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The sculptor’s new work is heavily influenced by black history and Afrofuturism
This unmissable exhibition lays bare how the seat of learning was shaped by the trade in captive human beings
From nine-tailed foxes to a creature modelled after her dog, Xa uses unusual animals to explore human society
Somerset House’s show presents historical works alongside new narratives created by 18 contemporary artists
A living installation at the Baltic Centre in Gateshead uses horticulture to send a political message while also offering solace
The Casablanca Trio forms the core of a richly fascinating but frustratingly arranged exhibition
Tehran gallery Dastan is showing quiet but uncompromising works at Frieze New York
The calligraphist turned abstractionist is using spray-paint to make works that reflect today’s realities
Excluded from the mainstream, resourceful artists made daring, powerful work with materials from coffee grounds to mud
The artist’s hand-drawn iPad animations interrogate great paintings in her immersive London show
A world-class archive assembled over 40 years is helping to improve knowledge of the continent’s moving image history
Her Golden Lion-winning work comes to the UK, full of primal sounds and social critique
At 81, the Brazilian is still finding ways to reimagine the Rio neighbourhood she calls home
In the artist’s first UK solo show, the figure of the domestic worker becomes a political symbol
The 89-year-old Sudanese artist reflects on an extraordinary career ahead of new work being shown at the 1-54 Fair in London
A powerful London show displays the pervasive impact of black creativity on British culture
His forthcoming retrospective at Tate is long overdue
Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath talk about reframing history — and why they don’t talk about ‘Arab art’
This year’s event in the Gulf Emirate invites artists to think outside the ‘echo chamber’
The artists’s encyclopaedic, multimedia work is receiving its first UK solo show
An exhibition in Doha shows how the creativity of millennia continues to inspire
All over the country, artists are making powerful work about the impact of decades of violence and isolation
Film-maker Wes Anderson and his wife Juman Malouf have assembled a curious, subversive collection of treasures
The Colombian artist talks about documenting her country’s turbulent history with a pop sensibility
The new Albukhary Foundation Gallery charts the culture of Islam with breathtaking scope
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