Using African embroidery as accent pieces is an effective way to introduce this art form into your home without making ...

African wall art is famous for its vibrant colors and intricate patterns, which reflect the continent's diverse cultures ...

Dominique Pariso is passionate about hunting for the lipstick that Navarro cheerleaders wear, the coolest plus-size jeans, and the next status candle. She is also a part-time dog-sitter. If you’ve ...

One of the best ways to see the Washington, D.C.-based Nigerian-American artist Victor Ekpuk‘s large chalk mural at the North Carolina Museum of Art is to turn your back on it and look around the rest ...

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 ...

Artnet's dynamic initiative Africa Present emphasizes the company's long-term investment into the historically underrepresented market of Contemporary African Art. Using the reach, contacts, and ...

This story is a collaboration between artnet News and In Other Words. As a child growing up in Alabama in the 1950s and ‘60s, Jack Whitten was not permitted inside his segregated local museum in ...

Project plans for a new cultural arts wall celebrating the African-American community’s contributions to Spartanburg were unveiled Saturday. The announcement was made during a meeting held at The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pepper talks to a group of museum visitors on the lower level of the National Museum of African Art. Michelle Edwards / National Museum of African Art How do you get a robot to speak Swahili? That’s ...