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 ...

One of the oldest and most complete collections of African American art in the nation just got a major upgrade - and you can ...

Sierra Leone-born textile artist Elizabeth Anyaa will have her first major exhibition since the COVID-19 pandemic this fall at the Petersburg Area Art League. Anyaa, a globally recognized artist, ...

The Art Detective is a weekly column by Katya Kazakina for Artnet News Pro that lifts the curtain on what’s really going on in the art market. As the art market roared back in 2021, one segment has ...

The exhibition "Afro-Atlantic Histories" is the most comprehensive look at the interplay of art between Africa and the Americas ever displayed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Curator ...

In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg ...

African diaspora artists are redefining visual storytelling by weaving in their cultural heritage and personal experiences ...

On a recent weekday morning, some two dozen smartly dressed art enthusiasts gathered at Tate Modern before its doors opened for a private tour of the expansive solo exhibition of South African visual ...

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 ...

History: A beloved fixture in Detroit's Cass Corridor for years, Africa, who was born Robert Berry, was a self-taught painter well-versed in art theory, trends and criticism. He was heavily influenced ...