A newly acquired mask in the African art collection at the New Orleans Museum of Art is a fantastic facemask that is made and used within the central Pende regions of Zaire. Characterized by ...

Even while museums are closed due to the coronavirus, art matters in our lives. In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with ...

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and beholder- Aldous Huxley. It is safe to say that whatever fashion or beauty trend is in vogue now has a history of existence, and as such, ...

Rainier has captured ritual masks across West Africa, including this one from the Yorubaland region of Benin.

A French court has rejected an appeal by an elderly couple who were paid €150 ($165) for a rare Gabonese mask that later sold for more than €4 million ($4.4 million) at auction. The couple claimed ...

Carving techniques vary across regions in Africa, but generally involve hand tools like chisels and knives. The process ...

Kimbell Art Museum is growing its collection of African sculptures with two new acquisitions from one of the largest private collections in the world. The Fort Worth museum acquired “Reliquary ...