Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford faces challenges because African culture too often has been overlooked or denigrated, if not stolen, in a European-centric environment and his museum's attendance is ...

Last week, the New Orleans Museum of Art trumpeted the hiring of a new curator to oversee the 112-year-old institution’s trove of traditional art from various African cultures.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will showcase works by sculptor and printmaker Bruce Onobrakpeya, considered one the fathers of postcolonial Nigerian modernism. On view June 21 ...

Chances are that when you think of the term “African art” what comes to mind are figures and face masks carved out of wood. Right? Well, you're not wrong. Most sub- Saharan art fits that ...

The New Orleans Museum of Art is facing sharp criticism for hiring a white woman to become its new Francoise Billion Curator of African Art rather than hiring a Black person. The museum announced ...

A new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum looks at African masks as a form of performance art and social commentary.

Laolu Senbanjo has worked with celebrities such as Beyoncé, Lupita Nyong’o and Serena Williams. Now the artist is turning his attention to malaria, creating a visual language called “The ...

Seattle Art Museum’s new exhibition, “Disguise: Masks & Global African Art,” reinvigorates historical masks from the museum’s collection by showing them with contemporary work by 24 ...