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Julie Mehretu drives African film collective

The African Film and Media Arts Collective will gather artists to negotiate issues of political, cultural, and historical identity. It was founded as part of Mehretu's BMW Art Car project.

Wael Shawky brings the drama to Los Angeles

Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles is presenting the US premiere of Shawky's film installation Drama 1882. It debuted in the Egyptian Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale.

Diriyah Art Futures launches with a perspective on AI

DAF is the first regional hub dedicated to new media and digital art in the Middle East and North Africa. The inaugural exhibition is Art Must Be Artificial: Perspectives of AI in the Visual Arts.

ArtReview Power 100 has moving image art on the rise

This year's list includes four moving image artists among the top 10: Steve McQueen, Forensic Architecture, Wael Shawky and John Akomfrah.

Toledo Museum of Art makes historic purchase with crypto

Abyssinian Queen by the web3 artist collective Yatreda ያጥሬዳ was acquired using the stablecoin USDC. The work is a homage to the legendary queens of ancient Ethiopia.

The Otolith Group concentrates Black energy in Chicago

The group's newest moving-image work is on view at Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. It complements a mural commissioned by the Art Institute of Chicago.

Karimah Ashadu receives commission from Camden Art Centre

Fondazione In Between Art Film is co-commissioner of the new work. The solo exhibition at Camden will be Ashadu's first in the UK.

Wael Shawky has a film about Pompeii showing at Palazzo Grimani

The film, titled I Am Hymns of the New Temples, was a commission from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. Shawky's exhibition is part of the Venice Biennale.

Karimah Ashadu wins Silver Lion at Venice Biennale

The British-Nigerian artist is making her debut in Venice with the video Machine Boys, about motorcycle taxi drivers in Lagos. Ashadu previously won the Prize of the Bötterstraße in Bremen in 2022.

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