In Africa, a new wave of thematic cartographers are flexing their creative muscles, using maps to highlight social, political ...

black-and-white photographs taken by Constance Stuart Larrabee in South Africa between 1936 and 1983, Henry and Margaret Thompson Drewal’s field research depicting Yorùbá art and culture, Nigerian ...

In our series of letters from African journalists ... In the process they have created one of the continent's most exciting art scenes. One such person is the Sudanese artist Eltayeb Dawelbait ...

Curator and Art see Africa host Nyambura WaruingiImage ... Nairobi's inhabitants live in slums — at the same time, a dynamic art scene has developed. Our guide through the Kenyan capital ...

Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, has captivated hearts around the globe with its elegance and intricacy.

With its eclectic approach the exhibition Tendances et Confrontations from 1966 provided snapshots of Africa’s various art scenes and of contemporary art in its formative phase. The art market is huge ...

The Art Institute’s massive survey wrestles with this vastness by bringing together a broad swath of African and Black art that reflects the beauty and nuance of the African story. Pan-Africanism, the ...

For four decades he has been collecting butterfly wings from his fields and turning them into works of art. With nothing ... wing sections to render scenes of Central African life: a boy ...

Cole Harrell has been dealing Sub-Saharan African art for more than a decade...but you might not guess it. As an openly gay member of the New York social scene, Harrell leads a lifestyle as ...