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Artist Chris Friday creates lifelike but larger-than-life drawings and more in her first solo exhibit presented at Sarasota ...
A Shared Vision,’ created to expand on the theme of our Global open call, we spoke with Sarah Waiswa, founder of African Women in Photography (AWiP)—an organization and community that creates ...
South Africa delivered their best performance of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations to set up a quarterfinal vs. Senegal.
The Museum of West African Art, based in Benin City, Nigeria, announced Thursday that it will officially open its campus to ...
Independent art spaces are collectives of artists (and others ... one in three young people in the world will be of African origin and the continent will be largely urban. There can be a lack of ...
From the continent to continent, African face-painting art is colorful and meaningful. Each style has its own cultural significance, often employed in ceremonies, rituals, and celebrations. These ...
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will relocate and reopen its African American art galleries in October 2025. The new galleries will be centrally located near the Rivera Court, showcasing 50 ...
South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.
Queer African creatives have been making their mark around the world through a range of forms – books, films, fashion, art, music. Their work wins awards, sets trends and is studied by scholars.
The art historical narrative, traditionally skewed towards Western perspectives, has long undervalued African art, limiting its global visibility and appreciation.
The grand entrance to the exhibition “Project a Black Planet” at the Art Institute displays an African cultural pantheon created by Hale Aspacio Woodruff in 1952.
A new exhibit at the African American Museum of Dallas features Black artists from across the country who were selected among hundreds of entries for the Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art ...