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A museum within a museum: Meschac Gaba’s interactive show Museum of Contemporary African Art at the Tate in London.
AFRICAN ART

Triumph for African modernism

The seminal exhibition by Meschac Gaba at Tate Modern dispels ­notions that African art is about the traditional or ­ethnographic.

  • Jeremy Kuper
5 min read
Louvre tour: All the treasures of the world’s biggest museum at your fingertips. (Madelene Cronjé)
APPS

Art app? There’s a gallery for that

The world’s most famous galleries now offer phone and tablet apps to guide us through their collections.

  • Laura Barnett
6 min read
From Sudan to London: Post Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams by Ibrahim El-Salahi.
AFRICAN ART

It’s Africa’s turn at the Tate

Tate will reflect its new international focus through a two-year programme of activities focused on Africa, beginning on November 24.

  • Charlotte Higgins
3 min read
Continent curator: Elvira Dyangani Ose is leading the Tate Modern’s drive to acquire more African art.
JEREMY KUPER

London’s Tate Modern takes a new view of Africa

Although quite tight-lipped about the details, the gallery wants to create an inclusive history of art.

  • Jeremy Kuper
5 min read
DAMIEN HIRST

Damien Hirst donates pickled cow to Tate gallery

Multi-millionaire English artist Damien Hirst said on Thursday he was donating four major works to Britain’s Tate Gallery, including a sliced and pickled cow and calf. It is the…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read