Art hangs on the walls at the exhibition “Osi Audu: The Self in African Art,” at Opalka Gallery at Sage College on April 2 in Albany. A 2025 yarn on canvas piece titled “Goosebumps/Hunter ...

Colors and shapes are a primal language, Osi Audu, a Nigerian-American artist, said. It makes sense then that while his work is a contemporary response to traditional African art, he isn’t ...

Nigerian artist and art collector Olusanya Ojikutu has amassed the sort of collection an art lover’s dreams are made of. At his home in Bowie, Maryland, works by a score of artists—many of ...

African art isn’t a fad. It’s a way to start important conversations on the global stage. British writer Ekow Eshun makes the case for why the term “African art” must be embraced.

The Art Institute of Chicago’s Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica is massive, featuring 350 works of art, with paintings, sculpture, video and audio, as well as historical ...

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.

When the Museum of Art + Light (MoA+L) opens on Friday, Nov. 8, in Manhattan, Kan., it will do so as the first in the world purpose built to give equal standing to conventional fine art ...

I just met Henry Ossawa Tanner. Nice trick, since he died in 1937. Tanner was the first African American artist with an international reputation. His paintings are in many museums, but I've walked ...

Afro Air Festival will debut at Fair Park on May 17, 2025. The festival is a full day of music, dance, art and food highlighting the African diaspora.(Weyni Kahsay / Courtesy) When first ...

Explore African art influence on Broadway's The Lion King at the African American Museum of Dallas, with a special exhibit open until July 3. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...