State of Contemporary African Art
Monthly Artists and Collector Report
Africa’s first architecture biennale opens in Nairobi, Tschabalala Self takes the Fourth Plinth in London, Paris gives three African artists solo shows, and an Irma Stern reaches 13,725,000 rand in Cape Town.
The second issue covers 1 to 30 September 2026. Section I follows the month in art from Nairobi, Lagos and Abuja to Accra, Paris, London, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Richmond and New York, with the exhibitions that opened, ran and closed. Section II reads the market through the Strauss & Co evening sale in Cape Town, the fairs in Johannesburg, Seoul and New York, and the African and diaspora artists at the 61st Venice Biennale. Section III carries the open calls still running and the calendar to December 2026. Published under the editorial direction of Daffa Konaté.
In this edition
- Africa holds its first architecture biennale, and it is in Nairobi
- From Harlem to Trafalgar Square: Tschabalala Self in London
- Paris: three artists, three worlds
- From Lagos to Abuja, a Nigerian scene in motion
- Irma Stern, a major result on the African market
- A market still concentrated around a few established names
- Strauss & Co puts contemporary African practice forward
- FNB Art Joburg widens its programme in its nineteenth year
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