African Art

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Opinion
What Is Africa’s Role at the Venice Biennale?

To address the continent’s lack of representation on the world stage, the Biennale should look to festivals like Nigeria’s FESTAC ’77

BY Eric Otieno Sumba |
Interviews
Harry and Lana David Champion a Community of African and Diaspora Artists

The Athens, Nicosia and Lagos-based collectors discuss their collection, recently exhibited in ‘Ubuntu’ at EMST, Athens

BY Harry David, Lana de Beer David AND Electra Soutzoglou |
News
Tate Appoints Curators Specializing in African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Art

In further news: David Adjaye tipped to design Nigerian museum for looted Benin treasures; Hillary Clinton reads her emails in Venice

BY Frieze News Desk |
Frieze New York
‘I’m Incredibly Excited to See Kapwani Kiwanga’s Commission’

Hallie Ringle of the Studio Museum looks forward to the debut Frieze Artist Award at Frieze New York 2018

BY Hallie Ringle |
Opinion
Outrage over Hiring a White Woman as African Art Curator Misunderstands Expertise

The argument that ancestral connection offers a natural grasp of the complex histories and aesthetics of African art is profoundly misguided

BY Chika Okeke-Agulu |
Opinion
See Change

The increased visibility of art from Africa in the UK

BY Basia Lewandowska Cummings |
Features
Speak Now

A long-overdue shift is happening in how contemporary African art – from Dakar and Lagos to Cape Town, Harare and Rabat – is disseminated and discussed

BY Nana Oforiatta-Ayim |