The vision behind this new cultural space comes from an Ethiopian aunt–niece duo, Selamawit Alene and Dorina De Vita, whose ...
The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, designed to elevate the work of contemporary African artists, has found its latest artist to thrust into the spotlight. Inspired by Moroccan architecture and ...
For Abidjan-based artist Saint-Étienne Yéanzi, the continent’s social and political reality has sparked a creative evolution for contemporary African artists, he says, giving them confidence to work ...
A new exhibition, “Deep Roots, New Shoots: Modern and Contemporary African Art from the KAM Collection,” will open at the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum on Friday, Jan. 12, and run through Saturday ...
With its brilliant reddish-orange blossoms evoking its namesake flower, the African tulip tree is one of the most striking and widely recognized ornamentals in Costa Rica’s warmer regions. Known ...
How do I describe my cultural identity: African American or American African? As someone grew up in a Congolese family in Nashville, Tennessee, this is a question I often asked myself. Despite being ...
A new theory credits medieval Catalan art as Picasso’s inspiration for the iconic "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," but art historians are pushing back. Two people view Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles ...