The biggest art fair in West Africa draws artists and curators alike to build on the success of African art in the region and beyond. It's Art Month in Lagos. Artists, galleries and visitors from ...

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 ...

If you want to buy African art on a budget, consider smaller pieces or prints instead of large canvases or sculptures. ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: Ekow Eshun is a British writer, broadcaster, and curator. All opinions expressed in this article belong to the author. African art is having a vogue moment. People are very interested ...

When art dealer Thandi Sibisi opened her gallery in 2012, it was the first in South Africa to be entirely owned by a Black woman. But spiraling overheads soon forced her to close the space, and ...

The auction house founded by Pharrell Williams is dedicating its latest sale to contemporary African art.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art reopens Friday, July 16. This is the first opportunity for visitors to see the museum’s newest exhibition, “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, ...

Black Panther earned Marvel their first Academy Award. And then another award. And then another. It’s no surprise that this film was so well received by fans worldwide, especially with an empowering ...

Global auction sales of works by African-born artists fell 8.4% last year to just under US$80 million, yet the market continues to show strength particularly for contemporary artists, and, strikingly, ...

Photo courtesy of Jomo Tariku, designer of modern African furniture. This stool is inspired by spiritual traditions of the Dogon people, incorporating elements of the Dogon cosmology. The ...