A show focused on Ladi Kwali and other Black female potters is a revelation.

“ The Sankofa Exhibit: Embrace the Past, Forge the Future ,” a showcase of cultural Zimbabwean art, is being hosted by the student-led Sankofa Research Team and the Department of Anthropology and the ...

Erika Witt had been up until 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, making sure that every ceremonial mask, every piece of fragile pottery and every carved wooden figure was perfectly in place. The Southern University ...

Ngaire Blankenberg has been named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, effective July 6. A consultant for museums and cultural destinations around the world, Blankenberg ...

In Mossel Bay, Sheree Timm creates sustainable, handmade pottery that embraces imperfection and unique design.

Often disregarded in the world of fine arts, traditional crafts are at the heart of this year's Also Known as Africa (AKAA) art fair in Paris. For its tenth edition, the celebration of contemporary ...

Honey was the first sweetener used by humankind—and thanks to a new discovery, we now have proof that ancient people in sub-Saharan African were eating it as early as 3,500 years ago. Archaeologists ...

John K. Lapiana has been named director of the National Museum of African Art and Heran Sereke-Brhan has been named deputy director. Lapiana has served as interim director of the National Museum of ...

OWEGO (WBNG) -- Andrew Fitzsimmons is a local artist and art educator. After receiving his graphic design degree, Fitzsimmons quickly realized that was not what he wanted to do. Instead, he took a ...

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 a person of ...