In Morocco's tourist hub of Marrakesh, a contemporary art fair has energised the local creative scene, drawing on the famed city's aesthetic legacy to propel emerging African artists into the ...

In Ghana, dozens of artists have made their mark creating hand-painted movie posters that blend exaggerated horror with slapstick comedy. This unique art form began in the 1980s during Ghana's mobile ...

African American Cultural Celebration at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences showcased Black heritage, art and ...

It has been constructed from 3,189 handcrafted ceramic palm kernel shell beads woven together using copper wire to resemble a sumptuous West African elite gown called Babariga or Agbada. The clay ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In the art world, collectors pay huge sums for rarities. One of only four surviving copies of the original German poster for the ...

However, a special group of painters concentrates on the continent's rich herbal landscapes, highlighting Africa's beautiful and medicinally potent flora through their art. This article delves ...

“For example, there was a fantastic show that I helped organize on the Medu Art Ensemble, which is an anti-apartheid South African artist ... there are posters in the show, there are album ...

Africa Restored (Cheryl as Cleopatra) by Kerry James Marshall is on view as part of “Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” at the Art Institute of Chicago. Using his ...

These are just a few of the thousands of brilliant posters from the Deadly Prey Gallery, a Chicago-based traveling art gallery, that the gallery has in possession of in its archives. The gallery ...

The African Women in Art Award (AWAA), a competition for women artists from Sub-Saharan African countries, has unveiled its list of winners. This year, the theme of the competition, “Mother Africa,” ...

the most attractive city in Africa – a mixture of outspoken murals, art deco hotels and cool post-modern social housing traced the country’s colourful past. Painters crafted in cafes and poets ...

A small poster proved to destroy a dominant narrative of many years." BSA Director General Syed Jamil Ahmed praised Debashish Chakrabarty and said that the artist has shown how art can ...