Solange Mallett tours a visitor through African Plural Art, her newly opened African art gallery on Fillmore Street, and stops before two of her favorite objects in the calm, well-lit space. Both were ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masks of Ether, an NFT collection inspired by African tribal art, is launching its portfolio of 10,000 images on October 5th to bring more African voices to the blockchain ...

PATERSON, N.J. - Teens in New Jersey created artwork celebrating African American icons, and the masterpieces are now on display at Paterson City Hall. From clay sculptures and watercolor paintings to ...

From masks worn to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Hong Kong protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks during anti-China protests, 2020 is a time of masks. Yet in much of Africa, such face coverings masks ...

Essence: Survival Through Connection opened on Feb. 21 and continues through March 14 at the ShadowBoxX Gallery in downtown ...

Whether sequestered behind glass in a museum or sold to tourists along Fifth Avenue, the African mask is an image from the non-Western world that we are all familiar with. Yet walking though the ...

This year’s Frieze New York includes a few faces that will be unfamiliar to most contemporary art collectors. For its sixth edition, which opens to VIPs on Thursday, the fair has admitted tribal art ...

It seems no museum collection is complete without a few token African masks. Many of us have glimpsed them walking between exhibits, but few of us know what role they actually play to the many ...

Story by Anya Martin. Photos by Jenni Girtman. In 1985, while visiting an art school in Dakar, Senegal, Jean-Patrick Guichard was captivated by the work of young artist Cheikh Tidiane Kéïta. As a ...

SOUTH ORANGE — You're not quite sure what to make of the place when you walk through the door. First there’s the giant Sphinx staring at you from the movie set of "Cleopatra" with Elizabeth Taylor.