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Ancient rock art shows humans may have cared about biodiversity long before science named it

Across continents and cultures, one of the most striking features of ancient rock art is how often it places the natural ...
CNN

This artist is painstakingly recreating mysterious ancient rock art – before it’s lost

In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg ...
The New York Times

A Grand New Space for African Art, Uniting the Continent

With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see their cultures “represented with dignity.” By Aruna D’Souza The Brooklyn ...
The Conversation

Victor Ekpuk is a Nigerian artist who uses ancient African graphic writing systems to unveil a stunning new display of creativity

Victor Ekpuk is an internationally renowned Nigerian artist known for his artwork inspired by ancient African writing and graphic writing systems. INTERwoven TEXTures is his first solo exhibition at ...
The New York Times

The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance

Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor. By Aruna D’Souza The artist Lorraine O’Grady once wrote of her ...
The Florida Times-Union

The Colors of Africa Art Exhibit Brings the Power, Beauty, and History of African Civilizations to U.S. Cities

JACKSONVILLE, FL, UNITED STATES, March 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Colors of Africa Art Exhibit, a vibrant and immersive celebration of African history ...
St. Louis American

African classical musicians perform with Tom George at the Touhill

Since black music didn’t start here in the United States during slavery, it makes sense for the study of the art form to reach across the Atlantic to its roots in Africa. This is what Ghana-born ...
Artnet

Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries

Brooklyn Museum will renovate galleries to house its African art collection, opening a 6,400-square-foot space in 2027. The display will feature 300 works spanning antiquity to today, centering ...
insider.si.edu

Beauty unusual masterworks from the Ceil Pulitzer collection of African art Susan Kloman

AFAMAIN copy 39088019764018 gift from Janet Stanley. As an artist, I look for beauty in things, and appreciate the unusual." - Ceil Pulitzer. Ceil Pulitzer started her journey as a collector of ...