Blogs about: African Art

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Art by Mark Nii Hylton

Christine Sine wrote 6 days ago: Ghanaian artist Mark Nii Hylton will have an art show here in Seattle at the Q cafe beginning July 3 … more »

Tags: Art, Life, Art, Life, Mark Nii Hylton, Q Cafe

The Scarlet Tree

espirit07 wrote 6 days ago: Digital painting of a woman gazing back at a scarlet tree that is life giving gazing back at life t … more »

Tags: Haiku, Sacred People, African Woman, autumn, Contemporary Art, Digital Art, Digital Painting, Genece Hamby, Haiku

Senufo group and the secret society: Poro

myafrikart wrote 6 days ago: The Senufo live in Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. “Senufo” means “ the ones who s … more »

Tags: Ebay, Ivory Coast, tradition, Côte d'Ivoire, My Afrik'Art, African Tradition, senoufo, senufo, Poro

Guro tribe and Guro traditional masks

myafrikart wrote 2 weeks ago: The Guro tribe has an estimated population of 200 000. They live in the west of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivo … more »

Tags: Ebay, Africa, Ivory Coast, culture, Ebay, African Culture, Côte d'Ivoire, ethnies, My Afrik'Art

africa beyond @ iniva, london

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Tags: african diaspora, Residency

Tribute to Senegalese tirailleurs ( Skirmisher - sharpshooter)1 comment

myafrikart wrote 3 weeks ago: Since the XVII century, French used African people to fight for them. However it is in 1857 that th … more »

Tags: Ebay, Africa, Ivory Coast, culture, Ebay, African Culture, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, tirailleur senegalais

art + spirituality

yolisang wrote 3 weeks ago: This riveting new exhibition at Newark Museum explores the links between Yoruba Art and spiritualit … more »

Tags: Culture

African art (part 1)

myafrikart wrote 3 weeks ago: sponsored by www.myafrikart.com African art exists since prehistoric times. The discovery of African … more »

Tags: Africa, Africa, Ebay, Mask, African Culture, Côte d'Ivoire, Picasso, Matisse, Colonialism

African masks and the mask carvers

myafrikart wrote 1 month ago: In a previous post, I quickly talked about the mask carvers: Carving a mask is a very sophisticated … more »

Tags: Africa, Ebay, african mask, African Culture, Côte d'Ivoire, mask meaning, African Tradition, mask carver

Modern Painters features Marlene Dumas, Robin Rhode and William Kentridge

Sean wrote 1 month ago: Table of Contents here. … more »

Tags: Art and Artists, Art, Magazines, Art, modern painters, William Kentridge, robin rhode, interviews, Marlene Dumas

African Artist7 comments

crissmanphotos wrote 1 month ago: A man named Lawson Sworh came to our compound and showed us some artwork. He specializes in water co … more »

Tags: liberian art, water colors

Get to know...1 comment

yolisang wrote 1 month ago: Nontsikelelo “Lolo” Veleko is a Johannesburg-based photographer whose gutsy photographs … more »

Tags: Photography, African Photography, South African photos

Uganda Art of the day

uganda wrote 1 month ago: Uganda art of the day, having said that, I’ve worked long in multimedia to understand which A … more »

Tags: Africa, Art, Politics, BBC, CNN, France24, kampala, Résistance, Uganda

Celebration of Africa: Unity in Africa

myafrikart wrote 1 month ago: Today is a celebration day for Africa. A lot of people throughout the world are celebrating the o … more »

Tags: African Culture, African Union, african unity, Bob Marley, Ebay, ebony, Haile Selassie, masks, My Afrik'Art

Go with the Flow!

yolisang wrote 1 month ago: For you New York heads, take thee to Harlem to check out the FLOW! exhibition at the Studio Museum … more »

Tags: African Art, African artists

Video 13 Preview of "Flow" at the Studio Museum

D. Bell wrote 1 month ago: The Studio Museum in Harlem’s exhibit, Flow, is the first twenty-first century exhibition focu … more »

Tags: Art, Museums, Video Entertainment, Harlem, Video

African art and poetry: “Dialogue among Civilisations”

sociolingo wrote 1 month ago: Source: OCPA No 204 “Dialogue among Civilisations” “Dialogue among Civilisations” forms the … more »

Tags: Africa, African arts and crafts, African Countries, African literature, African Poetry, Culture, Literature

Hello Africa!

biggroovyworld wrote 1 month ago: Welcome to the colourful world of artist Pat Gunning, a woman passionate about art, nature and, mos … more »

Tags: Art, Africa, Safari, Kenya, game park, East Africa, Batik, african sunset, batik of Africa

Woman with cowrie shells3 comments

biggroovyworld wrote 1 month ago: We enjoyed collecting pale or bright yellow or orange money shells. Like the Asians in the bazaar, … more »

Tags: Art, Africa, Painting, Kenya, Art, barter, East Africa, cowrie shells, Trading


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