The protests that derailed the Museum of West African Art’s opening reveal that neocolonial donor money and weak local patronage made it unfit for purpose
With a new show at Gray, curator and friend Michael Auping remembers the late artist's ability to walk the thin line between abstract painting and figuration
With his solo show of recent abstract works running at Richard Gray Gallery, New York until 21 December, the artist discusses the physical act of painting and the romance of true work