We are pleased to have the Founder of the Africa First Collection, Serge Tiroche, be on the selection committee for the Accessible Art...

Read the full article "The Ethiopian Israeli Artist Whose 'Black Art' Gives Power to the People" by Vered Lee on Haartez.

In 2018, Africa First arranged and funded a collaboration with Ethiopia's leading Contemporary Art Gallery, Addis Fine Art, to host Nirit...

We are happy to announce the sponsorship of a major survey of Contemporary African Art in Norway. Curated by Kristin Hjellegjerde,...

Lhola Amira, Bronwyn Katz, Misheck Masamvu, and Ibrahim Mahama will be among 33 artists chosen to participate at the Biennale of Sydney...

Abe Odedina's work "Birds of Paradise" was on loan at the Copeland Gallery in London for an exhibition titled after this emblematic work...

7 Africa First artists on view at the exhibition "Material Insanity" at the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) -...

The AFAP Jury is pleased to award Mongezi Ncaphayi as the 2019 winner by unanimous decision. Following a debate about the 5 highest...

TV reportage and interview on i24 News - Cyrus Kabiru and Serge Tiroche, February 2019.

Interview with Valerie Kabov on Whitewall Magazine, read the article here.

Read our first annual newsletter here.

We are honored to announce the Africa First Art Prize as a new collaboration with the Africa's leading art fair, the Investec Cape Town...

Held on January 31, 2019 at 18:30 at the MFA program of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Tel Aviv, the talk was attended by a...

Curated by Tandazani Dhlakama at the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, ‘Five Bobh: Painting at the End of an Era’ is an exercise to focus an...

February 1 - March 1, 2019 The Harare Fauves is a group exhibition featuring works created by Helen Teede, Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude and...

Even if you don't necessarily remember the name (yet), the iconic images are surely familiar. We were thrilled to have renowned artist...

We were pleased to host the open studio of artists in residency Dawit Abebe and Robel Temesegen on Sunday, December 9th, 2018. On view...

We thoroughly enjoyed hosting Dawit Abebe and Robel Temesgen for a dual residency focusing on intricate works on paper from November 4 to...

Five Bhobh – Painting at the End of an Era curated by Tandazani Dhlakama. September 12, 2018 - March 31, 2019 Three Africa First artists...

Africa First Founder, Serge Tiroche, is mentioned in an Art Net News article about collecting African art at the London Edition of the...

Moffat Takadiwa, Colonized Accent, 2017 'Language is the Only Homeland', Moffat Takadiwa, Nest, Den Haag, Holland 9/8/2018- 11/11/2018

In Tel Aviv, during July and August 2018, Africa First and START were delighted to host Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Wycliffe Mundopa, and...

Nirit Takele was born in Ethiopia in 1985 and made Aliyah to Israel with her family in 1991 during the Solomon Operation - a covert...

Sadikou Oukpedjo arrived in Israel in April 2018 to participate at the International Ceramics Symposium at the Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery,...