WHAT: Bloomington Early Music Festival tries something new this year: "Early Music in the African Diaspora," a weeklong event, including activities and concerts, some include pre-concert discussions.

Survey of early African art objects in collections in Austria, Bohemia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Low Countries, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and ...

Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor.

However, High Museum curator of African art Lauren Tate Baeza has selected pieces from a larger Boston exhibit in 2020 to create “Ancient Nubia: Art of the 25th Dynasty From the Collection of ...

Object Details Author Geary, Christraud M Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Subject Swainson, John H Photograph collections Ovonramwen King of Benin -1914 Punch, Cyril Photograph ...

Published: December 12, 2023 4:10am EST Victor Ekpuk is an internationally renowned Nigerian artist known for his artwork inspired by ancient African writing and graphic writing systems.

“Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876 — Now,” an unusual and audacious exhibition opening Sunday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, spotlights a propensity in American ...

The dominant perception of early photography from West Africa is that it was taken through a colonizing lens. Of Europeans in the mid-19th century spreading through the arteries of the region, new ...

Critical infrastructure upgrades including HVAC improvements are scheduled during the closure, which will last through early ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will relocate and reopen its African American art galleries in October 2025. The new galleries will be centrally located near the Rivera Court, showcasing 50 ...