Kasali Akangbe Ogun, who came from a long line of wood carvers and wanted to preserve local traditions, has been buried ...

Temidayor Ayeni is a self–taught artist with a specialty in painting, sculpture and mixed media. His art captures deep ...

Emmanuel Item was first exposed to tattoo culture when he played guitar in a heavy metal band in Vienna. Item, who is of Nigerian and Austrian descent, already liked to draw in sketch pads, but after ...

Exhibition Explores How LGBTQ+ Artists From Africa and Its Diaspora Are Part of a Larger, Joyful Story of African Art History ...

Artist and festival founder Miabo Enyadike says that artists, as entrepreneurs, must redefine their approach to the rapidly expanding global creative economy. THE creative industry has become a ...

Abu Dhabi Art returns this month, featuring 142 galleries hailing from 34 countries, and for the 2025 edition, two of these countries are set to have their own exclusive platform: Nigeria and Turkey.

On a recent weekday morning, some two dozen smartly dressed art enthusiasts gathered at Tate Modern before its doors opened for a private tour of the expansive solo exhibition of South African visual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alexandra Bregman writes mainly about the art market. Cole Harrell has been dealing Sub-Saharan African art for more than a decade ...

The first impression of Renike Olusanya’s style is that she is unfettered by trends. This is firmly shaped by the fact that she marches to the beat of her own drum. The Nigerian artist and illustrator ...