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The.Cultured Contemporary Art
Not just for collectors. Not just for insiders. For anyone who wants to connect with great art.
Discover. Connect. Celebrate: Artists of African Heritage.
Monthly Spotlights
Each month showcasing three contemporary artists of African heritage.
Exhibitions to Visit
- 22 May – 26 July 202522 May – 26 July 2025October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1N 3AL, UKFree Admission. A key figure in Caribbean and British post-war art, Aubrey Williams presents a vibrant exhibition that showcases his singular fusion of abstraction, ecology, and cultural symbolism drawn from Indigenous and global traditions.
- 22 May – 29 June 202522 May – 29 June 2025Gallery 1957, London, 1 Hyde Park Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5EW, UKFree Admission. In Of Movement, Materials and Methods, Nigerian artist Modupeola Fadugba draws inspiration from the Ojude Oba festival to explore themes of heritage, transformation, and collective identity through vibrant mixed media works.
- 10 March – 19 July 202510 March – 19 July 2025Barbican Music Library, Barbican Centre, Silk St, City of London, London EC2Y 8DS, UKFree Admission. In Black Sound London, the Barbican Music Library presents a dynamic exhibition tracing the impact of British Black music, from jazz and lovers’ rock to jungle, grime, and drill, highlighting its global influence and roots in community resilience.
- 5 June – 20 September 2025Virginia Chihota: Munoonei kana makaditarisa nhai Mwari?/What do you see when you look at me ohh God? /Tiwani Contemporary, London5 June – 20 September 2025Tiwani Contemporary, London, 24 Cork St, London W1S 3NG, UKFree Admission. In Munoonei kana makaditarisa nhai Mwari?, Virginia Chihota delves into the complexities of self-perception and divine observation, using symbolic forms and gestural figuration to render her inner world visible.
- 20 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 18 Jan 2026, 18:00Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD, UKRA Members Free / Standard £23 The largest UK survey of American painter Kerry James Marshall, this landmark exhibition brings together 70 works that reframe the tradition of Western painting by centring Black figures and narratives.
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