Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known …
From his tiny studio in Lagos, 28-year-old artist Julius Agbaje is challenging Nigeria’s institutions to fight social injustices. His image, …
Olaudah Equiano (c.1745–March 31, 1797), was a writer and abolitionist from the Eboe (Igbo) region of what is today South-Eastern …
Two Benin Bronzes which the Church of England intend to return to Africa / Lambeth Palace The Church of England …
Egyptian archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of a lost city that dates back more than 3,400 years to the …
Another UK museum has considered restitution of objects in its collection seized from Benin City. In a new policy document, …
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization has been fully opened to the public. The facility was opened just a day …
The New York institution is looking to raise $25,000 to fund future series, and children who visit will have a …
Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only woman pharaoh, began the journey along with 21 others to their new resting place: the country’s …
Crowds of curious Egyptians are expected to line the streets to witness an historic procession of their country’s ancient rulers …
Goulfey, a town located about fifty kilometers from Kousseri in the northern region of Cameroon, is experiencing a new captivating …
The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize—the first ever dedicated award for female African artists living and working in Africa—launches in Accra, …
A Moroccan artist is drawing attention on the #MeToo campaign using comic art. Quite a number of students and professionals …
The University of Aberdeen says it will return a Benin Bronze to Nigeria within weeks, the first institution to do …
An artwork created from the world’s largest canvas painting has sold for $US62 million ($81 million) in Dubai, the second …
A Banksy painting showing a young boy playing with a toy nurse as a superhero rather than Batman or Spider-Man …
A young man has caught the attention of many on social media after making a piece that reflected the life …
A supersized portrait of Hubert de Givenchy has gone up in Paris’ Marais district, three years after the designer’s passing. …
The statue, unveiled to coincide with Women’s History Month, is dedicated to the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, …
A painting by Suffolk singer Ed Sheeran has raised £67,000 for a cancer charity after a month-long raffle. Sheeran, of …
An artwork in the style of Banksy stunned passers-by who spotted it on an underpass in Winchester. The mural – …
The buyer of a US$70 million digital-only artwork was named by auction house Christie’s as a crypto asset investor who …
The dramatic resignation of Zimbabwe’s Vice President Kembo Mohadi after he was embroiled in a sex scandal has exposed fissures …
Curator Allison Glenn knew “it felt right” to take on an exhibition at Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Ky., honoring …
The charity helps to brighten the lives of seriously ill children across the UK by granting their wishes and providing …
This impressive tower is set to be the largest piece of art ever created. The Clothespin Tower, designed by famous …
Tennants of Leyburn is holding ‘A Yorkshire View Sale’ which includes a view of Scarborough looking towards the castle which …
One of the last remaining paintings by Norfolk artist Gwyneth Johnstone has sold for more than any of her works …
A painting by former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, which was owned by Angelina Jolie, has sold for £7m …
Jan Matejko epic ‘Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God,’ is to go on display at the National Gallery in London …
A piece of graffiti possibly painted by Banksy has appeared overnight on the side of Reading Prison. In the early …
Ancient artwork adorning the walls of an Egyptian prince’s tomb has revealed an extinct type of goose. A bird unknown …
Radiocarbon dating has determined Australia’s oldest known rock art was painted 17,000 years ago. Australia’s oldest known rock shelter painting …
His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and Princess Ronke Ademiluyi, founder of Africa Fashion Week …
Dating from around 1636, An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning was in the …
Despite the brilliant colors, it may be the Blackest installation ever to grace the John Michael Kohler Art Center’s white …
An online exhibition has opened at a museum featuring work inspired by an artist’s passion for steam railways. Head of …
A 1943 landscape painted by Winston Churchill and which the wartime British prime minister gifted to U.S. President Franklin D. …
An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of Footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland’s capital of Helsinki. Under …
Cascadia Art Museum is reopening with a new exhibition ‘The Sculpture of Charles W. Smith’. Originally from Woodside, N.Y., Smith …
The bold and colourful paintings of pioneering Swedish abstract artist Hilma af Klint will be displayed in an acclaimed exhibition …
Despite an agreement with the UN to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access, very little aid and very few relief workers have …
The work is the second most expensive old master painting ever sold at auction, writes Des O’Sullivan THE times are …
The rusting hulks of thousands of old cars brought into Gaza from Israel decades ago have long been piled up …
Angelina Jolie has just put the painting “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” up for sale. This painting has particular historical …
Following his print collaboration with Moosey Art, Roby Dwi Antono is set to unveil new surrealist portraits as part of …
The NOK culture is an early Iron Age population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of NOK …
Jason Moran (Houston, TX, 1975) is a Jazz pianist, composer, and artist. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010 …
