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The Sculptural Politics of Cacao

How the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League is disrupting the global supply chain of culture.

• By
  Zoé Samudzi
• Sep 15, 2020 3:48 pm

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Issues & Commentary: Addressing Returns

There was a time when the principle of returning to African countries art and artifacts removed under colonial rule seemed on its way to becoming an international norm.

• By
  Siddhartha Mitter
• Mar 1, 2019 10:14 am

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Finding Soul in High Heel Shoes

Repurposing irons, shoes, and other discarded commodities, Willie Cole creates visceral artworks that communicate potent messages about African history 

• By
  Stephanie Strasnick
• Oct 15, 2013 12:45 pm

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The Metropolitan Museum’s Global Revolutionary

How the original Rockefeller Republican effected radical change by championing "Primitive" art

• By
  Robin Cembalest
• Oct 10, 2013 11:24 am

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African Baroque: The Sculpture of El Anatsui

Today, Anatsui is best known for enormous wall reliefs in metal, featuring a kind of glittering chainmail fabric made of thousands of found liquor bottle caps, tin can lids and other detritus, connect…

• By
  David Ebony
• Apr 29, 2013 1:57 pm

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New African Art Honcho at Met Museum

After 38 years in the department, Julie Jones, head of the department of the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, will retire at the end of March, becomin…

• By
  Brian Boucher
• Jan 9, 2013 12:49 pm

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Seeing Africa Around the World

In a groundbreaking show traversing continents and mediums, Lowery Sims defines an international African esthetic.

• By
  Hilarie M. Sheets
• Nov 1, 2010 12:00 am