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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

At Johannesburg's lush Shepstone Gardens, crews unpack paintings, place tape on the floor and adjust lighting ahead of RMB ...

With Frieze London just a little over a month away, Christie’s has unveiled a new charitable initiative in collaboration with the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Nigeria. The auction house will ...

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 ...

A version of this article originally appeared in The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must-know art industry intel into a nimble read you’ll actually enjoy. Artnet News Pro ...

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 ...

The Savannah African Art Museum is home to a collection of more than 1,000 pieces of artwork from West and Central Africa. The African art on display here includes a variety of 19th- and 20th-century ...

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 ...