Though Benin Empire ceased to exist on February 18, 1897 when it was vanquished by the punitive expedition of Great Benin, and the eventual deposition of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and his regime ...

Muziwandile Sibongiseni Gigaba, who goes by Muzi Gigaba, doesn't remember telephone wire art being considered as art when he was growing up in Kwa Zulu Natal. Nor was it prominent. Unlike pottery, ...

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

Big changes are coming to the Toledo Museum of Art, though nothing that should come as a surprise for those who’ve been ...

Hammonds House Museum, one of the earliest free-standing museums dedicated solely to the art of African-American and ...

I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.

By Kelly O’Donnell Artist Cedric Michael Cox returns to the Art Museum on Thursday, November 14, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., with a public presentation exploring the power of the visual arts to unlock ...

When British author Ekow Eshun felt what he called “a harsh time of unbridled racism” in his native London, he turned his ...

South Africa closed its side of the Lebombo border that it shares with Mozambique in the wake of the recent protests. South Africa uses the Maputo harbour in Mozambique for some of its exports and the ...

As a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Eleanor Nairne is very particular about how ... “A whole generation of West ...

With the unveiling of its eagerly anticipated Institute, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to nurturing creativity, preserving heritage, and fostering artistic innovation, the Museum of West ...

In a couple of days, the cultural landscape of the ancient Benin Kingdom will wear a new look with the formal opening of the ...