This regal agbada look is a masterclass in modern African royalty. The outfit draws from the traditional Yoruba ceremonial wear, complete with a fila cap, robe, and neatly embroidered inner fabric.

Jacqueline Jackson, the founder of the Royalty Project, assists in dispelling the negative stereotypes and misconceptions about people of African descent that often become embedded in the ...

Renowned auction houses like Sotheby’s are propping up the modern and contemporary African art movement, bringing together artists, investors, and collectors from around the world.

Renowned auction houses like Sotheby’s are propping up the modern and contemporary African art movement, bringing together artists, investors, and collectors from around the world.

This new event gives us the opportunity to showcase African fashion across the diaspora, including an exploration of what it means to be Black/African in the United States,” Folarin added. When the ...

There are some unwelcome signs in the market for contemporary and Modern African art. In 2023 auction sales in this category fell a little—by 8% to $79.8m, according to the analysts ArtTactic ...

Sotheby’s established its first auction dedicated to modern and contemporary African art two years ago to draw attention, and collectors, to seminal artists largely unknown to an international ...

Kwasi Wiredu, often called the greatest living African philosopher, passed on 6 January 2022 in the US at the age of 90. Wiredu was a central presence in the discipline by virtue of two highly ...

Renowned auction houses like Sotheby’s are propping up the modern and contemporary African art movement, bringing together artists, investors, and collectors from around the world.