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In 1948, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré had a vision that led him to invent a new writing system. The Museum of Modern Art explores his more than 1,000 drawings. By Jason Farago African art has had a ...
The new High Museum of Art exhibition “Ezrom Legae: Beasts” shines a light on the South African artist who addressed apartheid's institutionalized racism.
One hundred drawings by Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle of 100 missing African American women simultaneously startle and beguile. Their subject represents the tip of a statistical iceberg of almost ...
This week, Spotlight on Africa takes us to Marrakech, Morocco. RFI English was on the ground to cover the Moroccan edition of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which first launched in London ...
Trove of African Modernist Masterpieces Spent Decades Hidden in Rural Scotland A two-year research project identified 12 overlooked paintings, drawings and prints by pioneering 20th-century artists ...
About the National Museum of African Art. The National Museum of African Art is the nation’s premier museum dedicated exclusively to the collection, conservation, study and exhibition of Africa’s ...
The fair’s title refers the 54 countries on the African continent. That moniker alludes to the event’s educational mission. “A common misconception is that African art is invariable or uniform.
African-American architect Julian Abele’s drawings tell the story of Duke University ... He is the author of “Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand (Routledge: ...
For the 14th annual Art and Architecture History Capstone course, students worked with staff of the Art Museum to develop the original exhibition Art & Exchange: African Textiles in the Global ...