JOHANNESBURG – South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from an art gallery but ...

From Wednesday to Saturday, the "Art of Transformation" showcase will be held at historic spots throughout the City of ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The New York Times reports that an exhibition at a Johannesburg art gallery is ...

This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of ...

The South African art gallery that displayed an explicit painting of President Jacob Zuma has removed the offending work of art, according to The Times’ World Now blog. The decision was made amid a ...

A new exhibition at the Africa Museum in Belgium takes a frank look at a large-scale propaganda painting and the ...

A view of crafts as the African continent preserves and carries its cultural heritage into the future with its centuries-old tradition of arts in Banjul, the Gambia on February 16, 2025. Africa ...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Clarence DeShields is looking at something in the distance, and every curve, hollow and wrinkle on his expressive face is a testament to his complex inner life. You wouldn't describe ...

Most ancient tales, as we know, were delegated to the people who came after in the form of cave paintings and rock art. Experts spotted one such artwork in the Horned Serpent panel of the La Belle ...