On 9 December 2022 we sat, saturated by days of conversation and energisedfor new collaborations. This was not a workshop with defined aims and objectives,rather it was an invitation to share food and ideas. Three curators, Kara, Sofia andBonita and a curious leader,...
Discourse
Brushes Aside
Re-Storying South Sudan
Raan aci thong kek weng , Letaru Dralega, 2022
Vulnerability and strength during the poly crisis
Borderlands Co-Founder reflects on Shiela Nakitende's work for Gallery Brulhart We are in turbulent times, facing a number of inter-connected forces that threaten our wellbeing and life on the planet. By centering wind, Geneva based Gallery Brulhart’s group exhibition...
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Send Me
Borderlands Art is delighted to present works from the SEND ME exhibition. Following the idea that insecurity is not new, the exhibition took a historical and contemporarylook at artistic freedom. It traced different eras of political repression in Uganda andEast...
Ahmed My Beloved
The hadra is a ritual, with embodied gatherings and invocations of communion with ancestral spirituality. The term translates from Arabic to mean a Devine presence. It is this presence that Elsadig Janka connects in his series Ahmed My Beloved. For this photographic...
Manuela Lara
“VIVAS is a series of portraits of indigenous, Afro-Colombian, and peasant female social leaders/activists that celebrates their resilience and inspiring stories; these unseen snapshots in time, to help the world understand and empathize with the struggles women...
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Confluence Exhibition
This exhibition brings together the diverse practices of four artists, each working within their own distinct mediums yet unified by a shared exploration of the forces of fission, fusion, and creative convergence. The exhibition explores how fragmentation and unity, separation and synthesis, work together to create dynamic intersections of art, culture, and identity.
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 Exhibitor Announcement
Announcing the exhibitors of Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025. At the forefront of critical dialogue and cutting-edge practice, the 12th edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair presents over 120 exhibitors redefining the global contemporary art ecosystem. See the full...
Routes of Resistance Exhibition 2024 SWEDEN
During a creative week at Skissernas Museum the curators from Routes of Resistance will collectively continue the process by exploring each other’s material to create a joint form of expression, negotiating polyphonic, more complex perspectives on global artistic routes of resistance.
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C& – Still a Powerful Platform for Critical Dialogue around Art, Ecology, and History
Haja Fanta takes a look at the long-awaited biennial, questioning its conceptual coherence while admiring its composition and drawing out its continued importance. Read the full article here
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 Exhibitor Announcement
Announcing the exhibitors of Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025. At the forefront of critical dialogue and cutting-edge practice, the 12th edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair presents over 120 exhibitors redefining the global contemporary art ecosystem. See the full...
Le Quotidien de l’Art – Featuring Manuela Lara
En Français Biennale de Dakar : une 15eédition qui monte en gamme By Armelle Malvoisin Departing from its usual schedule, the event is convincing thanks to increased professionalism, under the direction of Salimata Diop. The Dakar Biennale, which was to be held last...