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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

  • Aubrey Williams: Elemental Force
    Aubrey Williams: Elemental Force
    22 May – 26 July 2025
    22 May – 26 July 2025
    October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1N 3AL, UK
    Free 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.
  • Modupeola Fadugba: Of Movement, Materials and Methods
    Modupeola Fadugba: Of Movement, Materials and Methods
    22 May – 29 June 2025
    22 May – 29 June 2025
    Gallery 1957, London, 1 Hyde Park Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5EW, UK
    Free 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.
  • Black Sound London: The Story of British Black Music
    Black Sound London: The Story of British Black Music
    10 March – 19 July 2025
    Barbican Music Library, Barbican Centre
    10 March – 19 July 2025
    Barbican Music Library, Barbican Centre, Silk St, City of London, London EC2Y 8DS, UK
    Free 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.
  • Virginia Chihota: Munoonei kana makaditarisa nhai Mwari?/What do you see when you look at me ohh God?
    Virginia Chihota: Munoonei kana makaditarisa nhai Mwari?/What do you see when you look at me ohh God?
    5 June – 20 September 2025
    Tiwani Contemporary, London, 24 Cork St, London W1S 3NG, UK
    Free 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.
  • Kerry James Marshall
    Kerry James Marshall
    113 days to the event
    Sat 20 Sept
    Royal Academy of Arts
    20 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 18 Jan 2026, 18:00
    Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD, UK
    RA 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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