Wooden wildebeest, gorillas, and giraffes are among the lifesize wooden animals The Herds project is heading through 10 ...

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...

Over the past 20 years, the Nigerian-born Nkanga, 50, has explored the idea of rock, and by extension the land that sheds it, ...

The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to the ...

African treasures kept at the Haifa Museums warehouses form the basis of Africa Calling (curated by Dorit Shafir and Meir Itkin), a new exhibition at the northern city’s art museum. “Our ...

Sarah Ndagire is the founder of nonprofit Afriwell Hub. Contributed Sarah Ndagire has lived in several places around the globe, moving to the U.S. in 2023 and to the Dubuque area last August.

This practice served as a culturally significant commemoration of African ancestors until colonialism disrupted the art form. As with the many things it disrupted, and demonized, in most parts of ...

“But art and culture is everything.” T.K. Smith, a historian of African art based in Georgia, said it was “painful” to see the government target the museum and similar institution ...

Chief Nike Okundaye, founder of the world-renowned Nike Art Gallery in Lagos, was honored for her groundbreaking influence on African visual art and her work in preserving traditional craft ...

Attend Vineyard Haven library’s eighth and penultimate lecture in a nine-month virtual series on African art. This month’s topic is “Likeness and Beyond: Portraiture in Iconic African Art.” ...

Art.See.Africa — an art lover's guide A journey to the creative hot spots of the African continent: Last stop: Nairobi. Culture 12/07/2024 December 7, 2024 26:04 min ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 7 — They are often disparaged as ugly, sly and cruel scavengers but for South African artist Hannelie Coetzee ... hyenas is part of a wider project of “eco-queer” art that focuses ...