James Barnor

♂ *1929 / Ghana

Works

Solo exhibitions

Le Style dans le viseur

Fondation Cartier, Paris (FR)
19 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
Lucky Jim

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
24 Sep 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
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October Gallery, London (GB)
2 Jul 2026 – 15 Aug 2026
Ever Young

Espace Images, Vevey (CH)
9 Apr 2025 – 20 Jul 2025
Retrospective

FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
27 Oct 2023 – 10 Mar 2024
Accra/London: A Retrospective

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (US)
28 May 2023 – 15 Oct 2023
ACCRA/LONDON - A RETROSPECTIVE

MASI Lugano, Lugano (CH)
13 Mar 2022 – 31 Jul 2022
The Roadmaker

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
25 Nov 2021 – 19 Feb 2022
Ghanaian Modernist

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol (GB)
18 May 2021 – 31 Oct 2021
Accra/London - A Retrospective

Serpentine Galleries, London (GB)
19 May 2021 – 24 Oct 2021
Colors

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
23 May 2019 – 20 Jun 2019
It's great to be young

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
15 Feb 2018 – 31 Mar 2018
Ever Young

BAND Gallery, Toronto (CA)
28 Apr 2016 – 29 May 2016
Ever Young

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
8 Oct 2015 – 21 Nov 2015
Ever Young

SANG Iziko Museum - South African Nation, Cape Town (ZA)
8 Sep 2011 – 29 Jan 2012
Ever Young: James Barnor

Autograph ABP, London (GB)
17 Sep 2010 – 27 Nov 2010
Ever Young

Street and Studio Photography

Rudenstine Gallery, Cambridge (US)
28 Jan 2010 – 26 May 2010

Group

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

Mississippi Museum of Art, Los Angeles (US)
25 Jul 2026 – 8 Nov 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong, June Clark …
GHANA!

Dreaming independence 1957–1976

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
6 Jul 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

with Felicia Abban, Maame Abena Osaah Asamoah, Willis E. Bell, Denyse Gawu-Mensah, Carlos Idun-Tawiah, Rita Mawuena Benissan, Manuela Nebuloni, Postbox Ghana, Marc Riboud, Paul Strand, Efua T. Sutherland
Ideas of Africa

Portraiture and Political Imagination

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
14 Dec 2025 – 25 Jul 2026

with Kwame Brathwaite, Jean Depara, Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Silvia Rosi, Malick Sidibe, Sanlé Sory
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
24 Feb 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong, June Clark …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids (US)
6 Dec 2025 – 26 Apr 2026

with Stan Douglas, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Barkley L. Hendricks, Texas Isaiah, Liz Johnson Artur, Seydou Keita, Deana Lawson, Dawit Petros, Jamel Shabazz, Xaviera Simmons, Carrie Mae Weems
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

National Gallery of Art, Washington (US)
21 Sep 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong, June Clark …
Paris Noir

William Melvin Kelley

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
19 Mar 2025 – 19 May 2025

with George Hallett
LONDON LIVES

Photo London 2025

Photo London, London (GB)
14 May 2025 – 18 May 2025

with Heather Agyepong, Miles Aldridge, David Bailey, Antony Cairns, Edward Clark, Susan Derges, Jermaine Francis, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Lydia Goldblatt, Joy Gregory, Jamie Hawkesworth, Hannah Hughes …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
5 Nov 2024 – 20 Jan 2025

with Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Stan Douglas, Louis Draper, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier …
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography

A celebration of the varied landscape of contemporary African photography today

Tate Modern, London (GB)
6 Jul 2023 – 14 Jan 2024

with Kelani Abass, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Sammy Baloji, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kudzanai Chiurai, Cristina De Middel, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
As We Rise

Photography from the Black Atlantic

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (US)
17 Jun 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter …
Not all realisms

Photography, Africa, and the long 1960s

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
23 Feb 2023 – 9 Jul 2023

with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ernest Cole, Peter Magubane, Malick Sidibe, Paul Strand
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
24 Feb 2023 – 21 May 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter …
African Cosmologies: Redux

FotoFest Biennial 2022

FotoFest, Houston (US)
24 Sep 2022 – 6 Nov 2022

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, Sammy Baloji, Bruno Boudjelal, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
In the Light

October Gallery, London (GB)
8 Sep 2022 – 1 Oct 2022

with Zana Masombuka, Alexis Peskine, Benji Reid
10 ans !

Exposition-anniversaire

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
14 Apr 2022 – 14 May 2022

with Marco Barbon, Adrien Boyer, FLORE, Claude Iverne, John Myers, Martin Parr, Tony Ray-Jones, Fred Stucin, Mikiya Takimoto, Munem Wasif, Guillaume Zuili
Facing Britain

Britische Dokumentarfotografie von den 1960er Jahren bis heute

Mönchehaus-Museum, Goslar (DE)
20 Feb 2022 – 8 May 2022

with Mike Abrahams, Meredith Andrews, Rob Bremner, Rachel Louise Brown, John Bulmer, Tessa Bunney, Thom Corbishley, Robert Darch, John Davies, Anna Fox, Ken Grant, Judy Greenway …
Facing Britain

Britische Dokumentarfotografie seit den 1960er-Jahren

Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt (DE)
4 Sep 2021 – 9 Jan 2022

with Mike Abrahams, Rob Bremner, Rachel Louise Brown, John Bulmer, Tessa Bunney, Thom Corbishley, Robert Darch, John Davies, Anna Fox, Ken Grant, Judy Greenway, Mohamed Hassan …
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo

I LOVE AFRICA

Festival La Gacilly-Baden, Baden (AT)
8 Jun 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Akintunde Akinleye, Ed Alcock, Sammy Baloji, Teo Becher, Girma Berta, Emmanuel Berthier, Mama Casset, David Chancellor, Paras Chandaria, Jean Depara, Fatoumata Diabate, Omar Victor Diop …
THIS SYNTHETIC MOMENT

Curated by David Hartt

David Nolan Gallery, New York (US)
18 Jan 2018 – 10 Mar 2018

with Kwame Brathwaite, David Hartt, Liz Johnson Artur, Zoe Leonard
This Synthetic Moment

David Nolan Gallery, New York (US)
18 Jan 2018 – 10 Mar 2018

with Kwame Brathwaite, David Hartt, Liz Johnson Artur, Zoe Leonard, Christopher Williams
In A Different Light: New Acquisitions

Autograph ABP, London (GB)
15 Nov 2017 – 2 Dec 2017

with Raphael Albert, Dennis Morris, Eileen Perrier, Vron Ware
DANIELE TAMAGNI & JAMES BARNOR

October Gallery, London (GB)
8 Sep 2016 – 30 Sep 2016

with Daniele Tamagni
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2016

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2016 – 31 May 2016

with Diane Arbus, Barbara Astman, Daniel Berehulak, Raymond Boisjoly, Kotama Bouabane, Paul Butler, Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge, Maurizio Cattelan, Aleksandra Domanovic, Nan Goldin, Rodney Graham, Angela Grauerholz …
Swinging Sixties London

Photography in the Capital of Cool

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
12 Jun 2015 – 2 Sep 2015

with John Cowan, Terence Donovan, Brian Duffy, John French, John 'Hoppy' Hopkins, Norman Parkinson, Eric Swayne, Philip Townsend
Staying Power

Photographs of Black British Experience

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
16 Feb 2015 – 24 May 2015

with Raphael Albert, Norman Anderson Normski, Jennie Baptiste, Pogus Caesar, Armet Francis, Colin Jones, Neil Kenlock, Dennis Morris, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Charlie Phillips, Ingrid Pollard, Syd Shelton …
Synchronicity

photographes et vidéastes originaires du continent africain<br>Photoquai 2011

Baudoin Lebon, Paris (FR)
30 Sep 2011 – 19 Nov 2011

with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Steeve Bauras, Calvin Dondo, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Akintola Hanif, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Kapwani Kiwanga, N’Krumah Lawson Daku, Amina Menia, Grace Ndiritu, Abraham Onoriode Oghobase
Place of honour for Africa

Paris Photo 2011

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2011 – 13 Nov 2011

with Alex Acolatse, Joseph Moïse Agbodjélou, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Daniel Attoumou Amicchia , Joel Andrianomearisoa, Philip Kwame Apagya, Cornelius Augustt Azaglo, Sammy Baloji, Abdoulaye Barry, Arturu Bibang, Jodi Bieber, Bobby Bobson (Sukdeo Bobson Mohanlall) …

Events

Bicentenaire de la Photographie

50 galleries and 60 exhibitions

Comité des Galeries d'Art, Paris (FR)
1 Sep 2026 – 1 Sep 2027

with Laurence Aegerter, Patrick Bailly-Maitre-Grand, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Leonard Bourgois-Beaulieu, Gilles Caron, Philippe Chancel, Dana Cojbuc, Natalie Curtis, Katrien De Blauwer, Dev Dhunsi, Paz Errazuriz, Franco Fontana …
Photo Days 2026

A PHOTO ● VIDEO FESTIVAL IN AND AROUND PARIS

Photo Days Paris, Paris (FR)
2 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026

with agnès b., Catherine Balet, Alexandra Catiere, Véronique Ellena, Thomas Klotz, Elizabeth Lennard, Maciej Markowicz, Irving Penn, Jindrich Streit
Rencontres d'Arles 2026

WORLDS IN VIEW

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
6 Jul 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

with Felicia Abban, Sammy Baloji, Martine Barrat, Willis E. Bell, Bruno Boudjelal, Anne-Lise Broyer, Clement Cogitore, Rebekka Deubner, Omar Victor Diop, Denyse Gawu-Mensah, Harry Gruyaert, Carlos Idun-Tawiah …
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Jim Jarmusch

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Juliette Agnel, FLORE, Paul Graham, Thomas Klotz, Ibrahim Mahama, Martin Parr, The Anonymous Project, Jesse Willems
11th session at L'Appartement

Espace Images, Vevey (CH)
9 Apr 2025 – 20 Jul 2025

with Nico Krijno
Photo London 2025

Cl. de la Féronnière, London (GB)
15 May 2025 – 18 May 2025

with Juliette Agnel, George Hallett
1:54 NY Contemporary African Art Fair

1:54 African Art Fair, New York (US)
9 May 2025 – 11 May 2025

with Sara Benabdallah, Girma Berta, Angéle Etoundi Essamba, Samuel Fosso, Mohau Modisakeng, Hazel Mphande, Zanele Muholi, Thandiwe Muriu, Sanlé Sory, Clint Strydom
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth B31

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Juliette Agnel, Carolle Benitah, FLORE, Paul Graham, Thomas Klotz, Martin Parr, Jesse Willems, Guillaume Zuili
Art Antwerp 2023

Art Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
15 Dec 2023 – 17 Dec 2023

with Albarran Cabrera, Vincent Delbrouck, Nicolas Dhervillers, Lara Gasparotto, Mika Horie, Frank Horvat, Miho Kajioka, Willy Kessels, Margaret Lansink, Gert Motmans, Augustin Rebetez, Juanan Requena …
Capture Photography Festival 2023

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
1 Apr 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with Henry Clay Anderson, Roy Arden, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton, Michele Pearson Clarke …
Art Dubai 2023

Art Dubai, Dubai (AE)
1 Mar 2023 – 5 Mar 2023

with Marina Abramovic, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Lola Hakimian, JR, Angelika Krinzinger, Vytautas Kumza, Aida Muluneh, Eva Schlegel, Berndnaut Smilde, Waswo X. Waswo
Paris Photo 2021

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Hoda Afshar, Jun Ahn, Aassmaa Akhannouch, Latif Al Ani, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Jean-Michel André, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tom Arndt, Ananké Asseff, Jane Evelyn Atwood …
AKAA - Also known as Africa

AKAA , Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with José Chambel, Tatenda Chidora, Imraan Christian, Giana De Dier, Delphine Diallo, Saidou Dicko, Justin Dingwall, Angéle Etoundi Essamba, Prince Gyasi, Keyezua, Toyin Loye, Gosette Lubondo …
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, London (GB)
14 Oct 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Kelani Abass, Djeneba Aduayom, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Alun Be, Joana Choumali, Angéle Etoundi Essamba, Mounir Fatmi, Romuald Hazoumé, Osborne Macharia, Mario Macilau, Zanele Muholi, Nana Yaw Oduro …
Photo London 2021

Photo London, London (GB)
9 Sep 2021 – 12 Sep 2021

with Indre Serpytyte, Albarran Cabrera, Alia Ali, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Rogi André, Jessica Backhaus, David Bailey, Peter Beard, Erwin Blumenfeld, Pierre Boucher, Jo Bradford, Constantin Brancusi …
FotoFest Biennial 2020

AFRICAN COSMOLOGIES—Photography, Time, and the Other

FotoFest, Houston (US)
7 Mar 2020 – 19 Apr 2020

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, Shobun Baile, Sammy Baloji, Bruno Boudjelal, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy …
Paris Photo 2018 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Albarran Cabrera, Christopher Anderson, Mathieu Asselin, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Ilit Azoulay, Bae Bien-U, Andreas H. Bitesnich, Daniel Blaufuks, Denis Brihat, Sophie Calle, Laurent Chehere, Philippe Chancel …
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2018

Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town (ZA)
16 Feb 2018 – 18 Feb 2018

with Ivan Argote, Roger Ballen, Girma Berta, Jodi Bieber, Lien Botha, Nicola Brandt, Renee Cox, Justin Dingwall, David Goldblatt, Maimouna Guerresi , Romuald Hazoumé, Leslie Hewitt …
The 11th African Biennale of Photography

Bamako - Afrotopia

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
2 Dec 2017 – 31 Jan 2018

with Heba Y. Amin, Hela Ammar, Neil Beloufa, Girma Berta, Sibusiso Bheka, Joana Choumali, Julien Creuzet, Kadara Enyeasi, Mounir Fatmi, Samuel Fosso, Gabrielle Goliath, Eric Gyamfi …
Lagos Photo Festival 2017

Regimes of Truth

LagosPhoto Foundation, Lagos (NG)
24 Nov 2017 – 15 Dec 2017

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Alun Be, Joana Choumali, Cristina De Middel, Kadara Enyeasi, Samuel Fosso, Hassan Hajjaj, Jan Hoek, Nadine Ijewere, Nicola Lo Calzo, Bas Losekoot, Mohau Modisakeng …
AKAA - Also known as Africa

AKAA , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny, Campbell Addy, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Hicham Benohoud, Lien Botha, Adrien Boyer, Nicola Brandt, Joana Choumali, Denis Dailleux, Colin Delfosse, Justin Dingwall, FLORE …
Festival photo La Gacilly 2017

Festival photo , La Gacilly (FR)
3 Jun 2017 – 30 Sep 2017

with Girma Berta, Mama Casset, David Chancellor, Jean Depara, Fatoumata Diabate, Omar Victor Diop, Elliott Erwitt, Seydou Keita, Oumar Ly, Aida Muluneh, Malick Sidibe, Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt
Cape Town Art Fair 2017

Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town (ZA)
17 Feb 2017 – 19 Feb 2017

with Roger Ballen, Tony Gum, Pieter Hugo, Delio Jasse, Tsoku Maela, Zanele Muholi, Thabiso Sekgala, Mikhael Subotzky, Daniele Tamagni, Michael Tsegaye
AKAA

1st edition- Focus on Photography

AKAA , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2016 – 13 Nov 2016

with Carolle Benitah, Gilles Caron, Joana Choumali, Hassan Hajjaj, Fouad Maazouz
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, London (GB)
6 Oct 2016 – 9 Oct 2016

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Hicham Benohoud, Girma Berta, Jodi Bieber, Halida Boughriet, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Delio Jasse, Majida Khattari, Namsa Leuba, Hamidou Maiga …