Magdalene Odundo, also known as Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo, is a distinguished British and Kenyan artist renowned for her work in ceramics. Born in 1950 in Nairobi, Kenya, she currently ...

Kenyan environmentalist Elizabeth Wathuti was honoured with paintings on four large walls in Europe by an artist from Ukraine ...

Sheillah Sheldone Charles draws, models, and is a designer. And she's just nine years old. BBC Africa One Minute Stories went to meet her. Desperate residents have been fleeing floodwaters by ...

The political use of art in Kenya dates back to the pre-independence period, when oral poetry and traditional songs were used to preserve memory and critique colonial injustice.

Elkana Ong’esa, Kenya’s most applauded sculptor believes African art has a bigger place at home and around the world, even though his massive stone creations have been displayed across the ...

The museum hosted Women's Art History tours every Wednesday and Sunday during Women's History Month, highlighting often ...

Lydia Galavu, the Acting Art Curator at the National Museums of Kenya says the idea of exhibiting Kenyan art was to create awareness as Africa is lagging behind in terms of art investment.

Art Networks in Urban Kenya, that she “steered clear of the visual arts for several years because the contemporary visual art scene had become too political for my taste. I felt local artistes ...

The government now asserts it is committed to supporting and growing the creative sector as a driver of economic and social transformation.Principal Secretary for the State Department for Culture, the ...

If more is done in terms of marketing, Kisumu is likely to become one of the biggest hubs of art in Kenya,” says Santana. “People resonate with art here and there is a need to be more ...

In MutualArt’s artist press archive, Kenya Parry Josiah is featured in Kenya Parry Josiah’s Folk-Inspired Artworks Create a Joyful Space for Black Women, a piece from It’s Nice That in February 2023.