AFA copy 39088020440632: Gift from Janet Stanley. "Art historian Suzanne Blier surveys over 150,000 years of African art, set against the changing history of the continent, customs and religions, ...

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 ...

History is often taught as if serious art followed a single European arc—from classical Greek sculpture to Renaissance realism to modern museums—while Africa appears late, peripheral, or confined to ...

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

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 ...

Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor. By Aruna D’Souza The artist Lorraine O’Grady once wrote of her ...

From the historic corridors of Egypt's ancient treasures to the contemporary galleries in South Africa, each museum showcases Africa's culture and evolving art scene. These museums not only house ...

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 ...

Is it theft to take back what was stolen? That question drives the new video game Relooted. The goal is to recover real ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

“The Cape Coast Castle Doors,” also known as “The Doors of No Return," or "The Black Doors of Tears," are one of the first things visitors see at the exhibit of The Kinsey African American Art & ...