This rising painter reimagines Renaissance art in a cocoa plantation in Cameroon

Cameroonian painter Marc Padeu says that being an African artist means "being the heir to an extraordinarily rich history." Courtesy of Larkin Durey / Marc Padeu, a painter from Cameroon, has a new show at the London galleryLondon gallery Larkin Durey. What does it mean to be a Cameroonian artist — an African artist — in 2026? Copyright The Artist / Courtesy Larkin Durey / Courtesy Larkin Durey "Memento vivere" — remember to live — by Marc Padeu. Copyright The Artist / Courtesy Larkin Durey / Courtesy Larkin Durey "La promesse et l'agneau" — the promise of the sheep — by Marc Padeu.