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Ghanaian visual artist Amoako Boafo utilizes his unique perspective on African identity to create remarkable portraits that ...
In her “Living2Portraits” work, expressionist artist Randiesia Fletcher tries to challenge common misconceptions about Pan-African faces. This especially applies to non-smiling expressions ...
Bold African faces stare directly at viewers. They are painted and mixed media portraits of people from Ghana’s capital, Accra, a sister city to Columbus since 2015. In the first Columbus Museum ...
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 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.
South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the collection, conservation, study and exhibition of Africa’s arts across time and media. The ...
At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month.
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Quilts have been around for centuries, and in black history, they have strong symbolism. “Anytime we can uplift the arts and show diverse voices and tell our American ...
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