In the 15th century painting “Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Rialto Bridge,” a Black gondolier calmly rows his ...

Peter Probst helps the reader understand how Africanists have continuously filled the notion of African art with new meanings and why these shifts manifest wider societal transformations. The book ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will release the catalog to its landmark, award-winning, multi-platform project “Heroes: Principles of African Greatness” Sept. 3. Initiated and led by ...

The appointment of Bénédicte Savoy underscores France’s changing views on the issue of returning artifacts that were wrongly ...

Western museums hold countless African artifacts looted during colonial times, and while some are finally coming home, it's an uphill battle.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing African art to Philly. The plan is for the art to stay permanently.

Morton, an associate professor of art history, recently curated the reinstallation of African art at the Snite Museum of the University of Notre Dame. During her visit, she will provide her ...

The Fowler is uncovering the particular histories of African art. Running until Nov. 13, the Fowler Museum will be presenting “Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts.” The ...

A gift of 300 pieces of African art will seed the new Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art.

A new theory is challenging the long-held belief that Picasso's groundbreaking "Demoiselles d'Avignon" was inspired by African art.

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 has sparked outrage over its decision to hire a white woman as its new curator of African art — citing her “breadth of experience” in the field — rather than ...