Category : Art
‘Funk is the reality we live’: Rio show celebrates sound of the favela
Exhibition puts music previously shunned by elites as ‘stuff of outlaws’ in long tradition of black culture and resistance Hebert Amorim was eight when he...
French couple take dealer to court for share of African mask’s €4.2m sale price
Pensioners sold rare object found in attic for €150 – but campaigners say it must be returned to Gabon A retired French couple who sold...
London church unveils artwork of African-born abolitionist
Che Lovelace paintings in St James’s church are first permanent art commission to honour Quobna Ottobah Cugoano A permanent artwork to commemorate the 250th anniversary...
Indigenous tattooist becomes Vogue’s oldest ever cover star at 106
Apo Whang-Od appears on front of Philippine edition and is credited with keeping batok form of art alive An Indigenous tattooist in the Philippines credited...
‘It’s about ethics’: Nigeria urges British Museum to follow US and repatriate bronzes
Culture minister says UK institution ‘should learn from what has happened’ as Smithsonian returns 29 Benin artefacts The culture minister of Nigeria has urged the...
Portrait of tyrant Thomas Picton moved to side room in Welsh museum
Exhibition includes two specially commissioned works reframing story of former Trinidad governor For more than a century, the portrait of Thomas Picton hung in a...
Ancient sculptures found in storage box finally returned to Mexico
Consulate accepts a dozen small artworks amid worldwide movement to repatriate Indigenous items Small, ancient sculptures that have been gathering dust in an Albuquerque storage...
Anticolonial hero statue to occupy Trafalgar Square fourth plinth from September
Antelope by Samson Kambalu depicts John Chilembwe wearing hat in defiance of colonial rule in Nyasaland, now Malawi A sculpture of a preacher who was...
Painting swapped in 70s for grilled cheese sandwich serves up windfall
Painting by Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis traded for a meal at Irene and Tony Demas’s restaurant could fetch C$35,000 Working out of the kitchen...
