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Alioune DIAGNE presents Saytu: Preserving Senegal’s Cultural Heritage at TEMPLON
In this conversation with MAYÌ ARTS, Alioune Diagne reflects on Saytu, the encounters that shaped the project, and his approach to memory, cultural heritage and transmission through painting.
IN CONVERSATION
The Odyssey of Kabhula LANGO: From Goma to Nairobi, A Practice Rooted in Sand and Memory. Presenting debut show with Circle Art Gallery, Transmission
MARKET INTELLIGENCE
THE DEANS CHOICE & BONHAMS :
When an Artwork Resells, Why Does the Artist Stop Participating ?
Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys announce the Deans’ Choice with Bonhams a royalty-based model that brings artists back into the circular economics of the secondary market. What implications for African and American artists ?
MAYÌ ARTS CURATED X Filafriques present
SACRED LANGUAGES :
THE METAMORPHOSES
A solo exhibition by
MARTIN ABEGA
15 SEPTEMBER - 31 OCTOBER 2026
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MAYÌ ARTS is an independent publication and curatorial platform dedicated to the artists, ideas and voices shaping contemporary African art and its diasporas worldwide.
Our mission is to document artistic practices, tell stories and build bridges between artists, collectors, galleries, institutions and a new generation of art-world voices. Through editorial content, conversations, curatorial projects and collaborations, MAYÌ ARTS offers a discerning and contemporary perspective on African and diasporic art scenes, while contributing to the archives of tomorrow through our core values : CARE, CURATE, CREATE. Read More.
MAYÌ ARTS est une publication et plateforme de curation indépendant dédiée aux artistes, aux idées et aux acteurs qui façonnent l’art contemporain africain et ses diasporas à travers le monde.
Notre mission est de documenter les pratiques, raconter les trajectoires et créer des passerelles entre artistes, collectionneurs, galeries, institutions et nouvelles générations d’acteurs du monde de l’art. À travers nos contenus éditoriaux, conversations, projets curatoriaux et collaborations, MAYÌ ARTS porte un regard exigeant et contemporain sur les scènes artistiques africaines et diasporiques, tout en contribuant à construire les archives de demain à travers nos pilllers fondateurs : CARE, CURATE, CREATE. Suite.
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Our latest orginal conversations with artists and visual storytellers who transcend the odds to narrate identity through their crafts.
IN CONVERSATION
Exclusive interviews with African Contemporary Artists uncovering their unique story with no filters.
Nos interviews exclusives d’artistes contemporains originaires d’Afrique et de la diaspora
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Global trailblazers and Industry leaders take the front seat and let you know everything about African Arts from their journey.
Les pionniers mondiaux et les leaders de l'industrie prennent le devant de la scène et vous dévoilent tout sur les arts africains à travers leur parcours.
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PITSHO MAFOLO - opens up his studio and the gates of his mind
In this original interview, Pitsho MAFOLO opens up the gates of his mind and reveals the secrets of an artistic expression he refers to as African trans symbolism. Natural alchemist, Pitsho MAFOLO shares some of the meaning behind the use of specific colours and shapes in his paintings along with his plea for the expansion of the Congolese art scene. His work has been featured in high class fairs, Auctions houses and worldwide exhibitions. AKAA, Stanley Auction, Demif Gallery and Melrose Gallery
JULIAN KNXX - on Black Corporeal and navigating Space(s)
There is a lingering feeling of intimacy when entering the world of Julian Knxx. In Black Corporeal, the artist specifically addresses the experience of black bodies navigating space(s), pass the limitations of the mind and external expectations. This resonates at length with his own experience. Now aged 34, the London-based artist takes us through his work and leaves some valuable pieces of advice. Our thoughts are the main designer of our trajectory in life and one should trust themselves into being authentic.
Jennifer SIVI, is bold and outspoken and shares her thoughts and story in this original interview. Navigating the contemporary arts market as an independent artist, is a bold move, and she did it. the Franco-Congolese self-taught artist paints Congo out of her imagination, recollection of travels memories and pictures. Through her work she ought to share the experience of the women she depicts but also her own experience as a woman navigating the art world.
JENNIFER SIVI - A Tale of CONGO through its Women
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![[MUST SEE] Spring is here ! So is our guide to must see exhibitions across the globe.
Find out the best of African contemporary arts on the walls right now ✨
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Inhabiting Displacement. Sand is the material through which Kabhula LANGO (b. 2002) narrates his journey. Within it, he inscribes the traces of a territory, a shared memory and identities in constant motion. At the intersection of figuration and expressionism, his works portray bodies in transit, crowded scenes and landscapes of the subcounscious mind that echo his own journey from Goma to Nairobi.