For Abidjan-based artist Saint-Étienne Yéanzi, the continent’s social and political reality has sparked a creative evolution for contemporary African artists, he says, giving them confidence to work ...

For Pablo Picasso and other 20th-century European masters, African art was a revelation—innovative, sophisticated and to their eyes strikingly modern. They insisted that the continent’s creative ...

THE sculpture which has been produced by the natives of Western and Central Africa has existed for ages, but its proper appreciation by us can be dated from the turn of this century. Although the’ ...

Hailing from Dakar, Senegal, contemporary artist Soly Cissé maintains a practice unrestricted by disciplinary boundaries. Working across painting, sculpture, drawing, and assemblage, the context and ...

Hair has long served as a powerful form of cultural expression across Africa. Long before colonization, hairstyles could ...

Alioune Diouf, Fabrice Monteiro, and Omar Ba utilize age-old motifs from African culture and spirituality to create contemporary artworks that tell the story of the African identity. All three artists ...

E&S Gallery has grown from a 2,500 square foot strip mall location to its current location, 11,000-plus square feet over three floors on the edge of downtown Louisville.

African diaspora artists are making waves in the global art education scene, bringing in fresh perspectives and innovative techniques ...

A carved figure of woman in ‘Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) When a dozen weather-worn wood sculptures from ...

One of the great changes in artistic vision of the 20th century was the shift from the classical ideals of Greek and Roman statuary to a larger view that accepted primitive art as no less human and as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alexandra Bregman writes mainly about the art market. Cole Harrell has been dealing Sub-Saharan African art for more than a decade ...