Revue Noire is a specialist publisher of books and web material relating to African contemporary art and culture, based in France.
Revue Noire was created in 1991 in Paris with the objective of demonstrating that "there is art in Africa".
[2] The magazine was founded by Jean Loup Pivin, Simon Njami, Bruno Tilliette and Pascal Martin Saint Léon; over time the editorial board has also included Pierre Gaudibert, Jacques Soulillou, André Magnin (only for the first issue), Francisco d'Almeida, Everlyn Nicodemus, N'Goné Fall (editor assistant in 1994 and chief editor in 1999), Clémentine Deliss, Etienne Féau and Isabelle Boni-Claverie.
In 2001 Revue Noire was continued as a publishing house and online magazine, but it stopped its paper quarterly publication.
Some issues of the magazine include music CDs, exhibitions and events.