Long overlooked or stereotyped, African contemporary art is finally receiving global attention, writes Wim Pijbes, former director of the Rijksmuseum

Open Restitution Africa’s digital resource based on pan-continental research counters elevation of Western narratives

Over the past decade, at least two dozen established and rising international artists have exhibited work in countries including Ghana, Nigeria and Morocco

A new book celebrates the pioneering artists who took control of the post-colonial agenda

Works by April Bey, Gabriel Massan and others will highlight the creative possibilities that come from the sharing of ideas between different African cultures and others across the world

Project aims to help seasoned researchers unlearn biases and the next generation of archaeologists to find inspiration

Max Pinckers worked together with Kenyan war veterans to bring records of 1950s colonial violence to the fore

The restitution of artefacts from France in 2022 has energised Benin’s cultural and heritage sector, as is clear from the country’s four-artist presentation at the Biennale

Four new museums across the country are planned over the next five years and a new cultural quarter is under construction in the biggest city, Cotonou

The photos are part of a 50,000-strong archive being preserved by the artist J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije's granddaughter

An array of artefacts show how cultural cross-pollination thrived across centuries and continents under Byzantine rule

Plus, the Liverpool Biennial, and Basquiat in Basel with Jeffrey Deitch

The monarch will likely face calls for the return of priceless objects that were seized by British military forces during 19th-century operations

The urban centre of the world's oldest island is home to an exploding contemporary art scene, with art collector Hassanein Hiridjee's Fondation H the latest major art centre to open its doors

Leilah Babirye—who fled to the US in 2015—slams legislation which also introduces sentences of up to 20 years for "the offence of homosexuality"

Icom and Aliph’s $250,000 project is providing training and security measures for 22 museums in countries ravaged by war

Nigeria’s art market has exploded in recent years—a newly elected government may now fund and build a museum sector

Plus, the Met: a guard’s memoir and Hubert Robert at Stockholm's Nationalmuseum

The trains join converted Soviet aircrafts as new work and education spaces

The number of galleries from Africa has more than halved since 2020, but sales were steady among the 12 new exhibitors

Comparing the homegrown Art X Lagos to more global events like 1-54 brings up tough questions about race that the art world still struggles to answer

More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums

Berlin Biennale conference will focus on "decolonising" arts and culture

Their debut in the Statements section reflects the strong growth in the contemporary African art sector

Five years ago President Macron took the museum world by surprise when he announced a then-revolutionary restitution plan. Now the country’s politicians are at odds about how to implement it

Spanning art from 17th century to today, the show aims to explore the complex and compelling histories and cultural legacy of the African diaspora

Maria Varnava, the founder of the London gallery which specialises in artists from Africa and the diaspora, on opening a gallery on the continent where she grew up and why she is wary of speculators

The 27-year-old founder of Retro Africa talks about her expansion plans and how she is helping to build a contemporary art scene in Nigeria

New government initiative MuseumsLab aims to foster more international co-operation and consider topics including decolonisation and restitution

Senegalese art historian El Hadji Malick Ndiaye says discussions and decisions about the restitution of African artefacts cannot be dictated by the West