The Museum of East Texas is currently displaying African masks and artifacts on loan from the Michelson Museum of Art until April 15. Approximately a year and a half ago, MET executive director John ...

Baule mask Ivory Coast wood height: 43 in. (109 cm.) base by wood artist Kichizô Inagaki (1876–1951) (image courtesy Christie’s) Popularly known as the “Krugier-Picasso mask,” a 19th century West ...

As a young girl growing up in southeastern San Diego’s Shelltown neighborhood, Denise Rogers spent time flipping through the pages of Time and Life magazines her mother kept on their coffee table. At ...

But here at Tate Modern, her focus is African Modernism and Afro-Surrealism - movements she says are rarely spotlighted in ...

African masks in performance The spectacular masks of the Winiama people in the rural village of Ouri in Burkina Faso perform to reenact the encounters between the village ancestors and the spirits of ...

The colorful, floral vibes of Artechouse’s springtime cherry blossom exhibit will soon make way for Aṣẹ: Afro Frequencies, a summer installation designed to bring African culture and storytelling to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This mask represents a beautiful ...

Photographer Selim Harbi was drawn to West Africa for its culture and its handicrafts – specifically, its masks. When he visited the region in 2014, he spent time asking people all about the masks: ...

“The Language of Beauty in African Art” at the Kimbell Art Museum includes this headdress (detail view) from the Djitoumou region of Mali. Robert LaPrelle / Kimbell Art Museum FORT WORTH — The vast ...