Nigeria Focus recognises the extraordinary depth of artistic production emerging from the country while also acknowledging that meaningful exchange across African regions still requires intentional infrastructure.

34,000 people visited the Investec Cape Town Art Fair - making it the most successful to date. This article explores the forces reshaping African art, from market recalibration to the rising influence of women and the impact of technology. Together, they reveal an ecosystem coming into its own and defining its future with growing confidence.

The line between censorship and curating is finer than we might like to admit. While curation relies on deliberate choices of inclusion and exclusion, it can operate more subtly than overt censorship, which is visible and open to public debate. This quiet selectivity often goes unnoticed, particularly by audiences unfamiliar with art history and its critical foundations.

Latitudes' Palesa Ngwenya speaks to Adele Van Heerden about her latest solo exhibition with 131 A Gallery, Alluvial.

With 150 works by 50 artists, an historical exhibition of this breadth at such a respected institution is long overdue, providing context for modern and contemporary Nigerian art that is shown and sold in this city and elsewhere. In short, an exhibition of this nature is likely to bolster Nigeria's profile as an art centre on the African continent.

It is with deep disappointment that we confirm that the proposed South African Pavilion for the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2026) will not proceed.

In this episode, Refiloe Mpakanyane speaks to Carla and Pieter Schulting, Dutch collectors whose journey into contemporary African art has grown into a 350+ artwork collection representing all 54 countries on the continent.

By nature, the movement of artworks between borders is one of uncertainty within rigid structure. Shipping of artworks internationally involves months of planning, applications through government organisations, piles of paperwork, double and triple checking codes and values, negotiation, bureaucracy, high costs for transit and customs fees, and dozens of hands and minds.

Black performance is impossible not because it doesn't exist, but because it exists otherwise — fugitively, excessively, in the break.

Our Head of Content, Chelsea Selvan, sat down with Japan-based curator and collector Dexter Wimberly to discuss The Shape of Things to Come — his Dubai exhibition bringing together African and diasporic artists exploring transformation, resilience, and renewal.

The accessibility of art has been a perennial topic of discussion in art circles. While art galleries and museums are theoretically open to all, social, economic, educational, cultural, class, and racial barriers often complicate access in practice.

Earlier this year, Latitudes and Thrive Student Living teamed up to spotlight the next generation of creative talent. Meet the winners!

On this episode of the Latitudes Podcast, Refiloe Mpakanyane is joined by Justin Naylor and Carol Nolte. Justin is the CEO of iTOO Artinsure (primary sponsors of the Latitudes Podcast) and Carel is the Chief Enablement Officer of Easy Equities. Both are ardent wine and art collectors whose interests have blended with their work as well.

Entrepreneurs, over the age of 18, within the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI), resident in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi are invited to apply to participate in an intensive mentorship programme starting in February 2026. From the applications, 50 entrepreneurs will be selected to take part in a 7-week intensive mentorship programme, which aims to equip them with tools, guidance, and expertise necessary to refine their business models.