Duende's stories attract our readers' attention since 2013 (previously hosted on brunoclaessens.com) and wishes to provide a useful resource for information on art of the African continent and its diaspora. Stories include exhibition announcements and reviews, interviews with artists, discoveries, new research, auction news, etc.
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Mostaff Muchawaya, "Chiedza", 2022. Mixed media on canvas, 171 x 131 cm -
"A place with no name" catalog cover. Works from the Sina Jina Collection. Christie's London. -
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Franzina Ndimande wearing a goatskin cape, called a linaga, and beaded neck hoops, isigholwani. Image courtesy of Margaret Courtney-Clark. -
Installation view UNSETTLED. -
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Portrait of the artist. Image courtesy of Lumen Travo Gallery. -
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Portrait of the artist. Image courtesy of Margaux Huille. -
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Sizwe Sama -
Kimathi Mafafo photographed in her studio by by Michelle McCann, 2021. -
El Anatsui – “Chambers of Memory”, 1977. Ceramics, manganese. 40 × 26 cm. Collection of the artist, Nsukka, Nigeria. © El Anatsui. Courtesy of the artist. -
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El Anatsui – Pot of Wisdom exhibition, Jack Shainman Gallery, January 2013 (own photo)