This is the first comprehensive exhibition that addresses the interaction between African art and the communicative power of graphic systems, language, and the written word. Approximately 90 works ...

And there's a reason for that: Tracing the linguistic path of mmhmm, and many other words commonly used today, from West Africa to the U.S. South is difficult, is riddled with controversy — and ...

Dear Ron DeSantis: African blacksmiths would like a word King Munza, of the Mangbetu ethnicity, wields a scepter in an engraving by J.D. Cooper, published by Georg Schweinfurth in 1874. (Don Cole ...

Africa has been through a lot and displayed a lot of resilience. Still is. Art is the gateway to healing and restoration, post-COVID 19, and our looming economic and climate change issues.

Hart Plaza Park will be filled with live performances, spoken word, and cultural showcases as the Detroit African World Festival returns this weekend.

Preserving dioramas of African American history 06:40. Look closely at this three-dimensional scene, featuring a pair of exuberant dancers. "You've been enslaved for 250 years, and now you're free ...

Collectors flock to fairs such as the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which features works by artists from Africa and the diaspora at events in London, Paris, and New York.

Explore history, themes, and heritage of African American art. Explore history, themes, and heritage of African American art. Series sponsored by Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP. Funded in part ...

Somehow Africa has to share its art with the rest of the world. But Macron said “restitution,” and restitution has a meaning. So the authors said, we will be sticking to that word.

Lauren Tate Baeza, the new curator of African art at the High Museum and the first, full-time curator of color in the museum's history, selects the fi.

Gerri McCritty said she honors Black art and its power to educate and inspire. The 65-year-old native of Liberia features African and Afrocentric artwork at PAVAA Gallery, the 632 N. Christian St ...