Chosen to direct the world’s most important art show next year, she leaves a legacy of building institutions, uplifting ...

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, ...

Here we highlight seven works of art discussed in papers in the special issue – from stories of childhood sexual experiences to bold fashion shows, musical films to maverick lesbian novels. They show ...

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is returning for its 10th year in New York, an event one collector described as “a kind of movable feast.” ...

An upcoming exhibition featuring the work of LGBTQ+ African artists at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has been postponed until 2026 due to “our current budgetary situation,” a ...

There are some unwelcome signs in the market for contemporary and Modern African art. In 2023 auction sales in this category fell a little—by 8% to $79.8m, according to the analysts ArtTactic ...

It’s one of the first works that visitors to this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will see if they enter through the venue’s Pine Street doors. Held annually in London, Marrakech ...

The Cultural Layers Project from ONE Columbia spotlights African American history in Columbia, SC, through murals, ...

The dealer Bernard de Grunne, who specialises in African art and sold the Urhobo work to Lindemann, helped secure some of the show’s other pieces from private collections in the US and Belgium.

Guinea-Bissau, where there are virtually no art galleries, no art schools and little government funding for the arts, has ...

She was due to become the first African woman to lead next year's Venice Biennale, one of the world's most prestigious contemporary art events, and led one of Africa's largest contemporary art ...