1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Lakin Ogunbanwo awarded 1-54 art fair's first residency as popularity of artist funding schemes grows
New initiative in collaboration with Thami Mnyele Foundation will offer artist a three-month stipend to live and work in Amsterdam
Object lessons: from a Rubik's Cube Mona Lisa to a Surrealist animal bone sculpture
Our pick of highlights from the next week's auctions and fairs
'You have the right to culture with a capital C': Africa's growing collecting class shifts focus to home
From Marrakech to Cape Town, the continent's growing fairs and auctions scene is catering to a burgeoning domestic buying base
'I wanted to break down white male ideas': sexually explicit Johannesburg show is pulled
Work by artist Anton Kannemeyer has also been removed from London's 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair after complaints
Nando’s enormous collection puts the peri-peri in African art
With over 22,000 works hung on its walls, the popular chicken chain is an unlikely champion for emerging South African artists
Transvangarde pioneer October Gallery turns 40
The London space champions emerging artists from across the globe
This is African art's Golden Age, but can 1-54 Marrakech help build a sustainable domestic clientele?
Western interest in contemporary works from the continent is at a high, but that can be a double-edged sword
Object lessons: from a Qianlong-era Chinese vase to a painting by the master of Nigerian Modernism
Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions
Special: the rise and rise of contemporary African art
On the eve of the 1-54 fair for contemporary African art, we talk to an artist, a curator, an art fair founder, a gallerist and an auctioneer about the long overdue recognition of the diverse art of a continent. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Beyond Frieze New York: the top events outside the tent
Our pick of the best satellites, from African offerings at 1-54 fair to Tefaf's focus on Modern and contemporary art
Can Marrakech's 1-54 art fair step into the breach of city's cancelled biennial?
New fair brings contemporary African art home, but jury is out as to whether a commercial event can replace a public exhibition
Marrakech museum boosts Africa’s burgeoning art scene
Macaal’s international launch coincides with city’s first 1-54 Contemporary African Art fair
Marrakech bids to become hub for contemporary African art as museum plans relaunch alongside 1:54 fair
Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden will hold “international opening” in February
1:54 fair in London turns its gaze to North Africa
Contemporary African art fair welcomes unprecedented numbers of galleries from the region ahead of Marrakech launch