Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Anyone who has visited the choice collection at the Kimbell Art Museum in ...

Ife sculptures occupy a place of pride among other Nigerian objects in national exhibitions and those that are taken out for international exhibitions. They represent and are also used as emblems ...

the first stop in a U.S. tour of rare art works from Nigeria's Ife region. The exhibition is called Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria and features many objects that museum visitors ...

About half way through the British Museum’s astounding 'Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa’ we come across two small freestanding terracotta heads, each representing a victim of human ...

Lying 135 miles northeast of the Nigerian city Lagos, Ife was where archaeologists uncovered a series of sculptures that revealed a rich yet overlooked history of Yoruba culture to the world.

The sculptures of Ife exploded European notions of the history of art, and they forced Europeans to rethink Africa's place in the cultural history of the world. Today they play a key part in how ...

the Belgian authorities held an auction of confiscated art items. Among the lots was the Ife head. It was bought by a local antiques dealer, for the princely sum of €200 ($210; £170), plus 20% tax.

Come Sunday 3rd of December to Saturday 9th of December, 2023, arts lovers and the alumni of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) from Arts Department will showcase 50 Art works in a celebration of ...