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

In recent years, the Getty has rolled out multiple initiatives aimed at strengthening and preserving L.A.'s Black heritage, ...

Sculpture is another major form of traditional African art, with wood as its most popular medium. The Yoruba people of ...

AFA copy 39088019753334 gift from Janet Stanley. "What do we have in mind when we talk about African art? This book examines the shifting answers to that question. Fluidly written, it is the first ...

Johannesburg — Much of Africa's cultural treasure was looted during colonial times and has remained in museums and private collections in Europe and North America ever since. For the last few decades, ...

African art forms are steeped in history and cultural significance. However, with the onslaught of modernization and ...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing African art to Philly. The plan is for the art to stay permanently. Imani Roach, curator for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Brind Center for African and ...

Missouri Southern State University kicked off its themed international semester this week with “The Art of West Africa — Select Works from the MSSU African Art Collection.” The exhibit runs through ...

For the 14th annual Art and Architecture History Capstone course, students worked with staff of the Art Museum to develop the original exhibition Art & Exchange: African Textiles in the Global ...

For our Best of Dallas 2025 issue, celebrating banned books, we spoke with some of the players in Dallas’ book world, including Akwete Tyehimba from Pan-African Connection. Check back for our ...

African American quilts, long overlooked in U.S. archives, are being preserved in partnership with BAMPFA, honoring Bay Area families and their quilting legacies.

Introduction -- Forming a field: colonial collecting, racial omissions, and national rivalries -- Celebrating form: from primitive to primitivism -- Creating visibility and value: photography and its ...