Bruce Onobrakpeya, The Last Supper Tate Modern’s “Nigerian Modernism” aims to disrupt the way we think of art history—not only in Afr ...

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 ...

The Fowler is uncovering the particular histories of African art. Running until Nov. 13, the Fowler Museum will be presenting “Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts.” The exhibit ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Dealer Ivy Jones is seeking institutional attention for 81-year-old artist Helen Evans Ramsaran, who makes bronze sculpture inspired by African art history. Helen Evans Ramsaran. Photo by Grace ...

The Art and Craft Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, started in 1961, and situated at the historical Rorke's Drift, Natal, occupies a special place in South African art history. At one stage ...

The vision behind this new cultural space comes from an Ethiopian aunt–niece duo, Selamawit Alene and Dorina De Vita, whose ...

The New Orleans Museum of Art has sparked outrage over its decision to hire a white woman as its new curator of African art — citing her “breadth of experience” in the field — rather than a person of ...