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The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) is organizing the exhibition, "Artists in Dialogue: Sandile Zulu and Henrique Oliveira," as the seco...

The East Africa Art Biennale association is now preparing the fifth edition of the “East Africa Art Biennale - EASTAFAB 2011”. For the first time since it...

African Textiles from the Norma Canelas and William D. Roth Collection The ninth in a series of exhibitions drawn from the Norma Canelas and William D. Ro...

The British Museum acquired 11 wall-paintings from the tomb-chapel of a wealthy Egyptian official called Nebamun in the 1820s. Dating from about 1350 BC, the...

A collection of contemporary visual arts and sculpture, including works by Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, Hamed Saeed, Hassan Soliman, Mohie-Eldin Hussein, and others

Our ARchiTecture (art+architecture) Residency Programme in the Ashanti Region of Ghana welcomes artistic persons in the fields of architecture, engineering a...

This ambitious exhibition of African art objects drawn from the UMFA’s permanent collection centers on themes of the spirit world and afterlife. Africa: Arts...

African art has been an integral part of the Neuberger Museum of Art since it opened in 1974. In 1999, the collection almost doubled in size with the major g...

The Ethnic Gallery celebrates art from around the world. This gallery features works from the Oceanic Islands, Haiti, Central and South America, Africa, and ...

Large-scale sculpture was an important feature of the great temples and tombs of ancient Egypt and was believed to be imbued with powerful spiritual qualitie...

Ancient Nubia, the Nile Valley upstream of the First Cataract, now straddles the border between Egypt and Sudan. Rich and vibrant cultures developed in this ...

The collection of the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) embraces the diverse artistic expressions found throughout Africa, from ancient to contemporary ...

They waddle comically on land but swim gracefully in the water, all while dressed semi-formally in black-and-white attire. They’re found in surprising pla...

Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA) plays an active role in encouraging open, informed dialogue on issues of importance in East Africa. Through a...

On exhibit from July 1 will be amazing fish and reptiles from the Nile River, Red Sea, lakes of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, and the remarkable ecosystem of M...

This exhibition displays the Reaya El-Nimr ethnic jewelry and costume collection alongside the folk-inspired paintings of her husband, the artist and designe...

The beauty and richness of Africa's pottery resonates through the traditional and modern ceramic works of art collected by the National Museum of African Art...

The majority of the objects the Tishmans collected are from west and central Africa, reflecting the collecting practices of their time. Looking at the collec...

About 2686 BC – AD 395 Death and the afterlife held particular significance and meaning for the ancient Egyptians. Complex funeral preparations and rites ...

The diverse cultural life of Africa has been expressed through everyday objects and unique works of art since ancient times. The Museum’s collection of over ...