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“Send Me” Inceptions

“Send Me” Inceptions

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,...

Vulnerability and strength during the poly crisis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 Exhibitor Announcement

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

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...