Nigerian artist and art collector Olusanya Ojikutu has amassed the sort of collection an art lover’s dreams are made of. At his home in Bowie, Maryland, works by a score of artists—many of them ...

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is back for its fifth edition in New York, but in a new home. The fair relocated this year to downtown Manhattan after spending its first four at Pioneer Works ...

For Abidjan-based artist Saint-Étienne Yéanzi, the continent’s social and political reality has sparked a creative evolution for contemporary African artists, he says, giving them confidence to work ...

A new exhibit, titled "African Cosmos: Stellar Arts," is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. from June 20 through Dec. 9, 2012. The exhibit showcases ...

Artist and social entrepreneur Joseph Awuah-Darko’s mission is to expand the visibility and global reach of contemporary art created throughout Africa and the African diaspora. Beginning Feb. 5, Awuah ...

African art is having a vogue moment. People are very interested in it, but there’s still a sense of Africa and African art as something of an exotic “other” that sits on the periphery and not really ...

DETROIT – One of the oldest and most complete collections of African American art in the nation just got a major upgrade - and you can see it now at Detroit’s world-class art museum. The Center for ...

Kim Dacres' 2022 sculpture "Sojourner" (foreground) and April Bey's 2023 painting "I Will Never Ask ANY OF YOU for Respect, I Will Demand It" (back wall) are among the works on display in the Modern ...

When creating African-inspired wall art, opt for bold and vibrant colors. Red, yellow, green, and blue are commonly used in ...

This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of ...

A new generation of women and men are spurring change by starting businesses, organizing innovative projects, and inspiring important conversations. A continent rich in resources, and people are the ...