Olayami Dabls founded the MBAD African Bead Museum in 1994 to reintroduce African culture and healing into the Detroit ...

The spider-shaped sword ornament was created in Ghana in the 19th century and was passed down in a Texas family for ...

We are very fortunate in Nigeria to have so many artists with great talents. In studios in Lagos, Abuja, Nsukka or Benin City there are young artists who can draw and paint with precision or sculpt ...

Arts, museums, and cultural institutions are among Illinois’ strongest assets—driving tourism, supporting jobs, anchoring neighborhoods, and shaping how ...

A statue of the Nubian god Apademak stands alone in the courtyard of Sudan’s National Museum, one of the few survivors of systematic looting amid a conflict that has developed into one of the world’s ...

Maliha Abidi uses social media to give women in Pakistan a voice. Through her art and with over 150,000 followers, she fights for societal change.

A white-out fluid, found on a 3,300-year-old papyrus, was used to make a jackal appear skinnier, Egyptologists have found.

I’ve never quite understood why tourists can’t help but write things like, “Gayoung was here.” But archaeological records ...

Thaddeus Mosley, a self-taught artist who became an internationally known sculptor and a beloved Pittsburgh public figure, died on Friday, March 6, at the age of 99. Members of the artist’s family, ...

In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

The lines, right angles and other mysterious designs required careful planning and robust cognitive abilities, according to a new study ...