Does African art have to bear the responsibility of a positive social message?
Arts for Art’s sake? Ask me if I agree with this much over-used phrase, and my answer would be an unequivocal yes. Of course, art does not have to have…
African Art sets on fire the auctions houses in London!
The African artists, generally neglected by the secondary market, finally begin to receive adequate recognition. Museums, critics and fairs are increasingly oriented to include art from those states. Sales of…
Seeing in the Dark: challenging how we use our senses to perceive art
It has always been my desire for Akka Project to present a multi-sensory experience, and not simply limited to using one of our senses, namely sight, to stare at pictures…
Attending the opening of MOCAA, Africa’s ‘Tate Modern’
Launch of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) We ware part of history in the making when we attended the launch of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art…
Magical Mozambique
“I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up and was not happy” Ernest Hemingway The writer Ernest Hemingway once said, “I never knew of a morning…
