For his career the year 1950 was quintessential.
n the year 1950, the collaboration with Italian-American gallery Catherine Viviano in New York was initiated. In 1952, he joined the Gruppo degli Otto, which also included Renato Birolli, Antonio Corpora, Mattia Moreni, Armando Pizzinatoi, Giuseppe Santomaso, Giulio Turcato, Ennio Morlotti, and Emilio Vedova. This group participated in documenta 1 in 1955 and documenta 2 in 1959 in Kassel, Germany.
Along with these artists, Afro participated in the 26th Biennale of Venice, where he was awarded a prize for his work, Villa Fleurent (1952). He also participated again in 1954 and 1956. In 1956, he won the award for the best Italian painter. In 1960, he won the Guggenheim Prize in New York with his work, L’isola del Giglio. Throughout this entire period, until his passing, Afro continued to exhibit his work, especially in Italy, the United States, and France.
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