Beninese photographer Léonce Raphaël Agbodjélou (b. 1965) has been awarded the 2026 Prix des Amis du musée Albert-Kahn for his series Egungun. The award, presented by the museum’s friends association, includes a €5,000 bursary and an exhibition opportunity at the museum. French photographer Thierry Bouët received a special mention and €1,500 for his series Paris...
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Theaster Gates pours a libation between Japan and Black America at Art Basel Unlimited
At Unlimited, the newly minted Art Basel Awards medalist lines up more than 1,000 Japanese sake vessels in a meditation on craft, ritual, and the intersections of Blackness within Japan
Interview with Timothy Mpofu: “The contradiction between seduction and discomfort is something I connect to in my own work.”
London-based Timothy Mpofu, also known as Bezalel (b. 2000) is a self-taught South African artist. His incisive work across a wide variety of media — including plywood, collage, and image-based assemblage—explores his unique vision of the structures that shape visibility, desire, and the gaze, and draws on sources as diverse as Japanese gravure magazines, and...


