British Museum Leonardo da Vinci ... Nov 10, 2009
Plus African Art, the Italian Renaissance, Egyptian Book of the Dead ... To coincide with the 50th anniversary of African Independence the British Museum is mounting an exhibition of African art and culture ... The exhibition, which is sponsored by Santander and The A.G. Leventis Foundation, is a collaboration between the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, the Fundacion Marcelino Botin and the Museum of African Art, New York. (Suite101.com)
A Body of Work Oct 26, 2009
" But sometimes beauty isn't the issue. "In African art, very often the purpose of the work is to create a religious figure, and it's to express a certain kind of power symbolically," said Richard Lacayo. Consider the scrawny figures - female and male - painted by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele around World War I. "He's making the body express the anxieties and tensions of his own time," Lacayo said. The same for sculptor Alberto Giacometti, metaphorically reacting to the horrors and... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Exeter's George and Sue Olson are disbelieving in Dayton (Ohio!) Oct 18, 2009
Still glowing from a $23 million facelift in the late 1990s, the institute contains a very fine collection of far-Eastern and African art, as well as the standard fare. A bit of homesickness struck upon viewing William Adolph Bouguereau's "Song of the Nightingale," given its familial resemblance to Elizabeth Garner Bouguereau's "Crossing the Brook," that hangs at the Exeter Historical Society. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
SA art breaks records Oct 16, 2009
South African art fetched record prices in London at Bonhams' sixth South African art sale, the auctioneer said on Thursday ... "The message of this sale is clear, South African art has bounced out of the recession ahead of many other sectors of the art market," said Giles Peppiatt, head of South African Art at Bonhams. (iAfrica.com)
The Barnes Collection Deserves a Better New Home Than This Oct 16, 2009
Mr. Barnes, a pioneer collector of African Art, wanted to give a hand up to an underfunded African American college, Lincoln University, by empowering it to name the Barnes Trustees (having had one of his famous blowouts with the University of Pennsylvania leadership) and unfortunately it backfired when the wrong people wound up in charge, as they often do in many less vulnerable institutions. The Barnes was Utopia - Nowhere else in the world can the public walk into a private residence and... (Slate)
A rare Chicago visit by a Caravaggio Oct 4, 2009
Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens : African art fascinated 20th-century Modernist artists. This exhibition at the Phillips Collection includes 60 photographs by Man Ray, another 40 by such contemporaries as Walker Evans and Alfred Stieglitz, and 20 African artifacts that appear in the images. (Boston Globe)
Ghanaians must use art and craft to promote tourism Sep 23, 2009
Accra, Sept. 22, GNA - Ghanaians have been asked to purchase and use African artefacts as a way of promoting tourism in the country. Mr Stanley Felten, Chief Executive Officer of the African Art and Culture Development Company Limited (AACD), made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday ... "We don't have the best beaches, but we have the best African arts and cultural products to exhibit to the rest of the world. We have many chiefs and kings in the country and we need to... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Exhibition highlights African talentCape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Government officials, artists, curators, the media and supporters of the African contemporary arts industry on Wednesday nightattended the launch of The Artists of Africa Exhibition at the Johannesburg Theatre. 17/09/2009 Full Text... Sep 17, 2009
In keeping the spirit of African art alive, the exhibition continues the dial ogue of contemporary African art which often happens outside the continent. sa id curator Melissa Mboweni. (Panapress.com)
Juneau man helps orphans in Uganda Sep 17, 2009
Organized by two locals, this event features music by One Aisle Over and a silent auction with donations from Aurora Projekt, Rainbow Foods, Balance Climbing/The Rock Dump, Northstar Trekking, TEMSCO Helicopters, various restaurants, African art and more. For more information, call Erica Simpson at 723-2860. (Juneau Empire)
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 39th Annual Legislative Conference Foreign Affairs Brain Trust Discusses Africa in the Age of Obama Sep 17, 2009
Johnnetta B. Cole Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Mo Ibrahim Founder, Mo Ibrahim Prize for African Leadership. (allAfrica.com)
Ghanaian Women's Association of Georgia Launches a Free Business Directory Sep 11, 2009
Atlanta, GA - August 2009: Against a backdrop of tasteful African art decor, soft jazzy highlife music, and buffet tables set with exotic dishes, conversation, excitement, and easy interaction flowed amongst the invited guests attending the launch of the very first and one of its kind "G-WAG Business Pages" - a free directory for the African community in Georgia. After several months of intense campaigning, data collection, and fundraising, G-WAG Pages was unveiled on Saturday August 22nd at a... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
James Dormer and Paul Flippen Sep 2, 2009
With the exhibition Museum of Contemporary African Art and More Meschac Gaba is taking up aspects of African culture and, through the presentation in a museum, at the same time referring to a Western-oriented commercial world of art and products. With Les sanglots longs Latifa Echakhch has created a formal but very sensual installation in which she critically investigates issues around globalization as well as national differences and cultural identity. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Recession in the West Cuts Off An Economic Pipeline in Ghana Aug 7, 2009
When Target ordered hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of goods from Tekura and other enterprises in 2004, hundreds of rural carvers won work chiseling African art for American abodes ... Robert Ellis, whose Fritete African Art Works was the forerunner of Ghana's handicrafts exporters, said cracks in the industry began showing before U.S. and world financial woes. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Exclusive: Interview With Peggy Cooper Cafritz After A Fire Destroyed Her Home Last Week Aug 4, 2009
Since 1968, Cafritz has been collecting African art and more recently Latin and Asian art. She's hosted countless social and political gatherings. (W-USA News, DC)
New Orleans hotel reopens 4 years after Katrina Jul 30, 2009
"One of the great delights of New Orleans is to get a Sazerac cocktail, which was invented in New Orleans, and gaze at those paintings," said William Fagaly, curator of African art at the New Orleans Museum of Art. "Everybody in New Orleans is looking forward to doing that again.". (MSNBC -- Travel)
Bono-Manso remembers the slave trade Jul 23, 2009
He commended the Executive Director of the Center for African Art and Civilization, Miss Felicia Oboubi, for establishing the Martin Luther King Junior Village at Bono-Manso in commemoration of the freedom fighters against slavery. In an address read for him Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, said the emancipation day celebration was very important "as the day brought memories of sufferings of our ancestors who were forced out from their homes and to develop the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Is the Best of African Art Inaccessible to Africans? Jul 10, 2009
com: Africa: Are Major African Art Exhibitions Only for the Western World ... Africa: Are Major African Art Exhibitions Only for the Western World ... The objects in the exhibition have been loaned by the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) which is working in collaboration with the Fundaci;n Marcelino Botin, the Museum for African Art and the British Museum. (allAfrica.com)
Cameroon: The Marvels of a Royal Museum Jun 21, 2009
Driven not only by the love for Art production, Babungo people excel with their gift of remarkable artistic heritage and a lot to offer in master pieces of African art. In all, records are public about Babungo as a reference in African art with past and present Fons who excel as sculptors. (allAfrica.com)
Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum Offers Free Summer Shuttle Service from the National Mall Jun 20, 2009
For this day only, the stop will be relocated to Independence Avenue in front of the gate just before the entrance leading to the National Museum of African Art. The National Air and Space Museum stop will also be relocated to Independence Avenue across the street from the entrance to the Air and Space Museum nearer to Sixth Street. (PR Newswire)
African art gallery to open in IDS Center Jun 17, 2009
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African folk tales inspire non-African painter May 17, 2009
"Not the most appetizing image for the origin of the universe, perhaps. But creation stories from various cultures, including Norse and Greek myths, often are tied to basic bodily functions.The Bumba story, told by the Bushongo-Bakuba people of Zaire, includes a violent disgorging of moon, stars, animals and finally men -- one of whom was white. SPECIAL TO THE BEE Van Arnams Bumba Creates the World is based on a creation myth. If you goWhat: "Sacred Wisdom: African Myths and Folk Tales"When:... (Fresno Bee)
Ten Good Reasons to Visit Kalk Bay May 16, 2009
8 Kalk Bay Gallery (62 Main Road, tel: (27-21) 788 1674), housed in a distinctive orange building, is a favorite of collectors of contemporary South African art. 9 The rambling network of rooms at The Railway House (23 Main Road, tel: (27-21) 788 4761) is a fitting showcase for the antique trove contained therein: in the pink room, you can find a fully operational '60s pinball machine, while the African room offers up a hand-beaten copper bath. (Time.com)
#30 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE May 15, 2009
For more visual stimulation, check out the on-campus Hood Museum of Art, known for its vast ethnographic collection, particularly Native American and African art. Wherever the day takes you, end it at Main Street's Canoe Club, a casual bar and grill that stays open late (27 South Main Street; [603] 643-9660). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Art.view: Carving reputations Apr 19, 2009
African art is an exciting and perilous field, says Susan Vogel, a filmmaker and professor at Columbia University who specialises in the subject ... His success came early, and he began collecting African art in the 1930s ... The catalogue includes photographs of Gross s carvings, as well: the African art he owned resonated with and influenced his own. (The Economist)
TRACKING GORILLAS IN THE MIST: Cameron woman shares close encounters in Rwanda Mar 29, 2009
Back home at Interlaken Plantation in Calhoun County, Dietrich and her husband are surrounded by mounted trophies from their world travels, as well as original African art. A Charleston resident, she had met her husband, who is from Michigan, through work at Kiawah. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
All about quilts Mar 26, 2009
The vibrant quilt was designed around a Keith Mallett African art print on cloth. The event at St. Martins Episcopal Church on March 21 was to celebrate National Quilting Day. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Ben Enwonwu in focus, 'resurrects' tomorrow Mar 17, 2009
"IN 1948, the Liverpool-based West African Review published a photograph of an African artist in his Hampstead studio in London. The artist is shown standing next to an easel with a framed painting of a West African market scene on it. "Dressed in a white lab coat and a tie, he wields a rectangular palette in his left hand and a brush in his right hand. " With this introductory remark, a new chapter in the documentation of the life and times of the premier African modernist, Ben Enwonwu, begins... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
GW's hidden treasures Mar 9, 2009
It contains more than 3,600 pieces from as early as 1821, and their selection ranges from tribal African art to Polaroids taken by Andy Warhol. But make no mistake: "Our most popular works are, not surprisingly, images of George Washington himself," said Lenore Miller, the director of University art galleries. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
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It wasn t until he was working in an African art gallery when the why of art finally hit him. One day, a man came up to me one day and said, Art has no value. (Redwood Falls Gazette, MN)
YSL auction of a lifetime set to fetch $380M Feb 25, 2009
"Madame L.R. (Portrait de Mme L.R.)" is an example of the artist's early work in wood and takes its influence from African art. More than 700 items are up for sale at the auction, which Christie's estimates could bring in as much as 300 million ($384 million). (CNN -- Showbiz)
Yves Saint Laurent art sells for €206 million Feb 24, 2009
Despite its title "Portrait de Madame L.R.," the sculpture is handled in an abstract geometrical style derived from African art. The Romanian-born artist is mostly sought after for the sleek, finely polished stone sculptures for which he is famous. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Ex-Spelman president gets Smithsonian post Feb 10, 2009
Ex-Spelman president to lead Smithsonian s African Art museum ... Washington A former college president and anthropology professor has been named director of the Smithsonian s National Museum of African Art ... In announcing the appointment Monday, Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough, former Georgia Tech president, says Cole can help expand the African art museum s reach. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
