In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg ...

Reviewed by Elsbeth Court in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) 56 (2) 1993, pages 428-429. (VF--Artists--General). Reviewed by Monni Adams in International journa; of ...

At a time when the political climate is affecting the arts, a Georgia museum celebrates West and Central African art.

Erika Witt had been up until 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, making sure that every ceremonial mask, every piece of fragile pottery and every carved wooden figure was perfectly in place. The Southern University ...

Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University Ekpuk’s work challenges popular ...

A new theory credits medieval Catalan art as Picasso’s inspiration for the iconic "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," but art historians are pushing back. Two people view Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Atlanta art lovers may be surprised that the High Museum of Art is hosting the artwork of ancient Nubia because it has seldom presented exhibitions that ...

Stealing from the rich to give to the poor is arguably pretty awesome — but stealing from colonial museums to put money back in the pockets of African artists is, somehow, even cooler. Billing itself ...

The art is the first ancient pictorial art, which depicts images of nature with human-like and animal-like figures, to be found in Madagascar. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Call it history in motion. When the city’s African American Heritage Trail is relaunched later this year, tours will be offered on a shuttle bus that will not only be manned by a knowledgeable guide ...

The exhibit will be coming to Idaho Falls soon, where she hopes to eventually open an African-American cultural arts center.