In 1971, American artists Gordon Matta-Clark and Carol Goodden opened FOOD, a restaurant in New York that became a center for artists in the city. Bone Dinner is one of the iconic meals served in the restaurant.
An exhibition of his recent workby FikruGebre Mariam produced since 2014 are currently on view at Alliance Ethio-Française. Opening day of Chasing Dreams, Shaping Destiny attracted one of the largest turnouts a single artist’s exhibition has garnered in Addis Ababa.
In 1960, French artist Yves Klein registered his own shade of ultramarine pigment International Klein Blue (IKB) and painted canvases with the color for a certain period of his life. This blue period or l’epoquebleue, as he referred to it, included a series of monochromes in IKB and performance art pieces where models painted in the color rolling and walking on a canvas.
The lockof hair taken from EmperorTewodros II and stored in a British War Museum for a total of more than 150 years ended as it was handed back to the Government of Ethiopia this week.
Proposed bill restricting the advertisement of alcoholic beverages on television has passed parliament this February and alcoholic beverages and advertising agencies have been looking to creatively circumvent the law that has yet to take effect. The bill restricts any alcoholic beverage from broadcasting any commercials on television.
Reggie Khumalo has been traveling the length of Africa on his motorcycle creating paintings and supporting local communities for the past seven months.