AFRICAN ART

Africa Basel 2026: The Artists, Conversations and Cultural Infrastructure Shaping the Future of Contemporary African Art
Every June, Basel becomes the meeting point of the international art world. Collectors, museum directors, curators, artists, journalists, academics, foundations,

Carrying Home Across Oceans: Anina Major on Memory, Migration, and the Making of Tender Seedlings
For many artists, the journey away from home becomes a story of departure. For Bahamian ceramic artist Anina Major, it

The Art World Passport Brings Questions of Mobility and Access to Art Basel Week 2026
The participatory artwork by Zimbabwean artist Richard Mudariki transforms the language of visas, embassies, and border control into a reflection

Why Art Basel Is Reintroducing Souleymane Keïta to a Global Audience
At a moment when museums, curators, and collectors are increasingly revisiting overlooked histories of modernism beyond Europe and North America,

Ibrahim Mahama Takes Over Basel’s Historic Münsterplatz With Major New Art Basel Commission
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama is set to transform one of Switzerland’s most historic public squares when he unveils a major

Towards the Sky: Michele Mathison on Stone, Landscape, and the Making of Verso il Cielo in Umbria
In a quiet clearing hidden within the Umbrian countryside, surrounded by ancient woodland, rolling hills, and distant views of the

Inheriting the Future: How Heritage, Memory, and Transformation Shaped October Gallery’s Landmark Exhibition of Contemporary African Art
Through conversations with curator Eleri Fanshawe and artist Zana Masombuka, Africans Column reflects on an exhibition that explored how contemporary

Dawit Abebe’s BLACKBOX Opens in Venice, Exploring Memory, Opacity, and the Human Body During the 2026 Biennale Preview Week
As collectors, curators, artists, critics, and cultural practitioners descended upon Venice for the preview week of the 2026 Venice Biennale,

Africa Basel 2026: The Boutique Fair Positioning African Art at the Center of Basel’s Global Art Week
Every June, the Swiss city of Basel becomes the epicenter of the international art world. Collectors, museum directors, curators, artists,

“Brazil Beyond Brazil”: Igor Simões on Reframing Afro-Brazilian Art at 1-54 New York 2026
As 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to New York for its twelfth edition, the fair once again positions itself

Amoako Boafo on Portraiture, Presence, and His Venice Exhibition at Palazzo Grimani
During the preview week of the 61st Venice Biennale, when Venice once again became the center of the global art

Leaving Venice Behind: Michele Mathison’s Verso il Cielo Unveiled in the Quiet Mountains of Umbria
After days spent moving through the intensity of Venice Biennale preview week — navigating crowded vaporetto stations, packed national pavilions,