"Visual Languages" explores the pivotal shift in the global art market from "Black Portraiture" to abstract art. The article argues that contemporary...

South African fashion icon David Tlale made history by staging his immersive Autumn/Winter 2026/27 collection, “I Am Africa, Not African,” inside Johannesburg's...

"The Textile Is the Text" explores traditional African textiles—including Kente, Bogolanfini, Kanga, and Ndebele beadwork—not as mere decorative crafts, but as highly...

This article explores how the Western art canon historically marginalized African contributions and uses the legendary Ibrahim El-Salahi as a prime example...

When African and diaspora artists enter the streets — or the studio — they do not illustrate violence. They answer it. This...

In contemporary African art, memory is not theme — it is structure. The scaffold on which entire aesthetic systems are built. Territory,...

Across the African continent, artists are increasingly rejecting the idea of art as neutral. Through community-led and collaborative practices, they are redefining...

Beyond the most cited art history titles, a growing body of books is redefining how Black and African art is studied, collected,...

Across Africa, a new generation of museums is redefining how contemporary art is presented, preserved, and experienced. From Morocco to Mozambique, these...