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 ...

Her foundation’s approach is a direct response to what she saw and learned while running a commercial gallery.

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Cole Harrell has been dealing Sub-Saharan African art for more than a decade...but you might not guess it. As an openly gay member of the New York social scene, Harrell leads a lifestyle as stunning ...

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Acculturation arising from that great encounter between African and European societies has meant for the African artist a liberation from the strictures and canons prescribed by "traditional" society.

Alioune Diouf, Fabrice Monteiro, and Omar Ba utilize age-old motifs from African culture and spirituality to create contemporary artworks that tell the story of the African identity. All three artists ...

Samuel Ntiro's Chopping Wood (circa 1967) is one of 12 newly attributed African Modernist artworks set to go on view in Scotland next month. Courtesy of the Argyll Collection and University of St.

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 ...

In the United States and Europe during the early twentieth century, the arts of Africa inspired many early twentieth century European and American modern artists, including, perhaps most famously, the ...

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 ...