When I moved to Iowa City 25 years ago, one of the first things I did to familiarize myself with my new surroundings was ...

Note: Digital press kit is available through Dropbox. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will showcase works by sculptor and printmaker Bruce Onobrakpeya, considered one the fathers of ...

Heritage is both natural and cultural. The removal of Tanzania’s great Brachiosaurus skeleton and the extraction of ritual ...

“New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations,” New Orleans Museum of Art and Yale University Press, 264 pages. The New Orleans Museum of Art’s New African Masquerades exhibition, ...

After more than five years in development, Nigeria's glitzy Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City was set to host ...

Tameka Ellington is the guest curator of "RETOLD: African American Art and Folklore" at the Akron Art Museum. The exhibit features 74 works by 45 African American artists from across the country. When ...

NEWTONVILLE, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Ralph Hunter, Sr. opened the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey in 2002, with a mission in mind. "To let folks know the contributions that ...

Several years ago, the International African American Museum began to refine its plans for the exhibits it was developing. At the recommendation of its first full-time curator, Joy Bivins, the ...

The entrance to the African art galleries at the Mint Museum Randolph. The Mint Museum Randolph’s African art galleries are open again after closing for an extensive, multiyear renovation. The ...

“Our primary goal is simply, ‘Look closely, see further,’” said Kevin Dumouchelle, exhibit co-curator, during the press preview for the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art’s upcoming exhibit, ...