NEW YORK -- What do you get when a Senegalese artist born in 1928 spends his formative years soaking in the work of European painters like Nicolas Poussin, Rembrandt, Francisco Goya and Edgar Degas ...

You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning ...

Elections aren't just a space for politicians to set the agenda around the world. Artists often weigh in on elections through their work. In Senegal, hip-hop artists have long played a key role in ...

Over the past four years, more than 60 artists from 15 countries have participated in the Black Rock Senegal residency project, founded by former President Barack Obama’s official portrait artist ...

Encouraged by Senegal’s new president, teenagers and young adults, with social media tools in hand, have thronged an art exhibition that is usually the exclusive realm of the wealthy and elite. Posing ...