‘Things are changing and it’s optimistic’: a celebration of contemporary African art

Three Black artists, African and African American, explore common lineage and traditions“Oftentimes, we have to poke history, like ‘You are sleeping. What is going on? Wake! Wake up!’” said Victor Ehikhamenor, a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist, to the Guardian. Related: ‘Cultural appropriation is a two-way thing’: Yinka Shonibare on Picasso, masks and the fashion for black artists RetroAfrica: Do This In Memory of Us is showing at the Lehmann Maupin until 17