What was meant to be a celebratory moment for Nigeria’s art scene has instead highlighted present tension and past trauma ...

In Dakar, the capital of a country where 97 percent of the population identifies as Muslim, I found a palpable connection ...

Nestled in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, is a $10 million African art collection owned by Eric Edwards, a former AT&T executive. “My love for African history began as a child, ...

At the Johari Africa gift shop in Clarkston, the holidays arrive with color, texture, and stories stitched into belts, bags, ...

This show of 83 artists from 25 African countries and the diaspora is the first major exhibition of contemporary African art held in Africa, according to JAG head Clive Kellner. "Given that ...

African artists are redefining global culture by fusing traditional and contemporary art forms. Their work challenges ...

Paris welcomed the new school year with one of South Africa’s most admired dancers, choreographer Gregory Maqoma. Invited to ...

For Abidjan-based artist Saint-Étienne Yéanzi, the continent’s social and political reality has sparked a creative evolution for contemporary African artists, he says, giving them confidence to work ...

The High Museum of Art reopens its African galleries with a focus on women's ceramic traditions, highlighting their craftsmanship and cultural significance.

A version of this story originally appeared in the fall 2019 artnet Intelligence Report. Ask a question about the African art market, and many experts will be quick to tell you that there is no such ...

African art is having a vogue moment. People are very interested in it, but there’s still a sense of Africa and African art as something of an exotic “other” that sits on the periphery and not really ...