Africa · Cape Town · South Africa
Zeitz MOCAA
A museum dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, housed in a former grain silo.
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Africa · Algiers · Algeria
National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers
National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers is an art institution in Algiers, Algeria. Its official website provides current information about collections, exhibitions and visits.
Africa · Alexandria · Egypt
Royal Jewelry Museum
Royal Jewelry Museum is an art institution in Alexandria, Egypt. Its official website provides current information about collections, exhibitions and visits.
Africa · Cairo · Egypt
Gayer-Anderson Museum
Gayer-Anderson Museum is an art institution in Cairo, Egypt. Its official website provides current information about collections, exhibitions and visits.
Africa · Dakar · Senegal
IFAN Museum of African Arts
IFAN Museum of African Arts is an art institution in Dakar, Senegal. Its official website provides current information about collections, exhibitions and visits.
Africa · Cape Town · South Africa
South African National Gallery
South African National Gallery is an art institution in Cape Town, South Africa. Its official website provides current information about collections, exhibitions and visits.
Africa · Pretoria · South Africa
Pretoria Art Museum
Pretoria Art Museum is an art institution in Pretoria, South Africa. Its official website provides current information about collections, exhibitions and visits.
Africa · Harare · Zimbabwe
National Gallery of Zimbabwe
National Gallery of Zimbabwe is an art institution in Harare, Zimbabwe. Its official website provides current information about collections, exhibitions and visits.
Africa · Accra · Ghana
Nubuke Foundation
Nubuke Foundation is an art institution in Accra, Ghana. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Accra · Ghana
Gallery 1957
Gallery 1957 is an art institution in Accra, Ghana. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Nairobi · Kenya
Nairobi National Museum
Nairobi National Museum is an art institution in Nairobi, Kenya. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Nairobi · Kenya
The Nairobi Gallery
The Nairobi Gallery is an art institution in Nairobi, Kenya. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Uganda National Museum
Uganda National Museum is an art institution in Kampala, Uganda. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Kigali · Rwanda
Rwanda Art Museum
Rwanda Art Museum is an art institution in Kigali, Rwanda. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Gaborone · Botswana
Botswana National Museum
Botswana National Museum is an art institution in Gaborone, Botswana. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Lusaka · Zambia
National Museum of Zambia
National Museum of Zambia is an art institution in Lusaka, Zambia. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Abidjan · Côte d’Ivoire
Musée des Civilisations de Côte d’Ivoire
Musée des Civilisations de Côte d’Ivoire is an art institution in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Dakar · Senegal
Musée Théodore Monod d’Art africain
Musée Théodore Monod d’Art africain is an art institution in Dakar, Senegal. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Dakar · Senegal
Museum of Black Civilisations
Museum of Black Civilisations is an art institution in Dakar, Senegal. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Johannesburg · South Africa
Wits Art Museum
Wits Art Museum is an art institution in Johannesburg, South Africa. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Pretoria · South Africa
Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria
Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria is an art institution in Pretoria, South Africa. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Lagos · Nigeria
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art is an art institution in Lagos, Nigeria. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Nike Art Gallery
Nike Art Gallery is an art institution in Lagos, Nigeria. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Bamako · Mali
Musée national du Mali
Musée national du Mali is an art institution in Bamako, Mali. Consult its official website for collections, exhibitions and visitor information.
Africa · Marrakech · Morocco
MACAAL
A museum dedicated to contemporary African art, its diasporas and practices spanning the continent.
Africa · Cape Town · South Africa
A4 Arts Foundation
A Cape Town research and exhibition space supporting artistic practice, archives and knowledge production.
Africa · Kampala · Uganda
32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust
An independent organisation offering studios, residencies, a library and public programmes to Uganda’s visual-arts community.
Africa · Lagos · Nigeria
Guest Artists Space Foundation
A Nigerian foundation delivering residencies, research and public programmes across its Lagos and rural Ijebu sites.
Africa · Nairobi · Kenya
Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute
A non-profit space dedicated to East African contemporary art, its archives and its transmission.
Africa · Nairobi · Kenya
Circle Art Gallery
A Nairobi gallery developing local and international visibility for contemporary artists from East Africa.
Africa · Accra · Ghana
ANO Institute of Arts and Knowledge
An institute connecting art, research, local knowledge and education to develop new cultural narratives in Ghana.
Africa · Lagos · Nigeria
African Artists’ Foundation
A community-focused organisation supporting experimental practice through exhibitions, residencies, workshops and LagosPhoto.
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Photographs: sources and licences
Archive photographs. WebP conversion; adapted display crop. Images do not guarantee current conditions.
- Zeitz MOCAA — Michael Rowe — CC BY-SA 4.0
- IFAN Museum of African Arts — HaguardDuNord (talk) — CC BY-SA 3.0
- South African National Gallery — Discott — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Royal Jewelry Museum — Roland Unger — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gayer-Anderson Museum — Roland Unger — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pretoria Art Museum — Laurens — CC BY-SA 3.0
- National Gallery of Zimbabwe — Awinda — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nairobi National Museum — Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art — Informedbyme — CC BY-SA 4.0
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