A Companion to Modern African Art (Blackwell Companions to Art History) offers a comprehensive exploration of African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Edited by Gitti Salami, this volume features essays by prominent African, European, and North American authors who provide in-depth analyses of individual artists’ works as well as broader thematic discussions on technological discoveries and globalization’s impact on artistic expression.

As a pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across Africa, the book includes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based material. It presents new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity and Modernism, addressing a widely acknowledged gap in the literature on African Art.