The art of miniature painting in Africa is a centuries-old tradition, deeply ingrained in many cultures across the continent. These tiny masterpieces served as historical records, capturing important ...

In Morocco's tourist hub of Marrakesh, a contemporary art fair has energised the local creative scene, drawing on the famed ...

Since its founding in 2018, the Marrakech edition of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair has been instrumental in raising ...

Contemporary African art has become undeniably trendy ... box-checking representation of a singular African contemporary artist, the gallery displays a wide variety of contemporary African ...

Observer spoke with the fair’s founding director, the formidable Touria El Glaoui, about Marrakech’s specific appeal, the ...

Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo is renowned for his innovative approach to the shaping of Black figuration, capturing the expression, style and character ...

The theme of the 2024 Dar-art is "Xàll wi" in Wolof which translates as "the wake". An invitation to Africans to reclaim ...

For this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art fair in Marrakech ... announcement that the Tate in London had acquired Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo’s Blank stare (2021) painting from Accra ...

The massive exhibition, co-presented with museums in Barcelona and Brussels, will head to Europe at the end of March.

The award does an excellent job of promoting contemporary African art on the world stage ... UK; Same Mdluli, artist, art historian, curator and writer; Thato Mogotsi – Curator of Contemporary ...