If you’ve ever dreamt of playing alongside Afro-jazz legend Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, just drop into his studio in Zimbabwe and pick up an instrument. Mtukudzi — one of Africa’s most famous and admired musicians —…
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Picasso painting of muse, future lover fetches European record £50 mln
A Pablo Picasso portrait of his muse Marie-Therese Walter with future lover Dora Maar emerging from the shadows fetched £50 million (57 million euros, $69 million) at a London sale Wednesday, a European auction record…
‘African Mona Lisa’ mesmerises after surprise rediscovery
“I think of it as the African Mona Lisa,” said award-winning novelist Ben Okri, gazing at the long-lost portrait of a Nigerian princess which recently turned up in a London flat. Ben Enwonwu’s 1974 painting…
Last privately-owned Da Vinci to go on sale for Sh10.3 billion
The last Leonardo Da Vinci painting still in the hands of a private collector will go under the hammer next month in New York, the Christie’s auction house said Tuesday, estimating its worth at $100…
Ivory Coast’s African art museum gets new lease of life
It has been buffeted by the pendulum swing of domestic politics and suffered looting that left it without some of its most precious items. But Ivory Coast’s Museum of Civilisations is now back, and determined…
Modern African art gets pride of place in bold new Cape Town gallery
Towering over Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, a clutch of abandoned grain silos has been transformed into Africa’s largest museum dedicated to the continent’s contemporary art. With its honeycomb lattice windows reflecting the Atlantic…
Art seeks to heal wounds in divided Cyprus
Inside an art gallery on the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Selma Bolayir draws a large yellow sun on a black-and-white picture of a South Vietnamese soldier who appears to be crying. “When I look…
Sotheby’s holds debut African modern art sale
Sotheby’s, one of the world’s oldest auction houses, is holding its first ever sale of modern and contemporary African art in London in response to a surge in demand. African artists currently account for just…
Nairobi hosts Sudanese artists for annual East Africa exhibition
Circle Art Gallery’s 3rd annual focus on East Africa exhibition, Khartoum Contemporary opens today on 4th May and features 17 Khartoum-based artists and spans 50 years. The exhibition demonstrates the continuing relevance of the ideas…
Ancient sacred art resurrected in city of Jesus’s birth
Down a Bethlehem alleyway, sunlight illuminates a golden icon of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, signalling the revival of an ancient art being practised in the workshop inside. The building near the Church of the…