Sophie Ong is the coordinating curator of “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” at the Toledo Museum of Art. Courtesy Toledo Museum of Art What’s the origin story of this exhibition? Why Ethiopia? Why now? The ...
The Walters Art Museum opened their latest art exhibit “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” to the public on Dec. 3. The exhibit has 1,750 years worth of Ethiopian art, antiques and artifacts that display the ...
correctionAn earlier version of this article incorrectly said the Byzantine Empire, Armenia, Coptic Egypt and Ethiopia all shared a common Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The last three churches are ...
Deep thinking. Given the luxury of time to think–surrounded by the world’s greatest artwork–museum curators find linkages between people and places not readily apparent. Ways of seeing the world ...
The Axumite Cross is an important artifact from Ethiopia's ancient Axumite Empire. This cross is characterized by its unique ...
"The essays which comprise this volume are based on the proceedings of the Second International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art which took place in September 1990 at the Palace of Nieborów ...
BALTIMORE, Maryland — Dark-eyed saints and apostles parade across a long stitched goatskin in robes of red, yellow, green, and blue. These holy figures are paired in conversation across accordion ...
AFA copy 39088020442034 is a gift from Janet Stanley. Ethiopia and the Art of Cross-Cultural Exchange / Christine Sciacca -- A brief history of Ethiopia / Michael Gervers -- A glossary of the liturgy ...
Elizabeth Giorgis, a scholar who left her banking job to study African modernism and Ethiopian art history, and went on to become one of the preeminent experts in her field, died on March 16 in ...