First art prize dedicated to female African artists launches
The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize—the first ever dedicated award for female African artists living and working in Africa—has launched today in Accra, Ghana. Organised by the Accra-based Gallery 1957, it…
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Goes to Paris in 2021
The longstanding celebration of African art will be hosted by Parisian hot spot Christie’s for the first time ever. In admittedly unideal circumstances, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will be…
11 Artists to Know From Tanzania
Tanzanian art is alive with colour and vibrancy, putting on canvas the spirit and culture of a nation. From simple to abstract, and from self-taught artists to trained professionals, the…
African Art of ‘Skull Elongation’ by Mangbetu Tribe
The Mangbetu are people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who speak Central Sudan and live in the northeastern province of Haut-Uele. In the regional language of Lingala, the…
Penciled Celebrities artist, Ray Styles is dead
Ghanaian artist, Emmanuel Apraku popularly known as Ray Styles is dead. The death of the artist follows months of battle with liver cancer. Sources within his family also say he…
Fascinating art. Traditional wall painting by South African women
The origins of African art lie long before recorded history. Ndebele Women Painting Traditional Designs on Walls. The Ndebeles are an African ethnic group living in South Africa and Zimbabwe…
An Artist’s Angst: Using fan art for Honor and Release
Art-Alchemy is the technique of using traditional art methods to transform an individual into another figure. When a digital painting depicts someone as a known superhero, the art becomes fan-art….
Echoes of Zaire: Popular Painting from Lubumbashi, DRC
n the 1970s, a Congolese painter named Tshibumba Kanda Matulu began to paint a history of what was then Zaire. This history, as the anthropologist Johannes Fabian pointed out when…
Thabisa Mjo, a creative entrepreneur telling stories through design
Thabisa Mjo is the founder and owner of Mash. T Design Studio in South Africa, a furniture and design studio with the main focus and philosophy to tell uniquely South…
Senegalese Artist Documents the BLM Movement Across the Decades
In two separate images by the Dakar, Senegal-based photographer Omar Victor Diop, two Black figures — a man and a woman — lie curled against a dark expanse, one surrounded…
The Art Project – Making Dance Permanent
More than 40 artists are collaborating in a group exhibition which opens at the Agog Gallery in Maboneng on Thursday 25 July. The exhibition, The Art Project #EST.1978, is being held in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the professional dance company and training…
Eritrean refugee in Libya finds solace in art
A passion and talent for art has provided comfort and hope for a young Eritrean refugee artist living in Libya. Amid an ongoing conflict, a deteriorating economic and social situation…
Bisa Butler Summons Black History In Her Quilted Arts to Motivate the Fight for Black Lives
The artist draws on vintage African and African American imagery to create quilted portraiture that is a “celebration and an affirmation of Black life.” There’s a lovely tradition that exists…
Made by African women: Beautiful handmade baskets used for food storage & winnowing grain
African handmade baskets for food storage, some different types of these baskets are traditionally used for winnowing grain. They come in a variety of types, sizes, and colors. African women…
What Happens When Nigeria’s Vibrant Lit Scene Moves Online?
While local book sales are up, Nigeria’s literary festivals are finding online solutions in the age of coronavirus When the coronavirus that has now claimed almost four hundred thousand lives began to…
The Most Moving Protest Signs From Black Creatives This Week
On top of a deadly virus, the country is grappling with back to back violent crimes that have resulted in innocent Black lives being lost. Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubrey, and George Floyd, among others,…
The Crown/ Congolese Artist, Nicole Rafiki, Reveals the Secret Behind Her Latest Project
Nicole Rafiki, a Norway-based Congolese visual artist who uses symbolism to challenge stereotypes in a critical way, has, in a recent interview on Okay Africa, stated that, as an interdisciplinary…
Meet Hye Sea, the Artist Who Uses Sun to Create Beautiful Paintings
Hye Sea is a creative naturalist, who uses her understanding of science and the physical world to create beautiful and incredible paintings with the sun called “MagnifyTheSUN”. She uses fire from the…
African culture celebrated at Heritage Fest Miami
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Dr Esther Mahlangu unveils the ‘Mahlangu’ Rolls-Royce Phantom at The Melrose Gallery
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