AnalysisArt market
'You have the right to culture with a capital C': Africa's growing collecting class shifts focus to home
From Marrakech to Cape Town, the continent's growing fairs and auctions scene is catering to a burgeoning domestic buying base
NewsCollectors
Angola freezes assets of billionaire and her art collector husband
Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman, is married to Sindika Dokolo who has been working for years on repatriating works to the African continent
NewsAfrican art
African art gallery co-founded by Hemingway's son opens Tribeca storefront
The gallery originally opened in the 1970s as a venue for the launch party of Hemingway's memoir
Podcast
Special: the rise and rise of contemporary African art
On the eve of the 1-54 fair for contemporary African art, we talk to an artist, a curator, an art fair founder, a gallerist and an auctioneer about the long overdue recognition of the diverse art of a continent. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsBiennials & festivals
‘Global’ contemporary African art comes to rural Portugal—despite growing visa issues for artists travelling to Europe
New festival Evora Africa includes key works by Malick Sidibé, Romuald Hazoumé and Cheri Samba
PreviewExhibitions
Jackson Pollock and Thornton Dial given equal billing in Met exhibition
Highlights from Souls Grown Deep Foundation acquisition go on show among New York museum's collection
NewsFrieze New York
UK artist Yinka Shonibare brings African and diaspora artists to London
Show honours Africa’s contribution to abstraction, beauty and politics at "a time of affirmative difference"
PreviewExhibitions
Largest show of contemporary African art in Brazil opens latest leg of tour
Exhibition at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil mixes "traditional and modern, colonial and post-colonial, local and global"
NewsArt fairs
Also Known As Africa fair extends its purview to 'global south'
Third edition to highlight spiritual, cultural and commercial links between the continent and parallel regions
FeatureArt Dubai 2018
Is interest in African art on the rise in the Middle East?
An increased presence of African galleries at this edition of Art Dubai could signify a flourishing regional market
ArchiveExhibitions
Muholi defies stigma and stereotypes at the Stedelijk
Around 80 pictures spanning over a decade are on display in Amsterdam
ArchiveExhibitions
Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby deals with the domestic in Cincinnati
Home is where Crosby's art is
ArchiveExhibitions
Fondation Louis Vuitton offers a snapshot of contemporary African art
The art of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa make a big impact in Paris
ArchiveExhibitions
Five millennia of African art and history go on show in Paris
Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac tracks African roots and African routes in its upcoming exhibition
ArchiveColonial art
Okwui Enwezor's curation examines the effects of post-colonialism on Africa’s artistic output
“The short century: liberation and independence in Africa 1945-94”, creates a “critical biography of Africa”