The 88-year-old South African artist is the subject of a solo stand with The Melrose Gallery at the Somerset House fair, while a site-specific mural goes on show outside the Serpentine North

Objects from the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum are on loan to the Asante king, while the Fowler Museum has transferred ownership of seven items

Despite currency collapse of Nigeria's naira and a weakened South African rand, the category performed better than the overall market

Four new museums across the country are planned over the next five years and a new cultural quarter is under construction in the biggest city, Cotonou

The Balot sculpture will be in the Democratic Republic of Congo for six months, while a video of it shows simultaneously at the Venice Biennale

The court-ordered sale of objects that had been stored for years at the expense of taxpayers in Houston was called off the night before

The Louisiana institution's Wangechi Mutu exhibition gives students a new perspective on African American studies

The auction next month will include 100 pieces acquired by Josef Müller and his family

The gallerists aim to break down the white cube model and make the art world more accessible through their new roving venture

Glasgow's Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery is presenting highlights from its collection alongside work by contemporary artists

An exhibition at the Walters Art Museum spanning two millennia looks to open our eyes to the splendour of an intercontinental cultural hub

Famous and emerging artists from the country feature at both the contemporary African art fair, with a record number of exhibitors this year, and at Frieze Masters

Amoako Boafo and other African art stars were flying the flag for the next generation of talent at Accra Cultural Week

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from William Hogarth to the "total artwork" of opera

The Ubuntu Garden has turned a disused lot into a monument to beloved Brooklynites

Thirteen artists have been commissioned by the musician to make works corresponding to singles on his new record

South London Gallery in Peckham (aka Little Lagos) will show work of 13 artists including Yinka Shonibare, bringing to light the shared cultures of the two places

The museum is facing heated critique on social media over the appointment of Amanda Maples, a white woman, to oversee its African art collection

Plus, the Liverpool Biennial, and Basquiat in Basel with Jeffrey Deitch

Twenty-six stands span the four floors at the fair’s new Harlem space

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair opens largest ever US edition and adds concurrent exhibition of artists with Caribbean roots

Strauss & Co is launching a new sale format with the aim of fostering a more inclusive African art market

The Art Newspaper’s books editor Jacqueline Riding selects spring and summer publications to look out for, from the Surrealism of Leonora Carrington to 100 years of Black figuration

Dot.ateliers resembles the types of cultural spaces the Ghanaian artist says he wishes existed when he was younger

Comparing the homegrown Art X Lagos to more global events like 1-54 brings up tough questions about race that the art world still struggles to answer

Plus, how long left of the good times in the New York auction world? And abstract Black figuration

The 16th-century mask was withdrawn from sale at Sotheby’s over a decade ago amid escalating calls for restitution

The curator has brought together the work of 50 artists from across the continent for his new book African Art Now

Plus, a bovine Lalanne sculpture and a pair of Chinese vases

As auction sales soar, 14 galleries are showing at this year’s contemporary African art fair for the first time