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Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art Will Hold Its Fourth Annual African Art Awards Event Oct. 25

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will hold its fourth annual African Art Awards on Friday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. Recognizing the best in contemporary African art, this event honors the ...
NPR

The booming African art scene congregates at the biggest art fair in West Africa

The biggest art fair in West Africa draws artists and curators alike to build on the success of African art in the region and beyond. It's Art Month in Lagos. Artists, galleries and visitors from ...
Observer

How West Africa Is Reclaiming Its Artistic Legacy

Kunle Adeyemi, Traditional Sekere Players Ensemble, 2013. Deep Etching and Block Print, 24.5 x 19 in. Courtesy the artist and Fobally Art World Africa Across West Africa, a quiet yet seismic shift is ...
The New York Times

A Grand New Space for African Art, Uniting the Continent

With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see their cultures “represented with dignity.” By Aruna D’Souza The Brooklyn ...
The New York Times

Back in New York, an African Art Fair Relishes the Sense of Place

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is returning for its 10th year in New York, an event one collector described as “a kind of movable feast.” By Ginanne Brownell In her previous works, the ...
The Nation Newspaper

Aguddah preaches hope with voices

Taiwo Alimi writes on the classical art works of Sylvester Aguddah, a collage artist, one of Nigeria’s foremost contemporary artists. He is an artist whose mode of impressionism both in thecorporate ...