A deep dive into the Sub Saharan Contemporary African Art

The Masters and the Ones to Watch

Know your basics

6 contemporary African artists you must know

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Kudzanai Chiurai

Artist, poet, activist and cultural philosopher

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Esther Mahlangu

Ndebele painting ambassador

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Seydou Keïta

Portraits of Bamako

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Chéri Samba

Painting daily life in Kinshasa

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Abu Bakarr Mansaray

Inventor of futuristic war machines

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Moké

“Painter reporter” of city life

Keep an eye on the new generation

6 Artworks from emerging artists

Sculptors extra-ordinaire

Mystical creatures rise from natural materials and discarded items

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Bodys Isek Kingelez

Creator of imaginary cities

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John Goba

Sculptor of mysteries

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Seni Awa Camara

Clay divinator

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Calixte Dakpogan

Spiritual metalworker

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Romuald Hazoumè

Committed Mask Creator

"I am interested in good, new, strong, innovative art"- Jean Pigozzi
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Step in the AR Gallery

Visit this never seen before exhibition from the comfort of your sofa

Party like in Bamako and Kinshasa

The joyful nightlife is a source of inspiration for photographers and painters alike

Applaud Chéri Chérin's comedy

« unclassifiable remarkable Expressionist creator unequalled and unique in this field »

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In the Great Zaïre Forrest

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The Challenges of Globalisation

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Hope makes us live

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The Atomic Bomb

Dive into fashion and traditions

with a camera

Seydou Keïta

J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere

Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou

Malick Sidibé

Seydou Keïta

Ambroise Ngayimoko (Studio 3Z)

J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere

with paint brushes

The Great Dandy

Pierre Bodo

Fashions Parade

Pierre Bodo

My Husband is Comptetent, He Dresses Me with Fashionable Loinclothes

Moke

Sapeurs in Kin

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Sapeur (Sapologie)

Pierre Bodo

Ever painted your car ?

Esther Mahlangu take's Ndebele traditions from buildings to art galleries

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Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, ‘he who does not forget.’

Preserving and transmiting the knowledge of the Bété people through art

Master watercolors with Barthelemy Toguo

The multidisciplinary experimentor

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From watercolor to performance art.

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