AFRICAN ART

Asia Clarke Brings Sculptural Portraits of Afro-Caribbean Resistance Figures to London
The Canadian-born, Trinidadian artist’s FREE WILL: Manifestors of Realities reimagines histories of Afro-Caribbean resistance through hand-carved wooden masks and Afro-Caribbean

Kelebogile Marope Becomes the First Motswana Artist to Win the FNB Art Prize
Botswana-born artist Kelebogile Marope has been named the recipient of the 2026 FNB Art Prize, marking the first time an

Meet Elvira Dyangani Ose: Zeitz MOCAA’s New Artistic Director and the Task Ahead
From Tate Modern and The Showroom to MACBA and the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, Elvira Dyangani Ose has built

After Venice, Tesfaye Urgessa Joins White Cube as His International Profile Expands
Ethiopian painter Tesfaye Urgessa has joined White Cube, placing an artist whose career has steadily moved between Addis Ababa, Germany

Nyugen E. Smith on Stranger Faces, Memory, Return and Rethinking Restitution
Sustaining the Otherwise is an ambitious transnational research and curatorial programme unfolding across Africa and Europe throughout 2026. Bringing together

Nairobi’s Art Auction East Africa Turns Its Focus to the Region’s Modernist Legacy
When Art Auction East Africa returns to Nairobi on 28 October 2026, its significance will extend beyond the prices achieved

Between Ritual and Resonance: Rana El Nemr on The Sugarcane Choir, Material Memory, and Listening Beyond the Visible at the Venice Biennale 2026
For more than two decades, Egyptian artist Rana El Nemr has cultivated one of the most intellectually expansive and materially

African Artists Command Art Basel 2026
From Ibrahim Mahama’s Monumental Münsterplatz Commission to Major Booth Presentations, African Artists Were Impossible to Ignore At Art Basel 2026,

From the Census to the Senses: Carina Tenewaa Kanbi on Reframing African Cities Through the Atlas of Uncertainty
Across African cities, movement is often narrated through crisis: migration as rupture, informality as failure, rapid urban growth as disorder.

Inside the Obama Presidential Center, Two African Artists Bring History, Memory and Hope Into America’s Newest Civic Landmark
When the Obama Presidential Center opens its doors on Chicago's South Side, visitors will encounter more than a museum dedicated

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