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New York's Met museum sheds new light on African art collection
From a delicate 13th-century clay figure to self-portraits by photographer Samuel Fosso, New York's Metropolitan Museum ...
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African art reconsidered in major Kimbell show
“The Language of Beauty in African Art” at the Kimbell Art Museum includes this headdress (detail view) from the Djitoumou region of Mali.(Robert LaPrelle / Kimbell Art Museum) FORT WORTH ...
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An African Photography Biennale Makes a Case for Mali as a Creative Hub—But the Global Art World’s Bad Habits May Hold It Back
During last month’s edition of Bamako Encounters–African Biennale ... uncertainty in Mali, fears of a global recession, and the overarching problems of the global art system, the 13th edition ...
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Military overtones vibrate through renowned Mali arts festival
visual art, theatre and dance. But this year's edition of the Festival sur le Niger took place against the backdrop of Mali's exit - along with Burkina Faso and Niger - from the West African bloc ...
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Denver art center displays African art to preserve history and educate visitors
DENVER — The Denver Center for African Art has been showing artworks ... The nonprofit cultural education center shows a variety of art from Ghana, Mali and the Ivory Coast ranging from ...
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Mali filmmaker Souleymane Cisse, ‘father of African cinema’, dies at age 84
He dedicated all his life to his country, to cinema and to art ... African films being distributed around the world. Even on the day of his death, he urged the military leaders in Mali ...