Today we are talking about art from Africa, more art in Orlando and a call for artists engaged in social issues, particularly climate change. The art from Africa comes courtesy of Charlene Edwards, a ...
It doesn’t sound as if they had to give her the hard sell. “This was a co-organization between ourselves and our colleagues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (in New York City),” says Dr. Kristen ...
A gift of 300 pieces of African art will seed the new Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art. File photo: Philadelphia Museum of Arts is opening a new department for African and African ...
African calligraphy artists are redefining modern art by blending traditional techniques with contemporary themes ...
On Saturday night at 7:30 p.m., the African Society of Georgetown will open the Lohrfink Auditorium doors to usher in the waiting Washington, D.C. community. At 8 p.m., performances will begin, ...
"I wanted to create a moment for Lagos on the global art calendar," says Tokini Peterside-Schwebig, the founder of Art X, sitting in a chic private booth within the fair. "A moment that brought the ...
African art is arguably the most diverse on earth — and this is where much of its value lies. It also remains the least represented. Africa boasts a kaleidoscope of culture and colour, and her people ...
The French like their African art to be traditional. Nobody uses that outmoded word “primitive” anymore. The term of choice these days is arts premiers: the first arts. Bowls, masks, finely carved ...
For the past decade, Fred Ebami has been blazing a trail for a style he calls “New Pop” – digital Pop Art through an African lens. The Franco-Cameroonian artist, aged 45, creates hopeful images ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art has announced “Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art,” opens Jan. 23–Aug. 23. Artists’ voices are central to this exhibition, which features works ...
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 ...
On a recent weekday morning, some two dozen smartly dressed art enthusiasts gathered at Tate Modern before its doors opened for a private tour of the expansive solo exhibition of South African visual ...