Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean. “This is all the result of a dream,” Mouhamed Seyni Guèye, the imam of Dakar’s Mosque of the Divinity, told me as we walked its grounds. One night in 1973, Guèye ...

A traveling art exhibit celebrating African civilizations, Egyptian mythology, and historic landscapes arrives in ...

"I wanted to create a moment for Lagos on the global art calendar," says Tokini Peterside-Schwebig, the founder of Art X, sitting in a chic private booth within the fair. "A moment that brought the ...

Inside the palace of the high priest of Vodoun in Benin, there is a framed portrait of George Floyd, with Breanna Taylor and Rashad Lewis on either side. Below their images is a line written in red ...

The country, a major center for African art, will not have an official presence at this year’s event after a legal dispute over a Gaza-focused artwork.

On a recent weekday morning, some two dozen smartly dressed art enthusiasts gathered at Tate Modern before its doors opened for a private tour of the expansive solo exhibition of South African visual ...

HOUSTON – The story of Black history can be found all around us. Whether it’s seen worldwide, or right here in Houston, Black history can be found threaded into each culture. This Black History Month, ...

DENVER — The Denver Center for African Art has been showing artworks from art collectors around the country to educate others and preserve history. The nonprofit cultural education center shows a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Museum of African Art in D.C. - (Tierney L. Cross/For The Washington Post) An upcoming exhibition featuring the work ...

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 Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art has announced “Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art,” opens Jan. 23–Aug. 23. Artists’ voices are central to this exhibition, which features works ...