African masks are emblematic, often representing ancestors, spirits, or deities. They play a pivotal role in various rituals ...

Curators and museum officials collaborated with the men who made the spectacular masquerades. "We thought, ‘Let's work with ...

The Mint Museum Randolph’s African art galleries are open again after closing for an extensive, multi-year renovation. The ...

Artistic Innovations and Collaborations' presents the work of four artists who create ensembles for masquerading societies in ...

Visitors will marvel at the vividness of the royal drapes with the emblems of the kings of Dahomey (today Benin) and see the ...

On view at the New Orleans Museum of Art from April 4 through August 10, the exhibition will then embark on parallel tours to venues in North America and Africa.

Included also are traditional African masks and objects, large and small, that have never been exhibited before. Spanning five centuries and representing some 75 peoples and 20 countries ...

Tempest Rising plays like a C&C game with the serial number filed off, and it does a fairly good job of scratching the itch ...

Until recently, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo’s programming has been tightly packed and spatially constrained.

With the global medical tourism market valued at over $100 billion, Africa has a unique opportunity to position itself as a leading destination for geothermal-based healing tourism. Countries that ...

Now Maina and the South African artist and cultural ... not for the return of the Bamendou Tukah Mask, regarded as "the material representation of traditional power," which was taken under ...