The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American painter Kehinde Wiley stands in front of a portrait of Alpha Condé, former president of Guinea, during the opening of his ...

Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University Ekpuk’s work challenges popular ...