Contemporary And (C&) is an international online platform for diverse and critical insights into, and perspectives on, contemporary African art. The project is initiated and published by the German „Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen“ – ifa (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations). C& gives established and emerging artists, curators, art critics and other cultural producers from Africa and the diaspora the opportunity to reach an international audience and expand their networks.

C& is edited by a team of art critics and other cross-cultural writers and cultural producers, all of whom have close connections to Africa and the diaspora. Editor-in-chief is the journalist and art historian Julia Grosse; coordinator is the cultural scholar and producer Aicha Diallo. The advisory board expands the platform’s range and includes architect David Adjaye, Clémentine Deliss, director of Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt am Main, curator Christine Eyene, the artists Ato Malinda and Yinka Shonibare MBE and Bisi Silva, director of CCA Lagos.

C& publishes articles in English, French, and German. The website offers a lively magazine with critical essays, columns, and reviews. The first edition features interviews with Dineo Seshee Bopape  and Lynette Yiadom Boakye, as well as writing by authors Stacy Hardy, Massa Lemu and Sean O’Toole. Numerous other contributors broaden the scope of the magazine’s focus and inform readers about important new publications, current exhibitions, art venues, symposia, and biennials in Africa and beyond. A recurring emphasis consists in looking back at historically important exhibitions, biennials, workshops, as well as important African artists and collectives.

C& also includes an ART SPACE, a virtual room where artists and curators can meet and realize projects and exhibitions together. C& ART SPACE wants to create opportunities for interaction beyond borders or transportation difficulties.