'It doesn't look African' - challenging stereotypes at Tate Modern

But here at Tate Modern, her focus is African Modernism and Afro-Surrealism - movements she says are rarely spotlighted in ...
Artnet

A Major Show of Contemporary African Photography at Tate Modern Considers the Medium As a Tool for World-Building. Here Are 5 Exhibiting Artists You Need to Know

During the colonial period, the camera became something of an imperial device, as Western images defined narratives about the history, culture, and identity of the African continent. Now, in its first ...
Observer

“Nigerian Modernism” Reframes the Story of Modern African Art

Tate Modern’s “Nigerian Modernism” aims to disrupt the way we think of art history—not only in Africa but globally. Featuring 59 artists working over a period of 50 years, the 300 artworks in the show ...
Hope College

Exhibition of Modern African Art to Open at Kruizenga Art Museum

A new exhibition, “Deep Roots, New Shoots: Modern and Contemporary African Art from the KAM Collection,” will open at the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum on Friday, Jan. 12, and run through Saturday ...
The Conversation

A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography – Tate Modern show celebrates new generation of artists, but misses a trick

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The last large survey exhibition of African photography by a major western gallery was In/Sight at the Guggenheim ...
CNN

African artists are banking on a record-breaking contemporary and modern art market

For Abidjan-based artist Saint-Étienne Yéanzi, the continent’s social and political reality has sparked a creative evolution for contemporary African artists, he says, giving them confidence to work ...