I’m at Art X Lagos, West Africa’s leading international art fair that takes place every November at Victoria Island’s Federal ...

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 ...

African artists are making waves in the world of botanical art, adding their own unique touch to the centuries-old tradition ...

Artworks at the Kalahari Resorts & Conventions don’t just look African. They are African. Hand picked by owners Todd and Shari Nelson–and family–on purchasing trips to the continent. ByChadd Scott, ...

Contemporary visual artist Julie Mehretu is renowned for her large-scale abstract paintings and multilayered landscapes which explore the themes of history and globalism. She’s using her platform to ...

For Pablo Picasso and other 20th-century European masters, African art was a revelation—innovative, sophisticated and to their eyes strikingly modern. They insisted that the continent’s creative ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego Mesa College's art gallery celebrates Black history with a new exhibit showcasing traditional African artwork. The exhibit, "Africa in Context," is much more than a ...

DENVER — The Denver Center for African Art has been showing artworks from art collectors around the country to educate others and preserve history. The nonprofit cultural education center shows a ...

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From masks worn to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Hong Kong protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks during anti-China protests, 2020 is a time of masks. Yet in much of Africa, such face coverings masks ...

While the year 2025 has its ups and downs, Sandra Mbanefo-Obiago, founder/CEO, SMO Contemporary Art, is delighted to reflect ...