Afroark

A space for critical voices that explores trans-disciplinary intersection of art and culture from the Africa continent and its diaspora.

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#CallforEntries for @ArtHouseContemp third edition of the Affordable Art Auction, taking place in February 2019.
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Please send images, full caption and pricing information of artworks to… https://t.co/nKQrfQKyXB

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REMEMBER THE RUDE BOY DETROIT
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Veteran: Darrell Anderson
War fought: The Gulf War
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The story of the forgotten and under appreciated African-American War Veterans is quite familiar. This… https://t.co/fHi2d1Oes8

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#SaveTheDate @dance_gathering is coming back bigger and better in 2019. For this third edition whose theme is #AFROSPACETIME, expect a potpourri of dancers, Choreographers, visual… https://t.co/XdGlhYM754

[Abantu Book Festival @Abantu_]

Deadline day.
One last opportunity to get in.

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“Aunty!,” an exhibit curated by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and Catherine E. McKinley, reveals photography’s role as a tool or weapon when investigating identity and empowerment

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[Olalekan Jeyifous @OJeyifous]

The Anarchonauts of CHAT-SMS 05 :: 2125

Timber-wolves, GoFarms, Hover Herbalists, and Carry-All Couriers

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Shortlist for FGAP 2019 has been announced including Nigerian-born artist Toyin Ojih Odutola! Ojih Odutola’s self-portraits, solely drawn with black ink pen, gained her work much attention. #FGAP2019

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What concerns the African artist today...is to find a new aesthetic creed or philosophy as a guide to his revolutionary ideas. -Ben Enwonwu MBE via… https://t.co/nOlFIV4NrJ

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"call us Afrodancers". October, 2018. Lagos, Nigeria. ongoing project by bamiphotography - David, during a rehearsal session performs a popular dance called "Zanku" which originates… https://t.co/ZPVBfUZuVx

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THE 99 SERIES / Part Three
by aidamuluneh

Artist Statement:
Inferno is made of history, not only of a country but of self, of exile, of bloodshed, of loss of mourning, of bitterness,… https://t.co/le26Cjpzf1

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Ben Enwonwu (1921 - 1994), MASKY NUDES, 1988, Gouache on paper, 49 x 37 cm (19 1/8 x 14.5 in.)

LOT 52 featured in @ArtHouseContemp 21st Modern and Contemporary Art Auction - taking… https://t.co/wU7SAwGjf7

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Obatala's Time at the Forge of Sokoti.
Acrylic on canvas.
babajideolatunji
300cm x 500cm
2018.

#mythology #yorubas #contemporaryafricanart #africanrenaissance #afroark #artist… https://t.co/vQNaczOfIJ

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ZIMBABWE 1973, 2018
by Marcelo Brodsky.
@marcelobrodsky1

Marcelo Brodsky, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina is a visual artist and photographer. He has been awarded with distinctions and… https://t.co/wNwhWG9IqU

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Les arbres à bleus (Blue Trees),
By aboubakarfofana

Les arbres à bleus (Blue Trees)
is about how sacred trees are in West Africa. They live for such long periods and they see so many… https://t.co/UrSkb3LegL

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CAP Prize 2019 | Open Call 7 November 2018

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Yoruba science textbook will be put to the test

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“When I grow up” 2017 #SolomonAdufah - via @solomonadufah

Solomon Adufah

Though born and raised in Ghana, Adufah has lived in Chicago, Illinois for the past nine years. With… https://t.co/6txpvKN5YT

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#afroartistvoice

"The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job,… https://t.co/ith49jDNKp

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#Event

Don’t miss tiwan_tiwa an annual 3-day Community Tourism Initiative whose primary intention is to work with the local community in Lagos Island to showcase their culture, heritage… https://t.co/LDNPJ0gxCk

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Introducing Yale’s first Africa Film Festival!! These two days will feature three main films Mma Moeketsi (Dir. Rea Moeti), Kasala (Dir. Ema Edosio), Bigger than Africa (Dir. Toyin… https://t.co/xjSp0cpQ8m