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Author Cole Brown speaks to the creative renaissance happening in Addis, Ethiopia, and shares his favorite spots to eat, stay, and explore in the city.

FASHION AND BEAUTY This week we’re focused on contemporary African art. Your host is the Nigerian writer and journalist Ayodeji Rotinwa, who welcomes the renowned Ethiopian gallerist and self-taught art historian and Mesai Haileleul to be interviewed. Mr. Haileleul opened the first gallery representing Ethiopian artists in Los Angeles in the 1990s and now, with Rakeb Sile, co-runs Addis Fine Art – a leading contemporary gallery specialising in art from the Horn of Africa & its diaspora with...

Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul, co-founders of Addis Fine Art, which focuses on Modern and contemporary Ethiopian artists, have set up a gallery in London’s Cromwell Place hub Courtesy of Bandele Zuberi and Addis Fine Art The fates and fortunes of African artists have, until recently, been largely shaped by outsider interests. But now, as the market for these artists grows apace, African galleries are taking a firmer hand in their fortunes by expanding to the West. The cat...

Installation view, "Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond" at Skidmores Tang Museum. Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health crisis, we are currently highlighting events in person and digitally, as well as in-person exhibitions open in the New York area. See our picks from around the world below. (Times are all EST unless otherwise noted.)   Marina Abramović, The Hero (Family story of my fat...

Artnet Talks: Female Leaders in the Art Business on Navigating the Challenges of the Pandemic Join us for talk organized with Young Women in the Arts in honor of International Womens Day. March 4, 2021 Artnet Talks is a new series of live conversations between artists, curators, gallerists, and arts professionals that brings an in-depth dimension to our usual coverage of the art world’s biggest stories. A conversation between: brand strategist and communications professional Tiana Webb Evans...