Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford faces challenges because African culture too often has been overlooked or denigrated, if not stolen, in a European-centric environment and his museum's attendance is ...

A major show of African art at the Kimbell reconsiders its cultural and religious significance. ... they tended to render faces not naturalistically but in somewhat abstracted and idealized forms.

The New Orleans Museum of Art is facing sharp criticism for hiring a white woman to become its new Francoise Billion Curator of African Art rather than hiring a Black person.

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.

Last week, the New Orleans Museum of Art trumpeted the hiring of a new curator to oversee the 112-year-old institution’s trove of traditional art from various African cultures.

The New Orleans Museum of Art (Noma) is facing significant backlash over the appointment of a white woman to be its new curator of African art. After making the announcement on 29 June, the museum ...

In many ways, The Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) — where I have recently been appointed curator, modern and contemporary — is emblematic of such a bright future.