With physical events cancelled in 2020, South African art fairs, galleries and artists’ studios have accelerated their online platforms, some of which will run year-round. Despite COVID, the pan-African art market has remained buoyant. Could it be possible that art from the continent is finally able to control its own narrative?  

In a junk mail-filled world of fast fashion and here-today-gone-tomorrow memes and tweets it’s re-assuring to get reminders that not everything has gone to hell in a hand basket.

Contemporary African art is currently making a historic impact on contemporary art and culture. How did we get to this point, and what will the long-term effect be?

Mary Sibande’s Smithsonian African Artist Award: At the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), a Smithsonian Institution, women from the motherland take center stage.

Now in its sixteenth year, Art Basel Miami Beach and its satellite art fairs stretch from North to South Beach, scattered in hotels, museums, tents, temples and domes everywhere from the beach to the sky.