Lynch Fragments, a series of abstract steel sculptures he created starting in 1963, evoked the long, devastating history of ...

African wooden sculptures are famous for their exquisite craftsmanship. Artisans use traditional tools and techniques passed ...

Kimbell Art Museum is growing its collection of African sculptures with two new acquisitions from one of the largest private collections in the world. The Fort Worth museum acquired “Reliquary ...

Choosing the right materials is essential for crafting authentic African brass sculptures. Artisans usually use high-quality ...

History is often taught as if serious art followed a single European arc—from classical Greek sculpture to Renaissance realism to modern museums—while Africa appears late, peripheral, or confined to ...

THE sculpture which has been produced by the natives of Western and Central Africa has existed for ages, but its proper appreciation by us can be dated from the turn of this century. Although the’ ...

Manny Beckles has a passion for collecting sculptures, but not just any sculptures – his expertise and interest lies in Shona sculptures and the rich history and contemporary cultural influence that ...

Maître du dos camber (Master of the Arched Back), “Tugubélé pair of Figurines from the Côte d’Ivoire/Senoufo Territory” (circa 1920) H. 17 cm, Private Collection (© Photo by Rainer Wolfsberger, Museum ...

Hailing from Dakar, Senegal, contemporary artist Soly Cissé maintains a practice unrestricted by disciplinary boundaries. Working across painting, sculpture, drawing, and assemblage, the context and ...

For Pablo Picasso and other 20th-century European masters, African art was a revelation—innovative, sophisticated and to their eyes strikingly modern. They insisted that the continent’s creative ...

New forms of artistic expression abound in Africa, but remain overshadowed by "traditional" genres or are ignored by scholars. New sculptural forms have emerged more slowly than painting and have been ...