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She lived in Cape Town, South Africa from 2019. There she was executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz MOCAA museum. It holds the continent’s largest collection of contemporary art.
An upcoming exhibition featuring the work of LGBTQ+ African artists at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has been postponed until 2026 due to “our current budgetary situation,” a ...
Queer African creatives have been making their mark around the world through a range of forms – books, films, fashion, art, music. Their work wins awards, sets trends and is studied by scholars.
Addressed to Smithsonian secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, (the former curator of the National Museum of African American Art and Culture who oversees 19 Smithsonian museums in his new role ...
It’s one of the first works that visitors to this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will see if they enter through the venue’s Pine Street doors. Held annually in London, Marrakech ...
The model, Morton says, symbolizes what he believes is missing in fine art: the fair representation of black people. Artists say African Americans are absent from historical art collections in ...
Koyo Kouoh, one of the art world's leading figures and a fierce advocate of African creatives, has died aged 57. A Cameroon-born curator, Kouoh had been at the height of her career. She was due to ...
The news that all South-African’s and furthermore, African MMA fans have been waiting for. Taking into consideration that MMA is widely recognised as the fastest growing sport in the word, it still ...
Guinea-Bissau, where there are virtually no art galleries, no art schools and ... a nation of just over two million people in West Africa, decided to do. They could no longer sit “with their ...
“Appreciation for Kenyan and African art has been rising both domestically and internationally, leading to increased demand and higher valuations. As Kenyan artists gain global ...