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The latest additions to African Contemporary — new artists, new works and new essays on contemporary African art.

New ArtistSeptember 23, 2026

Tchalé Figueira

Cape Verdean painter, poet and musician (b. 1953).

New ArtistSeptember 16, 2026

Marcel Gotène

One of the best-known painters of the Poto-Poto School (1939-2013) joins the gallery.

New EssaySeptember 16, 2026

The Poto-Poto School

The story of the painting movement founded by Pierre Lods in Brazzaville in 1951.

New ArtistSeptember 9, 2026

Ihosvanny

Angolan painter, video and installation artist (b. 1975).

New EssaySeptember 9, 2026

A New Generation of Contemporary African Artists

The artists who came after the founding movements of modern African art.

New ArtistSeptember 2, 2026

Koffi Kouakou

Ivorian sculptor (1962-2008) known for painted-wood miniatures of everyday objects.

New EssaySeptember 2, 2026

Contemporary Art in Mozambique

Nearly a century of Mozambican art, from Maputo's Núcleo de Arte onward.

New ArtistAugust 26, 2026

Louis Kakudji

Congolese-American collage artist (b. 1978) joins the gallery.

New EssayAugust 26, 2026

The Modern Makonde Sculpture Movement

From Mueda Plateau ritual masks to the shetani and ujamaa genres of 1950s-60s Dar es Salaam.

New ArtistAugust 19, 2026

Asiru Olatunde

Nigerian repoussé panel artist (1918-1993) associated with the Oshogbo school.

New EssayAugust 19, 2026

The Ndebele Wall Painting Tradition

From a nineteenth-century response to war and dispossession to the murals of Esther Mahlangu.

New ArtistAugust 12, 2026

Joseph Amedokpo

Painter from Togo (1946-2024) working on recycled flour sacks.

New EssayAugust 12, 2026

Congolese Popular Painting

Kinshasa's sign painters and comic-strip illustrators, and the movement they built.