[Photo/VCG] African wood carving enjoys an international reputation of having a bold, passionate and unadorned style. The art of wood carving in China's Zhejiang province, boasting two ...

“The Language of Beauty in African Art” at the Kimbell Art Museum includes ... Curves and zigzags exquisitely carved in wood suggest the area’s small antelopes, but just barely.

As with most Western collections of art from Africa, the one here is made up primarily of wood sculpture. But is this the medium historically most favored in Africa itself? We’ve come to think ...

The stone sculptures are in the company of oil paintings and wooden works depicting animals of the savannas. This is the Apex African Art Gallery, a showcase of art mainly from Zimbabwe ...

Lagos — One of the major challenges artistes go through in Nigeria is that of sourcing art materials. The high cost of art materials had, in the past, robbed some artists of their dreams.

“Statuary in Wood by Negro Savages” was, according to its curator, devoted to art from “the Land of Fright.” When African art was not trumpeted as primitive, it was radically decontextualize ...

The exhibit showcases ancient and contemporary African art that was inspired by the sun ... 19th to early 20th century. Materials: wood, encrustation. Gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary ...

Cécile Fromont, a French historian of Central African art, says that's not going to happen ... For now, those wooden objects from Benin are back at the Quai Branly. With a loan from the French ...

Chosen to direct the world’s most important art show next year, she leaves a legacy of building institutions, uplifting artists and educating through art.