South Africa's 'visual activist' Zanele Muholi's astonishing photography is now being hosted by one of the leading contemporary art spaces in the world, the Stedelijk Museum.
27/06/2017
Please join the upcoming Johannesburg book launch of South Africa at Liberty on 15 June, 2017.
07/06/2017
Internationally renowned artists from Africa breaking through.
15/05/2017
Why have we all heard of Socrates, one of 'the patron saints of classical philosophy', and not about Orúnmìlà?
25/04/2017
ZAM at Africadelic 2017
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What better way to celebrate Africa Day than by enjoying some of the coolest tunes the continent has to offer and get updated about the latest on arts and society. All at once. That's what Africadelic is about.
04/04/2017
ZAM is a mediapartner of the 2016 Ake Arts & Book Festival in Abeokuta, Nigeria 15 – 19 November.
15/11/2016
Events | Save the dates
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Upcoming | Conny Braam & Hendrik Witbooi | Mohau Modikaseng & Mary Sibande | Lola Shoneyin & Ake | Making Africa . Continent of contemporary design
20/09/2016
A collaboration between ZAM, Afrovibes and Galerie 23 brings you a momentous documentary about the works of this Capetonian musician and his search for the roots and diversity of the cities'Goema music.
23/08/2016
A discussion on erasure and the archive.
18/08/2016
Upcoming event | Join us and meet photographer Mario Macilau who will be launching his photobook Growing in Darkness, published by Kehrer at ZAM on August 11, 2016.
01/07/2016
On 31 March the African Studies Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands, will host an Africa Today seminar on Guinea.
29/03/2016
One Country, Eleven Languages
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Drongo September 2015 | A keynote speech by Mamokgethi Phakeng on language, protest and transformation in South Africa.
10/09/2015
Collaborative Spirit at Tour & Talk
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ZAM and No Man’s Art Gallery invited to a walk and talk at NMAG Amsterdam on the 26 th of August 2015. Bart Luirink from ZAM gave a warm welcome to all the guests and opened the floor to Emmelie Koster, owner of NMAG. Koster emphasized the long history of printmaking in South Africa as an important form of resistance and protest.
30/08/2015
The Collaborative Spirit
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26 | 08 | 2015 – William Kentridge & more South African printmakers.
04/08/2015
‘Wisdom is not a property of a nation. Everybody has it’ *
ZAM and De Balie have the honour to invite you to the world premiere of Multiverse: Ghana, a film by Juul van der Laan on Wednesday 24 June 2015, 8 PM. A creative exploration of science in Ghana. A journey into ambition, unconventional methodology and determination. Watch the trailer below.
Special guest: Professor Francis K.A. Allotey, a mathematical physicist whose findings have had an extraordinary impact on studies of other galaxies (within space science).
Afterwards, Bahram Sadeghi, will facilitate a talk with the director and the professor about the film and the meaning of science in an African context.*
01/06/2015
Faces & Phases Amsterdam launch
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Many people attended the Amsterdam launch of Zanele Muholi's book Faces and Phases, a last-minute-ZAM Newsroom organised in five days.
11/12/2014
Exclusive Book Launch Zanele Muholi
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ZAM Newsroom | Exclusive Book Launch of Faces & Phases (2006 – 2014) by Zanele Muholi on 9 December, 5 – 7.30 PM at ZAM, Tussen de Bogen 66, Amsterdam.
04/12/2014
Mandela moment
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One year after his passing, the world is commemorating the spirit of Madiba.
27/11/2014
ZAM meets South Africa at IDFA
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IDFA | Meet the makers, watch sneak previews and find out about exciting co-productions.
Center Stage – The Success of South African Documentary
Friday, November 21, 2014, 14:00-16:00 | Dutch Cultural Media Fund (Herengracht 609, Amsterdam)
06/11/2014