Kimbell Art Museum is growing its collection of African sculptures with two new acquisitions from one of the largest private collections in the world. The Fort Worth museum acquired “Reliquary ...

Glossary -- Map of Nigeria -- The ancient arts -- Nigeria's share of Africas' past -- How African art came to Europe -- The antiquity of painting in Africa -- The oldest African sculpture -- The ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — James Delaney wants his public art in South Africa's biggest city to be more than a magnet for selfies and a delight for children. He's determined to have the vibrant metal ...

Ugandan lesbian sculptor Leilah Babirye's totems and masks speak for and about LGBTQ Ugandans' and Africans' experiences. The works have been sought after by art collectors and featured in public art ...

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 ...

Maître du dos camber (Master of the Arched Back), “Tugubélé pair of Figurines from the Côte d’Ivoire/Senoufo Territory” (circa 1920) H. 17 cm, Private Collection (© Photo by Rainer Wolfsberger, Museum ...

The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art opened in late October 2014 in Cambridge, Mass., its exterior walls serving as both real and metaphoric grounding for the Hutchins ...

High Museum exhibit ‘Ezrom Legae: Beasts’ brings overdue attention to accomplished illustrator and sculptor. Ezrom Legae is the subject of a High Museum of Art exhibition, "Beasts," focused on animal ...

A new sculpture honoring West African culture was unveiled at the Dreamers Garden in Gainesville. The wrought iron sculpture, titled "NOMMO," was created by artist and blacksmith Yaw Owusu Shangofemi.

Pride and Belonging in African Art," at the National Museum of African Art, the Smithsonian's first major show of African LGBTQ+ artists.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Melvin Edwards, a sculptor who transformed welded steel into powerful meditations on African American resistance ...

For centuries the prized sculptures, central to national identity, have been kept outside Zimbabwe's borders.