UK’S SEASON-LONG FOCUS ON AFRICA KICKS OFF WITH HAYWARD SHOW

The largest exhibition of contemporary African art held in Europe opens today, with the launch of the “Africa Remix” show at the Hayward Gallery in London, Martin Hodgson reports in The Independent. Works by seventy-five artists from twenty-three countries across the continent will be on display in the exhibition, which organizers say will challenge common perceptions of the continent. “Africa Remix” is the focus of a season of cultural events involving forty-two museums, galleries, concert halls and cinemas. Coordinated by the British Museum, the South Bank Center and the Arts Council of England, the program aims to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors and coincides with a political focus on Africa driven by the UK holding the G8 chair and EU presidency.