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 ...

Judy Seidman was a member of Medu Art Ensemble from 1980 to 1985; she worked on numerous posters produced by Medu. She worked for South African Historical Archives as poster curator (2005 - 2009). She ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A massive collection of African art once at the center of a county controversy linked to Commissioner Rodney Ellis will be auctioned off next week. Once housed for years ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Often depicted as an ...

HOUSTON – It remains one of the strangest things KPRC 2 Investigates has uncovered in recent years. A massive private African art collection secretly stored inside of an old Harris County maintenance ...

Global auction sales of works by African-born artists fell 8.4% last year to just under US$80 million, yet the market continues to show strength particularly for contemporary artists, and, strikingly, ...

About 1,400 pieces of African art, which once were in the possession of Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis, were set to be sold Thursday morning as part of a nearly $990,000 court ...

The dominant trend in global contemporary art over the past five to ten years has been a foregrounding of artists from Africa and the African diaspora. Leading institutions and collectors worldwide ...

The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, designed to elevate the work of contemporary African artists, has found its latest artist to thrust into the spotlight. Inspired by Moroccan architecture and ...

The New Orleans Museum of Art has sparked outrage over its decision to hire a white woman as its new curator of African art — citing her “breadth of experience” in the field — rather than a person of ...