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Project a Black Planet review: spits out dreary academic theory where it should sing

This exhibition is so in love with the theoretical whimsy of utopian Panafrica that it loses superb artworks in an indigestible intellectual stew

The Guardian - UK

The Met Gala Looks We Loved—and the Artwork That Inspired Them

From Vincent van Gogh to Laura Wheeler Waring, last night's Met Gala red carpet took its Fashion Is Art theme very literally indeed

Marie Claire

Edinburgh art festival 2024 review – from pure joy to war-torn desolation

Ghana’s El Anatsui’s exquisite metal masterpieces sing of tragedy, humanity and hope; compatriot Ibrahim Mahama digs deep into colonial labour; and Ukrainian photography bears witness in the festival’s most urgent show

The Guardian - UK

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From late-night exhibitions to morning yoga: seven reasons to head to a Tate gallery this winter

Whether it’s evening events you’re looking for, or child-friendly fun, there’s something for everyone at the Tate over the next few months

The Guardian - UK

El Anatsui review: the great Ghanaian sculptor is the talk of London

The international art world is celebrating the Ghanaian artist El Anatsui in London. On 9 October, a gigantic installation of three new works – Behind the Red Moon – opened at the Turbine Hall at the prestigious Tate Modern, displaying what Anatsui is most famous for: unique, large scale sculptural…

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Nicole Eisenman: What Happened; Re/Sisters; El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon – review

Three new exhibitions encompass Eisenman’s wild and satirical paintings, poignant reactions to environmental ruin and an exquisite transformation of the Turbine Hall

The Guardian - UK

El Anatsui at Tate Modern: ‘It took a long time for the West to realise there is contemporary art in Africa’

The Ghanaian artist talks about his Turbine Hall commission at Tate Modern, forging a new artistic identity and tackling the transatlantic slave trade in his work

Evening Standard

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El Anatsui/Turbine Hall review – miracles in gleaming gold made from recycled rubbish

Based in Nigeria, this colossus of contemporary art has cleverly used the natural light of Tate’s Turbine Hall natural light to create a masterpiece poised somewhere between desolation and hope

The Guardian - UK

El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon at Tate Modern review – wonder, awe and horror

Suspense between a pure, sensory enjoyment and troubling content runs throughout this poetic installation for the latest Hyundai Commission

Evening Standard

Acne Studios has created a fantasy house in the pages of latest Acne Paper

The new edition of Acne Studios’ printed magazine Acne Paper features ‘rooms’ filled with works and furniture by El Anatsui, Faye Toogood, Maurizio Cattelan, Rick Owens and others. Editor-in-chief Thomas Persson tells Wallpaper* more

Wallpaper

El Anatsui creates gigantic artworks from recycled materials - why the world fell in love with him

The artist El Anatsui was born in Ghana and has spent the bulk of his career in Nigeria, but is a citizen of the world. News of a major new installation of his work coming to the prestigious Tate Modern gallery in London is just one in a string of…

The Conversation

Recycling sculptor chosen for next Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

An African artist who recycles old bottle tops to make large shimmering sculptures has been chosen to take on the monumental Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

Evening Standard

Nigeria's Dilomprizulike: artist who mesmerizes and befuddles in equal measure

Nigerian artist and lecturer Dilomprizulike, who curated, among other things, the Junkyard Museum of Awkward Things in Lagos, wages a continuous battle on two fronts. First, as an easily misunderstood human being and then as an artist making perplexingly noncommercial art.

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