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The Global Influence of Contemporary African Art

Contemporary African art has moved from the margins of the global art world to its center. Once framed as regional or niche, today’s African artists are shaping international conversations about identity, power, history, and the future. Their work fills major galleries, headlines auction sales, and challenges long-held assumptions about what global art looks like and […]

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Gerard Sekoto, Husband and Wife, 1952 (SABC Art Collection) (1)

Still We Rise: Artworks From The Ifa Lethu Foundation And SABC Art Collections

The Ifa Lethu Foundation of South Africa is proud to spearhead another landmark event in the country.This October, it will partner with the SABC as they come together to present Still We Rise, a landmark exhibition of artworks made during South Africa’s Apartheid years. This partnership, through the exhibition theme, bridges the G20’s global significance with […]

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Contemporary African Art Has A Home

I recently had an opportunity to visit the magnificent Zeitz MOCAA.  I was completely blown away by the artistic excellence captured in both the architecture and the art of the Zeitz museum. I was also very privileged to sit down with Mark Coetzee, chief curator at Zeitz MOCAA, for a quick lunch to talk about […]

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Bisi Silva, a pioneering curator of contemporary African art, smiling outdoors in a lush garden sett.

Remembering Bisi Silva, A Bold Curator Of Contemporary African Art

Bisi Silva, an adventurous curator who, with her own money, founded a nonprofit art gallery and education center in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, that has nurtured the growth and recognition of contemporary African artists, died on Feb. 12 in a hospital there. She was 56. Her sister Joke Silva, an actress, said the cause was […]

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