The Center for African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts was the first department of its kind in the nation when ...

When I talk to Touria El Glaoui, founder of the 1-54 contemporary African art fairs, she has just returned from Brazil, ...

Graffiti as it’s known today began in the 1960s and ’70s in the United States. It arrived in West Africa via Dakar, Senegal, ...

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from an art gallery but ...

African fiber art has always been an integral part of the continent's cultural heritage, showcasing the creativity and ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African painting showing the president in what appears to be a sexual act with Nelson Mandela is stirring outrage as well as calls to respect freedom of expression. Artist ...

A famous painting that sold for $1.6 million made its first public appearance in decades in Nigeria at the ART X Lagos exhibition over the weekend. Ben Enwonwu’s “Tutu” painting, often dubbed the ...

A view of crafts as the African continent preserves and carries its cultural heritage into the future with its centuries-old tradition of arts in Banjul, the Gambia on February 16, 2025. Africa ...

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Johannesburg: A painting that depicts a dead Nelson Mandela undergoing an autopsy provoked outrage in South Africa on Saturday, but the artist who created the work has said it is a tribute to the ...