Benin City underwent its most extensive archaeological dig to date in the lead up to the opening of MOWAA (Museum of West ...

African terracotta pottery has been a part of the continent's artistic heritage for centuries. Today, it is making a comeback as a key player in modern African art. The unique textures, forms, and ...

Ford Foundation Gallery has gathered the work of three generations of groundbreaking Black women artists in a masterclass in ...

Vessels of history : representing women artists and collecting African ceramics in Indiana -- Connections : cultural exchanges through ceramics -- Embodiment : clay and the body -- Notes on collecting ...

The Savannah African Art Museum is home to a collection of more than 1,000 pieces of artwork from West and Central Africa. The African art on display here includes a variety of 19th- and 20th-century ...

West African Ceramics Limited (WACL) plans to invest about N8 billion on the establishment of a state-of-art ceramic tile factory in Ogun State. Group Executive Director, West African Ceramics Limited ...

There’s a new book out about one of the most significant collections of African ceramics in the U.S. Form and Surface, released in 2023, comes from Allison Martino, the Laura and Raymond Wielgus ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- There's a special exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, but don't look for the bright hues of the French Impressionism the museum is famous for; the colors of these works are the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Kurumba live in northern Burkina ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, said David Drake, the artist, had been “deprived of his creations involuntarily and without ...

Sale of International Ceramic Art to Fund Local Shelter. More than 700 pieces of fine British and South African ceramic art to be sold in Tampa Bay. Proceeds to benefit the Spring DV Center.

With a world-class museum that is the biggest public art space to open on the continent for more than a century, annual art fairs in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and vibrant gallery scenes that have ...