Say Their Names, a painting by Michael Soi @michaelsoistudio is a visual prompt to #SayHerName, a hashtag meant to amplify the names and narratives of Black women and girls who have been the victims of police killings.

Presenting Artists Against an #Infodemic, a public health visual exhibition to raise awareness and fight misinformation on COVID-19. • Explore the full curation www.artistsagainstaninfodemic.org & view our public art installation in Seattle, New York, Paris, Nairobi, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Michael Soi’s take on Covid-19

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Michael Soi, one of the prominent artists in East Africa whose work revolves around social commentary, has released a series of paintings to spread the message of social distancing and hygiene to prevent the spreading of coronavirus.

Working during the lockdown, which has now lasted more than a month, Soi has been producing these illustrations and paintings in…

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The Henrike Grohs Art Award is a roving biennial art prize conceived by the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs family in memory of the former Head of Goethe-Institut in Abidjan, Henrike Grohs.   The prize is run through an open call process and is aimed at young artists who live and work on the African continent. It is awarded biennially to an artist or arts collective practicing in the…