The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art has announced the exhibition “Tsedaye Makonnen—Sanctuary.” Opening Dec. 13 and remaining an ongoing display, the exhibition features seven sculptures ...

Featuring artists from 16 African countries, the exhibition forms the cultural centerpiece of the summit and showcases the ...

The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, designed to elevate the work of contemporary African artists, has found its latest artist to thrust into the spotlight. Inspired by Moroccan architecture and ...

A self-portrait by South African artist Alexis Preller and a piece from postcolonial Moroccan painter Mohamed Melehi described by Sotheby’s as “career-defining,” will lead a sale of modern and ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — American artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled a series of large-format portraits of African leaders in Morocco on Tuesday, building on his now famous 2018 portrait of former U.S.

Callyson Donald, aka Callyfits, is among the young artists who have revitalised the aging Stone Town art scene.Stone Town is awash with paintings dating back to the 1960s and the 20th century, as well ...

African body painting is a beautiful tradition that has been practiced for centuries, but today, it has taken on new forms ...

At the Boston waterfront sits the Institute of Contemporary Art, an architectural marvel that gleams against the harbour in a wealthy neighbourhood. My Uber driver, an African immigrant, remarks as I ...

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 ...

The paintings of contemporary visual artist Julie Mehretu hang in some of the world’s most prestigious art institutions. Renowned for her large-scale abstract and multilayered landscape pieces that ...

This year at Frieze Los Angeles, the BMW Group debuted a new one-of-a-kind color-changing car developed with art from South African artist Esther Mahlangu that synergizes art, design, and technology.

A new theory credits medieval Catalan art as Picasso’s inspiration for the iconic "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," but art historians are pushing back. Two people view Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles ...