African Art

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

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

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

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

The increased visibility of art from Africa in the UK

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