Diaspora Exhibitions to See This Summer

Summer isn’t always still. It hums with colour, memory, and quiet movement. This year, instead of the usual path from beaches to boulevards, we’re inviting you to follow a different trail—one shap...