Power & Purpose - Museum Exhibition Guide

In this episode of ‘The Wave’, we welcome four special guests from the African art ecosystem, who will discuss how the pandemic has changed their business and the role of galleries in the life of an artist, as well as the issue of the inherent value of African art, including as an investment.

An in-depth exploration of folktales from all parts of Africa. Listen to popular and obscure folktales from all over Africa.

A podcast by badimongonair about redefining the ancestral path.

This is a podcast about how the African contemporary art market is booming internationally, and what’s driving that interest. But it’s also about the importance and opportunities of focusing on home. In this episode (18) Mesai Haileleul of the Ethical Fashion Podcast is interviewed by Ayodeji Rotinwa. Mesai runs our Addis Ababa gallery and is also a self-taught art historian. Mesai opened the first gallery representing Ethiopian artists in Los Angeles in the 1990s and now, with Rakeb Sile, co-runs Addis Fine Art.

From Aksum to Zimbabwe, Casablanca to Cape Town, learn about the fascinating civilizations and stories of Africa on the first dedicated African history podcast.

“Romare Bearden was asked in a 1972 interview with Camille Billops how he would define black art, and he said that black art is the art that black artists do,” says Tate's Zoe Whitley. "If someone were to say: 'What is white art?' you might say the Italian Renaissance, but you could equally say the German Renaissance, Rembrandt or English painting. Black art is as varied as that.” Joining us in London to discuss contemporary African art are Zoe Whitley, the curator and writer Osei Bonsu, and Sotheby's Hannah O’Leary. In a broad-ranging conversation, we cover the challenges of bringing more recognition to artists who have lived or worked on the Continent or been part of its diaspora.

Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Judd Devermont, Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.