From unique techniques to cultural significance, African pottery methods are taking global art scenes by storm ...

This time host Palesa Tembe is in Newtown, Johannesburg to meet dancer Tom London. Plus, sustainable fine dining, Zanzibar’s female seaweed farmers and a Ghanaian in the women’s domain of pottery.

The opening of the first major contemporary art museum in Africa offers a moment for celebration, pause and reflection. A new book, Africa Modern: Creating the contemporary art of a continent, edited ...

There are some unwelcome signs in the market for contemporary and Modern African art. In 2023 auction sales in this category fell a little—by 8% to $79.8m, according to the analysts ArtTactic ...

For Opoku, the German-born artist, exploring contemporary African royalty has meant focusing on her own heritage. When Opoku’s father, Chief Nana Opoku Gyabaah II of Asato, in the Volta region ...

The first presentation of its kind, “New African Masquerades” offers a rare look into contemporary West African masquerade.

The “Clay, Grasses and Reeds” exhibition will feature ancient traditions, techniques, and functions of African pottery and basketry and their influence on contemporary culture. The “Carrol ...

The Lawrences started Architectural Pottery with two young designers, John Follis and Rex Goode, who had learned to make and market contemporary ceramic products while in art school. In the next ...

Now, in its first major exhibition of contemporary African photography, the Tate Modern in London is showcasing the work of a new generation African artists using the medium on their own terms.