Africa's art scene is undergoing a spectacular transformation with emerging female artists redefining what contemporary ...

The landmark “ ‘Primitivism’ in 20th Century Art” exhibition in 1984 at the Museum of Modern Art demonstrated the profound debt that early modern art owed to the tribal art of Africa and ...

For lovers of African art, old and new, or those looking for some of the most poignant and beautiful thought leadership on contemporary ideas of African identity and art, Beyond Borders at UMMA is ...

The independent museum project—formally known as the Edo Museum of West African Art—debuted to instant enthusiasm in 2020, heightened by the building design drawn by the British Ghanaian ...

A famous painting by the late artist Ben Enwonwu that sold for $1.6 million was publicly displayed for the first time in decades in Nigeria at ART X Lagos exhibition.

To them, African art was wild, African depictions were abstract, and African masks were made of wood. British Museum curator Chris Spring says the discovery changed Western ideas of African art.

UPDATE—16/11/23: The artist set yet another auction record for an African-born artist when her work Walkers with the Dawn (2008) and Morning sold for $10.38m (with fees) at Sotheby's Now Evening ...

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) continues building its physical campus. Soon, its mission of preserving, highlighting, and fostering art on the continent will be grounded in Benin City ...

Mysterious South African cave painting may have been inspired by fossils Published: September 19, 2024 6:13am EDT. Julien Benoit, University of the Witwatersrand. Author.